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A Rough Neighbourhood

Nov 25, 2024 | Dan Needles

Rural living means coming together to help each other – even if you’re from the so-called ‘rough’ side of town.

Things Are Getting Better

Sep 7, 2024 | Dan Needles

Is a cut in interest rates coming? Will house prices come down? Only the chicken knows for sure, and he isn’t talking.

I Don’t Know What Happened…

Jun 14, 2024 | Dan Needles

Rural living often presents various technological challenges – but sometimes getting disconnected is just what you need.

The Money Pit

Mar 16, 2024 | Dan Needles

Maintaning a home – especially a country home – is no easy feat for owners or their wallets.

We Need to Stay in Touch – But Can Community Newspapers Survive?

Nov 27, 2023 | Dan Needles

Veteran writer Dan Needles laments the loss of printed news while pondering the future of journalism.

‘True Pastry Gloves’ – Stumbling Through the National Anthem

Sep 8, 2023 | Dan Needles

Dan Needles reflects on how Canadians seem to be the only people who stumble over the words of their national anthem.

Finding Our Way Around This New Neighbourhood

Jun 16, 2023 | Dan Needles

Author Dan Needles reflects on the sudden growth of small towns as urbanites adjust to village life

The Reformation of the Township Dump

Mar 20, 2023 | Dan Needles

No longer reminiscent of a Mad Max movie set, the township dump has become something of a pleasant, well-managed place, finds Dan Needles.

Taking the Learning Curve Too Fast

Nov 20, 2022 | Dan Needles

Safely navigating the narrow, snow covered hills of Headwaters is no walk in the park, as many long-time residents attest and new arrivals quickly learn.

Suddenly There Came a Tapping

Sep 20, 2022 | Dan Needles

I live in a haunted house. It’s been haunted for at least a century by all accounts, that is, by the neighbours’ accounts.

Animal Rights in the Laundry Room

Jun 24, 2022 | Dan Needles | Back Issues

Two hundred years ago, my ancestors were tossed off the land during the clearances in Scotland and replaced by sheep, who ate less and could be sheared more often.

Learning to Visit Again

Mar 29, 2022 | Dan Needles

I seemed to have forgotten how a visit is supposed to go.