Promise of a new year January 17, 2012
A new year always brings great promise. All the negative detritus of the past year is swept away to make way for the new. We get a clean slate at the...
What recession? January 10, 2012
Didn't you know - everything's fine here in Canada. The economic situation is rosy, we've recovered all the jobs lost during the 2008 recession, and...
The more things change... January 3, 2012
At this time last year, Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, and Egyptian president Hosni Mubarek were all...
Looking back on 2011 December 27, 2011
2011 will be remembered as the year we finally got the new hospital - sort of.
As the provincial election campaign neared, Liberal MPPs across...
Spirit of the season December 20, 2011
Santa Claus is alive and well here.
He lives in the hearts of the hundreds of people who came out to the CW Sportsplex last week to put together...
Wait times not lessening December 13, 2011
Canada's health care system was dealt another blow earlier this week, this time by the Fraser Institute.
A report issued Monday said average...
"Shop local" benefits everyone December 6, 2011
'Shop local' benefits everyone
Christmas is on the way - Santa has rolled through Elora and Fergus, there have been special shopping...
Let the games begin November 29, 2011
The Ontario Legislature was barely back to work when the political games started.
The governing Liberals, in a minority for the first time...
Tougher sentences for drunk driving November 22, 2011
When is a car a lethal weapon? The easy answer would be, if the vehicle is used to kill somebody. Anyone who follows the news knows that. ...
Right to protest? November 15, 2011
It seems that people involved in the "occupy" movements across the country are finding out that "rights" aren't the same thing as "doing whatever you...
