A few Chatham-Kent councillors have marked themselves to the taxpayers by demonstrating their duty of loyalty and care, and their legal and ethical obligations by challenging administration. It seems ...

In the fall of 2024, I published a book titled Boards & Bricks, A History of Chatham Buildings & Structures. However, by the latter point of research I had surpassed 200 pages of content with my ...

Well boys and girls, I didn’t expect my next column about the proposed community hub to involve the integrity commissioner (IC), but here we are. Both women have been critical of the hub, as have many ...

Dear Money Lady: My husband started day trading this year and it turned into a disaster. He is retired and took a course on investing – but that didn’t seem to matter, we have lost over $200,000. I am ...

Back in 2023, Ontario’s provincial government announced a new fund aimed at “rewarding” municipalities successfully undertaking the hard and necessary work of delivering new housing to their ...

Convince me otherwise, but I’ve never had much appreciation for Rose of Sharon. Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) is closely related to the perennial Hibiscus, often called hollyhocks, producing ...

As I write this week’s missive, I am surrounded by the photographic evidence of five generations of my family in varying states of decomposition and disarray. But, in my defence, for as long as I can ...

As I typed out the date for this column, a chill ran down my spine — and it was pretty much the first time I’ve actually felt cool all summer (thank you boys and girls, I’m here all week!). But, I ...

As weeds go, bindweed has got to be the worst. Bindweed, related to morning glory, is native to Europe and Asia, and arrived in North America about 300 years ago. A native version, hedge bindweed is ...