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…
Kimchi: Korea’s Secret to Longevity and Health
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…
Borys Nadiya: Serialized Fiction Part 3 of 8
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…
Pause For Thought: Interesting facts about…The Harpsichord
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…
Ask Alice: Lucrative Cash Crop Comes to Caradoc
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…
From Grandmas Book to My Medicine Cabinet
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.…
Borys Nadiya: Serialized Fiction Part 2 of 8
Written By Brad Harness “Borys Nadiya. His name meant To Fight…For Hope.Age 31…single…no kids that he knew about, as the old saying goes.The passenger jet touched down in Warsaw, and…
Pause For Thought: Interesting facts about…Toilets
Written By John Bradley Originally, ‘toilet’ means – “act of washing, dressing, and preparing oneself”. This is derived from French. Arthur Giblin is believed to have invented the first flushable…
Ask Alice: Concession Road Pranks Common Halloween Custom
Written By Alice Gibb In 1933, octogenarian Jane Farley, of a pioneering West Nissouri family, happily recalled Halloween pranks of the 1850s.“Halloween was looked forward to more as a night…
Seasonal Delight: Healthy and Versatile Apples
Written By Miranda Regalado As the leaves start to turn to all shades of fall, local markets are filled with new flavours and a variety of colours as well. Such…
Borys Nadiya: Serialized Fiction Part 1 of 8
Written By Brad Harness “Hey, BN!” called out one of his barracks mates. “Think fast!”A pair of sweaty underpants sailed through the air and landed short of the tall, fit…
Pause For Thought: Interesting facts about…Canada Geese
Written By John Bradley Canada Geese may be seemingly everywhere now, but in the early 1900s, their numbers had been decimated due to habitat loss and hunting. Today there are…
Ask Alice: Martha Fraleigh Recalls Family’s Pioneer Roots
Written By Alice Gibb In 1936, Martha Fraleigh (1867-1948) of Richmond Street North in London Township graciously entertained a visiting reporter with tales of her family’s pioneer roots. Fraleigh was…
New Horizon Club Bid Euchre Winners
Friday, September 20, 2024: No winner 24 pts Cecilia Bury 18 pts Carol Toetenal 12 pts Shirley Gilliland High score Ron MacDonald Low score Tuesday, September 24, 2024: Carolyn Demers…