Cheers to those who do
February 24, 2026
Everybody enjoys going to a good old country fall fair. Many people don’t realize that many of the best county fairs are organized and manned
Everybody enjoys going to a good old country fall fair. Many people don’t realize that many of the best county fairs are organized and manned
Grandpa said: “take a look back, before you take any big or small step ahead”. For years, I was envious of our great neighbour south
Too often, we see some level of government forcing citizens to do this or that because they can stir up hatred between people which allows
Never in my entire life did I think that I would write about this. Each morning at school, when I proudly stood up, saluted the
We no longer live in Grandma’s world. We all know thousands of great, honest, people that we would trust with our life. But there are
Winston Churchill once said democracy was the absolute worst way to run a country, but any other way was unthinkable. The richest one per cent
Only a week ago, I received some phone calls from some longtime dairy producers about an article that arrived in their e-mail from a well-respected
Christmas gifts were different this year. But the animals still came first. Seventy-five or 80 years ago, when I got up, I knew that Santa
When a young Canadian was told, “you can’t build something that can fly,” that just made the challenge even greater for J.A.D. McCurdy in the
When I started ag college almost 60 years ago, the extensive use of chemicals on the farm was just becoming the norm. Grandpa had used
Everybody enjoys going to a good old country fall fair. Many people don’t realize that many of the best county fairs are organized and manned by volunteers. Many of our citizens volunteer their time to help make those fairs happen.
Grandpa said: “take a look back, before you take any big or small step ahead”. For years, I was envious of our great neighbour south of the border. Now when I look south, I feel more sorry than envious. How
Too often, we see some level of government forcing citizens to do this or that because they can stir up hatred between people which allows that fraction of government to divide and conquer more votes. Both in the west and
Never in my entire life did I think that I would write about this. Each morning at school, when I proudly stood up, saluted the flag and sang O Canada, I was thinking “how lucky we are to live in
We no longer live in Grandma’s world. We all know thousands of great, honest, people that we would trust with our life. But there are a few out there who would scam or take advantage of anyone not watching. Several
Winston Churchill once said democracy was the absolute worst way to run a country, but any other way was unthinkable. The richest one per cent of the world’s population owns more than the poorest 95 per cent of the world’s
Only a week ago, I received some phone calls from some longtime dairy producers about an article that arrived in their e-mail from a well-respected dairy column that is written weekly by a noted source of up-to-date information about dairy
Christmas gifts were different this year. But the animals still came first. Seventy-five or 80 years ago, when I got up, I knew that Santa had been here because the milk and homemade cookies were gone and the second-cut hay
When a young Canadian was told, “you can’t build something that can fly,” that just made the challenge even greater for J.A.D. McCurdy in the Silver Dart designed by an association founded by Alexander Graham Bell. He just proved that
When I started ag college almost 60 years ago, the extensive use of chemicals on the farm was just becoming the norm. Grandpa had used a little commercial fertilizer on fields far away from the barn. Horses were used to
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