By Sue Tiffin Recently, my mom was asked by her youngest grandchild to share a story from her life as part of a school assignment connecting children with their family history. My mom has had…
O Night Divine!
By Jim Poling Sr.From Shaman’s Rock (This column is a story I have written and told many times. I’m repeating it because for me Christmas without it would not be Christmas.) --- Fresh fallen snow…
Small, smart, safe
By Sue Tiffin We are all so tired. While there is still excitement and hope in our lives – for the upcoming holidays, for a booster shot, for a new year in which maybe this…
Letters to the Editor: Dec. 15
Letters to the Editor published in the Dec. 15 edition of the Minden Times. Read more to know more To the Editor: Research also finds truth and knowledge in fiction, and improves your vocabulary. Current research…
Those ‘supply chain issues’
By Jim Poling Sr.From Shaman's Rock It’s enough to drive a person to drink – if you can find anything to drink. Ontario’s liquor board is the latest to announce that “supply chain issues” may…
‘A lot of good people out there’
Letter to the Editor published in the Dec. 8 edition of the Minden Times. To the Editor: I am trying to find and thank a few motorists that stopped at my single vehicle accident scene (Silverado…
Hitting my mung
By Jim Poling Sr. From Shaman's Rock We’re all scanning the dark clouds of COVID-19 for a silver lining – a silvery puff to float us above the anguish of this nightmare disease and the…
Courage
By Sue Tiffin Quietly last month, a purple flag was raised at the Minden Hills township office to support women and raise awareness of gender-based violence. That violence often occurs without many of us knowing,…
Thanking strangers for roadside kindness
To the Editor: We are searching for the two kind gentlemen in a white pickup truck that stopped to see if we were OK on Saturday, Nov. 20 around 1 p.m. on County Road 21…
That other pandemic
By Jim Poling Sr.From Shaman's Rock There’s another pandemic infecting Canadians, and millions of others around the world. It’s a pandemic-within-the-pandemic and medical experts say it will continue long after COVID-19 is brought under control.…
Being there
By Sue Tiffin Audiobooks have long been criticized as not being “real” reading, or in some way a lesser version of a print book. Many people prefer to read the audio version of a book,…
For the parents
Thank goodness it was Friday, but last week millions of parents across the country were celebrating not just the end of the week, but the much-anticipated announcement of Health Canada’s approval of a COVID-19 vaccine…
Letters to the Editor: Nov. 24
Letters to the Editor published in the Nov. 17 edition of the Minden Times. An undeniable buzz To the Editor, Like many other county residents, I found myself on the sidewalk along Bobcaygeon Road on Saturday…
The problems of economic growth
By Jim Poling Sr.From Shaman's Rock I’ve been struggling with a problem that many older cottage owners are facing. Cottages used to be family heritage items passed from one generation to the next. Passing them…
For the parents
By Sue Tiffin Thank goodness it was Friday, but last week millions of parents across the country were celebrating not just the end of the week, but the much-anticipated announcement of Health Canada's approval of…
Spirit of giving
By Sue Tiffin I suppose someone, somewhere – perhaps it was you – put their Christmas decorations up, signalling that it was time for the snow to fall and stick. And so, here we are, a…
Letters to the Editor: Nov. 17
Letters to the Editor published in the Nov. 17 edition of the Minden Times. A fun moment for the kids To the Editor, Thank you!!! I brought the paper into the before school program this…
End the eye care dispute now!
By Jim Poling Sr.From Shaman's Rock We live in a world of negotiations. When you need a new auto, house or a better TV service you negotiate an agreement. The purpose of negotiations is to…
Returning to a brighter future
By Darren LumReporter If the pandemic has taught me anything, it’s to be thankful for what we have because we know from living during this time that what we know can be taken away with…
Have you arranged snow clearing yet?
By Jim Poling Sr.From Shaman's Rock If you managed to find regular snowploughing for the coming winter, it likely wasn’t easy and you likely are paying more for it. Snowplough operators big and small have…
Remembering stories
By Sue Tiffin It is such an honour to speak with people and hear their stories. This is true every day for people who work in journalism, but all the more so around this time…