Fence Posts
A Rough Neighbourhood
Nov 25, 2024 |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 |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 |Rural living often presents various technological challenges – but sometimes getting disconnected is just what you need.
The Money Pit
Mar 16, 2024 |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 |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 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.