A grandfather’s story
by Kateri Skaarup
He was 15 years old. Too young to enlist, but yet he did anyway under a fake name. He did so alongside...
Charles Ferguson, medic and politician
In this series of men and women from North Grenville who had an impact beyond the borders of their community, Charles Ferguson is a...
Building on 150 years of tradition
The Grahame family have been worthy inheritors of a long baking tradition on the site. It is hard to know exactly when the wood-fired...
The Canadian Churchman – Merrickville’s pioneer newspaper
The Anglican Church in Canada has had many publications through which it communicated with members of the communion and the outside world. In the...
HERITAGE WEEK 2024
This is Heritage Week 2024 in Ontario and this is our annual Heritage issue of the Times. The focus this year is on two...
A Common Sense Revolution
Municipal politics is definitely in the news these days, with an election just past and a Council ready to go for the next four...
Nursing Sisters from Oxford Mills
Looking at a plaque commemorating people from the Oxford Mills area who served during World War I, it takes a moment to realise that...
A moment in time
For the historian, a document will come along that provides a unique opportunity to look at a particular moment in the past and a...
The cost of living in Wolford in 1818
Life in the Wolford area in 1818 was not as primitive as one might think. There were three mills for grinding grain, four mills...
The making of municipalities
It is surprising, in a way, to discover that life was not always the same as it is now; that boundaries and laws and...