Fence Posts
We Need to Stay in Touch – But Can Community Newspapers Survive?
Nov 27, 2023 |Long time 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 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 |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 |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 |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 |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 | | Back IssuesTwo 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.
Like Manna from Heaven
Nov 29, 2021 |There is a lot of waiting around with mushrooms, just like there is in the military or the theatre or government roadwork.
Road Rage Comes to Town
Sep 24, 2021 |For generations the only people in Canada who had a good word to say about Toronto were the ones living there. Now thousands of them have left to live here.
It’s the End of the World … Again
Jun 22, 2021 |As a scribbler I have always walked down the sunny side of the concession roads.
Who You Gonna Call?
Mar 31, 2021 |A country house has a lot of moving parts that can stop moving at any moment.