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My middle son is a skilled soccer player. His love for the game coupled with some very impressive ball skills makes him a joy to watch. He’s nine and so much better at soccer than me, that I often find myself watching and learning.

As a child, the excitement of walking to the local video rental store was unmatched.

There’s a story on the internet that goes something like this: An Englishman, a Frenchman and a Russian are having a beer and talking about happiness. The Englishman says, “Happiness is coming home, sitting down by the fire and putting your feet into warm slippers.” Then the Frenchman chimes in:

This is a story told by the Onkwehón:we and it tells how the Great Law and the Great Tree of Peace came to be.

It was a quiet weekend, as most weekends are. We stayed home and just relaxed.

What was supposed to be a two-minute trip to the North Perth municipal office the other day turned into a 20-minute one.

Eighty years ago today, the bloodiest battle in human history came to an end.

Take your chances on a literary ‘blind date’ during the month of February.

It’s been dark lately, hasn’t it? In the last month or so we’ve had short days, and those short days have been gloomy. We’ve only had a couple days of full sun in this area in the past month. 

There is one thing that we can count on from every Canadian political party – no matter what is going on in the world, they are always going to ask you to donate money. Good times and bad times, old parties or new parties, it doesn’t matter; they want your cash so they can run elections and there is

I do not suggest fasting to lose weight. If you wanted to try fasting, it can succeed but should be done under doctor supervision.

As someone who likes to walk down memory lane at times, museums and archives are a great resource to have at your fingertips – especially locally.

Going into my co-op placement, I was a little nervous I wasn’t actually cut out for the job. However, after a bit of time at the paper, I learned it was quite the opposite. The Herald-Times gave me an amazing experience, and helped me answer a lot of questions about my future.

Brockton council is currently dealing with a 40-year-old problem known as the erosion of the bluffs in the Valleyside Drive area of Walkerton.