Child amputee finds inspiration from Second World War Veteran
Eight-year-old Isla McCallum is an energetic young girl with a big smile, and Charlie Jefferson, 98, is a veteran of the Second World War....
Can you afford to get married?
by David Herman
I am considered one of “the most vulnerable”, over 70 with a compromised immune system, I have been spending most of my...
What is a BIA?
submitted by Deron Johnston
A Business Improvement Area (BIA) is an association of commercial property owners and tenants within a defined area who work in partnership...
Bring On The Sun
by Gary Boyle - The Backyard Astronomer
Our daytime star is an enormous ball of hot plasma. Like a string of pearls, 109 earths line up...
Adapting to a Future of Disturbances
submitted by Ralph C. Martin
From our quiet, grade eight classroom, we were accustomed to seeing familiar patterns on the rural road, through the window. One...
Can you name this sport?
by Carrie Smith, Kemptville Physiotherapy Centre
What sport requires you to bend over for hours at a time, to pull and push repeatedly, to lift...
WHAT’S NEXT IN CLIMATE CHANGE? THE FACTS!
by William J. Langenberg, M.Sc. Agr. Climatology, Env. Biology, formerly Kemptville College
The Kemptville Campus (formerly Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology) has a Climate Station,...
What Can I Do When There’s Nothing To Do
by Elisabeth Lamble
I went to the window and looked down my street.
Everything’s quiet, there’s no-one to meet.
No bikers, no walkers, no kids playing ball
No...
An essay on the Robertson-headed Screw
by Fred Scheuler
In 1906 Peter Lymburner Robertson, wounded by the slippery slot of the primitive screwnail, invented the square recess screw, or as patriotic...