Waterford Legion is busy place
We’ve made it through another decade and are ready to face 2020 and all that it brings.The new year also brought with it the opportunity to meet the members of ...
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Column Wonderful world of growing up a Disney Kid
My daughter-in-law says she’s a “Disney Kid.” Growing up in a large family, it must be important to have a niche of your own and hers was the old, well ... -
Column Don't set the resolution bar too high
It is that time of the year when we start thinking about what we would like to accomplish in 2020.Most times, we set the bar way too high and, sometimes, ... -
Letters Letters: Ride Norfolk is not money well spent
Ride Norfolk is not money well spentRe: Shuttle ridership continues to riseI would like to know if Norfolk councillors are in their right mind running a business that is losing ... -
Column Farm has been in family for several generations
Growing up in Norfolk County it has always been evident that farming is a major industry here and has been for centuries. -
Column Who controls the thermostat in your home?
I read an interesting story on the Delhi News Record’s website the other day, about how couples determine the thermostat setting in their homes. -
Letters Letters: Criticism voiced over forestry bylaw review
Where’s the public process?I am extremely concerned with the lack of a public process from the mayor and council to review the Norfolk forestry bylaw. -
Column Festive season hits Waterford
The door to December will soon be opening and inside the month are some great events to celebrate the Christmas spirit right here in Waterford.
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Column Protecting farm animals, farmers and our food supply
There has been a great deal of talk across Ontario in recent months about animal welfare.Ontario is changing the way animal welfare laws are enforced. -
Column History is a unique teacher
Sometimes the most important lessons in life are the ones instilled by our parents during our early years. -
Column Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act is now law
Last spring the Ontario government introduced temporary measures to ensure the welfare of animals, after the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announced it was withdrawing enforcement. -
Column Looking forward to 2020 at Queen's Park
Reflecting on the last six months of 2019, animals were the topic of discussion as we moved into summer. -
Column A Canadian Christmas tradition: The Queen’s message
Pre-Christmas debate in the Ontario Legislature provided me an opportunity to highlight upcoming changes in parliamentary protocol, and procedure with respect to the Crown. -
Column Christmas memories of holidays past
The first Christmas I remember with any clarity is probably 1953. The Korean War was ending and the Cold War was about to get under way. -
Column Growing concern over fate of trees
The following is my favourite poem about trees. It was written by Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) and is simply called Trees. -
Column Music helps herald the Christmas season
My first morning of December this year was memorable. My wife Cari woke me up, at full volume, to The Little Drummer Boy – a recent music video by evangelical ... -
Column More work needed on flood policy
This fall didn’t bode well for Lake Erie property owners. To borrow a line from Gordon Lightfoot’s song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,”= “…the gales of November came early. -
Column Greed plays big role in environmental woes
One thing I learned while doing research, now and while attending university, was that for every topic you could easily find a great deal of supporting evidence, but there was ...