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Freedom of the press, Lifting the curtain, Elbows up, Canada
Strength in diversity, A show of leadership, Riding the rails
Laden with snow, the streets of North Huron lay silent as council gathered - not in their fancy chamber, but in the flickering glow of their computer screens.
Fifteen years ago this May - the May 13, 2010 issue of The Citizen, to be exact - was when my name first appeared above page four beside "Acting Editor", a title that would, soon thereafter, lose its "acting" qualifier...
We reached the four-week mark in the term of U.S. President Donald Trump last week. It only seemed like we had survived the full four-year term instead of having three years and 11 months still to go.
"For Home and Country" is the motto of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario (FWIO). This group was formed in 1897 in Stoney Creek through the efforts of Adelaide Hoodless and Erland Lee.
The end of an era, The final countdown, Hope on the ice
Uncle Chaff! Uncle Chaff! That's Uncle Chaff over there, that's Uncle Chaff right here, that's Uncle Chaff where you least expect, yet always suspect. Uncle Chaff at the barbecue flipping burgers with bare hands? Classic Uncle Chaff.
There have been a few things getting my goat - sticking in my craw, as it were - as of late in the world of conservative views and now, you're going to hear about them.
Voters in Ontario are less than a week away from an election nobody wanted. Oh, certainly Premier Doug Ford will claim he is only seeking a fresh mandate to deal with the tariff demands of U.S. President Donald Trump...
The time has come. We have tolerated this long enough. We have shovelled, scraped, skidded, stumbled and suffered through these months of relentless ice and snow, and we refuse to endure a single second more.
One day just after Christmas, my daughter's Kindergarten class had a pajama day. Students had the choice to wear their favourite pajamas to school that day for a bit of fun that included watching a movie together and having some popcorn.
It came as something of a surprise the other day when I opened a historical magazine I read and saw that this Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the unveiling of our Canadian maple leaf flag.
Know when to fold 'em, Bringing it all back home, Whole lotta love
William Clark Johnston was born on Nov. 22, 1912 to parents Charlie and Annie Mabel (Geddes) Johnston. He grew up on Lot E ½ 39 Conc. 9 in East Wawanosh Township, just a few miles west of Belgrave.
A shadow fell upon us all that day. A long, writhing shadow, thick with implication. We awoke with the same familiar dread, the kind that gnaws at the corners of memory, but this time, it had form.
ATTENTION! Lightning Round of all that Donald Trump, U.S. President and budding imperialist, has ruined: GO!
One of the outcomes of the recent cease-fire between Israel and the government in Gaza was the welcome inflow of food and other supplies to the starving people of Gaza.
Supporting our own, Lightning round, A human authenticity
There was surprising news recently that, in 2023, some Canadian cities had among the worst air quality in the world, as smoke from the worst forest fires in memory filled the air of southern cities.
There is an old saying that, in springtime, a young man's fancy turns to love. In the Huron County of a few generations ago, that saying could have been that a young man's fancy turns to harvesting...
Welcome back to The Chaff, your weekly wander within the wildly wanton and wonderfully whimsical world of wasting time and patience.
Greetings, my fellow Chaff-nadians! As everybody knows, The Chaff is completely committed and definitely dedicated to very real facts, and more importantly, facing them.