Ask Alice: Hungry Hollow A Miller’s Dream
Written By Alice Gibb Although Ichabod Crane slept for decades after venturing into the fictional Sleepy Hollow, hard work was more the order of the day in the West Williams…
New Horizon Club Bid Euchre Winners
Friday, January 17, 2025: Susan McNaughton &Gary Douglas 24 pts Carolyn Demers 18 pts Carolann Huston 12 pts Lois McDonald High score Ronald McDonald Low score Tuesday, January 21, 2025:…
Rise & Shine: The Power of Overnight Oats
Written By Miranda Regalado I know I am not the only one rushing in the mornings, trying to eat healthy, whilst making it tasty and fun. An easy option I…
Reboot My Life: Serialized Fiction Part 1 of 8
Written By Brad Harness Frank Valera sat unhappily staring out the living room window. He twirled his wedding band around his finger meditatively. He looked around the room, which was…
Pause For Thought: Interesting facts about…Owls
Written By John Bradley Owls don’t have eyeballs—they’re more like eye tubes. They’re elongated and held in place by a bony structure in the skull called a sclerotic ring. Because…
Ask Alice: Canada’s First Black Police Officer Owned Much of Lucan
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…
Go Nuts!: The NUTritional Staple in Your Pantry
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,…
Borys Nadiya: Serialized Fiction Part 8 of 8
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…
Pause For Thought: Interesting facts about…The Super Bowl
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…
Francistown Teacher Mysteriously Vanishes
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…
Fiery Health: The Benefits of Cayenne
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…
Borys Nadiya: Serialized Fiction Part 7 of 8
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.…
Pause For Thought: Interesting facts about…Camels
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…
Ask Alice: New Year’s Day Brought Gentlemen Callers
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…
New Horizon Club Bid Euchre Winners
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…
Season’s Best: Honeycrisp Salad
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…
Borys Nadiya: Serialized Fiction Part 6 of 8
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…
Pause For Thought: Interesting facts about…Christmas
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…
Ask Alice: O Porte Diaries Offer Insight into Victorian Christmases Part 2 of 2
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…
CORRECTION: Crossword Puzzle, Dec 11, 2024 Issue
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…
Squash Your Pasta Cravings
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…
Borys Nadiya: Serialized Fiction
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…
Pause For Thought: Interesting facts about…Albania
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…
Ask Alice: O Porte Diaries Offer Insight into Victorian Christmases Part 1 of 2
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…
New Horizon Club Bid Euchre Winners
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…
Spirulina, From The Pond to The Stars
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…
Borys Nadiya: Serialized Fiction Part 4 of 8
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…
Pause For Thought: Interesting facts about…The Grey Cup
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…
Ask Alice: Ed Innes Last Local Harnessmaker
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…