Happy retirement, Bruce

9 May
Remember the story I did back in the spring of 2012 about Dunveganite Bruce MacGillivray participating in the Boston Marathon? The one with the bomb (the marathon, not the story). I just learned that Bruce was 59 when he completed ... Read more »

A long goodbye

2 May
Nearly three years ago, I wrote about the little white church just east of Tayside on the south side of Sandringham Road. In an area settled primarily by Catholics and Presbyterians, the Roxborough Church was unique. It was home to ... Read more »

Peggy Calder wins award

25 Apr
Chances are good that today’s paper contains a photograph by Steve Warburton of Peggi Calder accepting the Glengarry Pioneer Museum’s Volunteer Certificate of Appreciation award at Friday’s AGM. While I know that a picture is reputedly worth a thousand words, ... Read more »

Tit for tat

18 Apr
Increasingly, weekly newspapers are adopting the “you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours” business model. In other words, if you want coverage in their editorial pages about an event that’s being held in the near future, you must first buy ... Read more »