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114th Eastern Ontario Firefighter Games, Saturday, June 20

The Eastern Ontario Firefighter Association is hosting...

Keith Munro — Celebration of life, August 1

Come and celebrate the life of Keith "Greaser"...

Community breakfast at St. George’s Anglican Church, May 9

Free community breakfast on Saturday, June 13...

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Letter from Paris: Hot Times for Seniors in Paris

by Keith Spicer Planning to let loose on that long-dreamt getaway to the City of Light? You can probably handle sightseeing yourself with a good guidebook or, better, a professional guide, but...

Who’s left on the right?

“Well, the one on the right was on the left And the one in the middle was on the right And the one on the left was in the middle And the...

Bill Chapman weekly column By the Way to end

After 7 years of loyally contributing to the Millstone, Bill Chapman has decided to end his weekly columns. Bill was one of our first contributors, sending us weekly Friday...
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Men and jewellery

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. You can bet the Ivy League crowd won’t tolerate more jewellery on a man than a watch and a signet...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Taiwan

by Peter Nelson Do not — repeat — do NOT go to Taiwan without allowing yourself at least two days to spend in the National...

Sense of community

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Living in a small community is being part of a family. As in a family the different members of a community are...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Macau

by Peter Nelson If you can visit only one remote, crumbling, ex-colonial Portuguese outpost in your life, make it Macau.  When we were there, Macau...

The Entertainment factor of politics

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Farewell to Hong Kong

by Peter Nelson Hong Kong was one of the most appealing places I’ve ever visited. Had the exotic flavour of the mysterious Orient, the murky...

Baseball bat and ball puzzle

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. If a baseball and a bat cost $1.10 together, and the bat costs $1.00 more than the ball,...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Mahjong in Hong Kong

by Peter Nelson The streets of Hong Kong city are corporate-busy — banks, businesses, high-class hotels. The streets of Kowloon are people-busy — markets, bars,...

Full moon

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Say what you will, I am convinced the recent disruption of my life was linked to the full moon. In...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Life in Kowloon

by Peter Nelson After a brief look around for a place to stay in Hong Kong, we settled into Kowloon’s Chungking Mansions, a high-rise building...

If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Have you ever said something unpleasant and afterwards regretted it?  Did you kick yourself  because you knew you...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Exploring the New Territories

by Peter Nelson The New Territories are a peninsula at the tip of southern China. They were leased to the British in 1898, along with...

Private Conveyance

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. While it may astound young people to hear it, many older people are still adjusting to the presence...

Peter Nelson’s travels – The second most romantic city in the world

by Peter Nelson Well, if you’ve been reading all these travel stories (Congratulations, if you have! And we’re nearly at the end of the...
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