By Jim Poling Sr. The new decade dawned with many of us hoping for change. Or perhaps for the way things used to be. Arriving with the new year was a film version of the…
O Night Devine!
By Iim Poling Sr. Many Christmas Eves have passed since the one years ago when I heard the voice of an angel. It was a voice I can never forget; a voice that gave me…
The top 10
By Chad Ingram A n annual tradition as 2019 draws to a close here is a countdown of the top 10 Times stories of the year . 10. Zion United Nearly 130 years old Carnarvon’s…
The perfect Christmas tree
By Jim Poling Sr. There’s news this week that an electric eel named Wattson is being used to help light up a Christmas tree at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga. This would be wildly…
Too good to be true
The focus now should not be finishing the project. The focus now should be mitigating the financial pain.
Playing at centre ice
The best position in hockey surely is the centre. The centre player not only needs to be a fast skater but a fast thinker capable of quickly grasping and assimilating the thinking of both left…
Stocking up the bank
By Chad Ingram A couple of weeks ago I met with members of a local lake association for a story about a food drive they do each Thanksgiving bringing food and money to the Minden Food…
The lessons of hunting
By Jim Poling Sr. Three brittle jeers break the blessed stillness of the woods. I am found out. I was enjoying the stillness feeling totally alone and unnoticed. Observing presumably without being observed. Now I…
Town hall
By Chad Ingram Last Saturday Dysart et al Mayor Andrea Roberts and Deputy Mayor Pat Kennedy held a town hall meeting in that municipality’s council chambers one it appears will not be the last. It…
County climate awakening
To the Editor “Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself its own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find it.” – Niels Bohr (1885-1962) Physicist & Nobel Laureate Even…
Education: the best climate change tool
A whopping majority of we Canadians believe that climate change is real despite the fact that we are not well educated about the topic. That’s the conclusion I draw from a new study published this…
Shuttered
By Chad Ingram While a few new businesses have set up shop along Minden’s main drag throughout the past few months a number of them have also closed their doors. Since the summer at least…
Are left turn signals always necessary?
To the Editor I’m never in much of a hurry so I have lots of time to think of these minor annoyances. Why are the three stop lights on Highway 35 set up with left…
Community-driven
“I feel that the project is sucking the life out of us a community at this point” is the way Minden Hills Councillor Pam Sayne put it during a council meeting last week. Certainly what…
Bring your plastic milk bags to the food…
To the Editor What to do with plastic milk bags – the ones that hold three litres of milk and are sold in every grocery store? Bring them to the Food Bank where they will…
November meanness
November is the saddest month. The second last month of the year carries a realization of growing old reaching an end. Everything is dying or about to die and the crying starts in the form…
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy…
By Laurie Sweig When I was in Grade 7 my mother insisted that I took typing as one of my classes. It was definitely not in my top three choices. Neither was Latin but I…
Happenings
By Sue Tiffin Oftentimes after the respectful marking of Remembrance Day Canadiansbegin preparing and celebrating the festive season which will lead usall into the new year. Those who have been organizing and hostingevents volunteering to…
Procrastination prevails
To the Editor On Sept. 27 I attended a meeting of the county’s joint environmental committee. I was very impressed by the overall respect and collaboration between its members. John Smith Councillor for Dysart et…
Student examines the pros and cons of vaping
To the Editor The question “is vaping safe?” came up in class today and I’d like to talkto you about the research I have done. But first I’d like to tell youwhy I’m concern. Kids…
Student wants restrictions on vape products
To the Editor I am writing to you in regards to the use of vaping and the use of those products in Minden. In the past two years there have been a lot of kids…