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Written By Alice Gibb The first black policeman in Canada was Lucan resident Peter Butler III, descendant of one of the early settlers at Wilberforce. Peter’s grandfather, whose slave name…
Written By Miranda Regalado When people talk about nutritious snacks, nuts are high up on that list. You can enjoy them whether you are following a keto diet, are vegan,…
Written By Brad Harness The Foreign Legionnaires advanced carefully, some running forward to new cover while comrades maintained covering fire from behind. That was enough to keep down the heads…
Written By John Bradley Super Bowl rematches have happened nine times, including this year! We’ve seen more than one game between the Cowboys and Steelers, 49ers and Bengals, Eagles and…
Written By Alice Gibb Long before the town of Exeter appeared on maps, another Huron County settlement sprang up where Stephen, Hay and Usborne townships meet. The hamlet was called…
Written By Miranda Regalado This week, we’re heating things up with a discussion on Capsaicin, the chemical responsible for the spiciness of peppers. Cayenne Pepper famous for being used both…
Written By Brad Harness The newly-formed - and trained - Foreign Legion battalion, dubbed the Swamp Rats, to which Boris Nadiya belonged, rumbled along the backroads of rural southern Ukraine.…
Written By John Bradley The word ‘camel’ comes from the Arabic word, meaning ‘beauty’. Camels are mammals. There are two types of camels, Bactrian Camels, and Dromedary Camels. Dromedary Camels…
Written By Alice Gibb While today we feast on Christmas Day, our ancestors often socialized on New Year’s Day instead. Pioneers happily adopted the New Year’s traditions of French and…
Friday, December 6, 2024: Paul Giles, Lois McDonald& Carolyn Demers 24 pts Alva Lovel 18 pts Gary Douglas 12 pts Laura McCallum High score Margaret Field Low score Tuesday, December…
Written By Miranda Regalado Christmas is here, and one of the best things that come along with it is… the food. Just joking! It’s getting together with family and friends—to…
Written By Brad Harness The indoctrination and training of new recruits into the Foreign Legion units was structured, as one would expect from anything Army. But it was also brief.Borys…
Written By John Bradley Christmas wasn’t always on December 25th. Although Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ, it doesn’t actually mention December 25 anywhere in the bible. In fact, some…
Written By Alice Gibb William Porte’s diaries have been extensively quoted by almost anyone writing about the Donnelly tragedies. But they are also an invaluable source of information about life…
We would like to apologize to our customers for the mistake in the crossword in the issue for Dec 11 2024. The previous weeks solution and current weeks clues were…
Written By Miranda Regalado It seems like we live in a world where people have decided that our biggest enemy is food. Too many carbs (carbohydrates), too much gluten, too…
Written By Brad Harness The train pulled into a smaller train station than the one at Kyiv. It was old, grey, with columns in front.Borys took his luggage and left…
Written By John Bradley Albania is often referred to as the “Land of Eagles” due to its national flag featuring a black, double-headed eagle. Albania was under communist rule from…
Written By Alice Gibb One of the best ways of gaining insight into the day-to-day life of our ancestors is through personal diaries. Passing into Oblivion: The Diaries of William…
Friday, November 8, 2024: Laura McCallum 18 pts Chris Van Strien 12 pts Carol Toetenal High score Carolann Huston Low score Tuesday, November 12, 2024: Gary Douglas 24 pts Ronald…
Written By Miranda Regalado In this column we are not strangers of speaking about nutrition, minerals and health benefits, but now we take a new direction by bringing the discussion…
Written By Brad Harness The train from Lviv left in the morning and Borys Nadiya was on it. He had all his luggage and sat in an ultramodern train car…
Written By John Bradley 8: The number of Grey Cups won by the Calgary Stampeders since the team’s inception in 1945. 18: The number of Grey Cups won by the…
Written By Alice Gibb One tradesman once found in most rural Ontario communities hamlets was the harnessmaker. But even in the late 1930s, Edward Innes, 77, of Thorndale, was one…
Written By Miranda Regalado It is no secret that the world has been taken over by the K-pop lifestyle. The Korean influence on music, beauty, and fashion is undeniable, but…
Written By Brad Harness That first night in Ukraine was a peaceful one, but at sunrise, Borys awoke to a wailing of air raid sirens. The hotel staff were in…
Written By John Bradley It began with the psaltery, a wooden instrument with strings stretched across its length. However, musicians could only pluck one string at a time to produce…
Written By Alice Gibb In 1939, farmers in Caradoc Township and area welcomed news of a lucrative new cash crop. That moneymaking crop was tobacco. In the late 1930s, about…
Written By Miranda Regalado As we cope with the seasonal flu, the same old medicine and a little rest seems to get us good enough to go back at it.…