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Thursday, August 7, 2025

Over the weekend, the Loughlin family packed into the car and made the long trip to London to run some long-overdue errands. As we crawled through Exeter, a woman walking a dog stumbled and fell.

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Evidently, something has interfered. That much is clear, if nothing else is. The Chaff arrived, if arrival is the right word, intending to Chaff. That is our function, our cycle, our seasonal fruiting.

Thursday, August 7, 2025

After ignoring U.S. President Donald Trump as much as possible in this column, recently, I find that the madness of this powerful leader cannot be ignored forever.

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Survivor, Through with Love, Say My Name

Thursday, August 7, 2025

The town of Seaforth is hosting a wonderful homecoming this weekend and a nod must be given to the organizers for the varied events taking place.

Thursday, August 7, 2025

It's now undeniable, Coming back for more, The time is now

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Looking for something to watch the other night, we pulled the movie The Good Lie off the shelf. The movie was a reminder of how fortunate we are to be born in Canada.

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Here is what serious people understand that unserious people do not: the name "Washington Nationals" is no longer appropriate.

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Something that's universal within the human race is the fear of getting it wrong. Not only do we not want to get things wrong, but, when we have gotten it wrong, we often talk ourselves out of it, contorting things...

Friday, July 25, 2025

Treason begins in small places. First a whisper, then a pamphlet, then, before anyone quite notices, a full-scale assault on the senses disguised as culture.

Friday, July 25, 2025

This information has been validated and confirmed over and over again, but it's always astounding just how much prime agricultural farmland we lose in this province on a daily basis.

Friday, July 25, 2025

Two obituaries in last week's issue of The Citizen caught my attention, and I realized that, since neither lived nearby, many younger people would probably not have read them.

Friday, July 25, 2025

Saturation point, A leader and his art, Bowing to pressure

Friday, July 18, 2025

Little by little, Don't look back in anger, Roll with it

Friday, July 18, 2025

Born near London, England, one of five daughters and one son of the Greenlands docksmaster on the Thames, Catherine Strictland grew up in the countryside area of East Anglia and was educated at home.

Friday, July 18, 2025

Deliberations around Ontario's housing predicament have revealed a surprising truth: sometimes the solutions lie not in building more walls but in tearing down the invisible ones that separate us from the land we live on.

Friday, July 18, 2025

There is a situation here at The Citizen that still, to this day, causes me to wake up in the night, covered in a cold sweat, shouting incoherently and begging the gods of community journalism to take me now. It is, of course, the suggested Gypsy Lane...

Friday, July 18, 2025

After watching Drew Hayden Taylor's play Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion at the Blyth Festival, and then, at home, rereading former Lieutenant Governor James Bartleman's autobiography Raisin Wine...

Friday, July 11, 2025

Please allow me to take you back. All the way back to March of this year. A young man named Mike Myers - the pride of Scarborough, Ontario - was in his ol' stomping grounds at Saturday Night Live...

Friday, July 11, 2025

Enclosed herein are The Chaff's predictions for the remainder of 2025. Based on careful consideration and robust instinct, these forecasts are as reliable as any that could be offered under current conditions.

Friday, July 11, 2025

Last week we turned up the page to July on the most recent calendar our daughter Christina gave us and there was a magnificent photo of the interior of the Palace of Versailles, taken by Chris herself.

Friday, July 11, 2025

Unspeakable tragedy, Nothing to see here, A closer look

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Knowing words as we do, quiet on the page, obedient in speech and supposedly inanimate in the brain, we're seldom encouraged to consider their inner lives.

Thursday, July 3, 2025

An item in a recent Farmtario column reminded me of how a native of our county played a part in our country's history and culture.

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