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Friday, July 14, 2023
Friday, July 7, 2023

As Tallulah has turned three, I've caught myself thinking a lot about time. That night (after she'd gone to sleep), I went to take pictures at the Hullett Central Public School graduation ceremony and that feeling hit me even harder.

Friday, July 7, 2023

Welcome back to The Chaff, or if this is your first Chaff - welcome to The Chaff, or if you've been acting up and lashing out - welcome to your last Chaff ever because you're banned, bro!

Friday, July 7, 2023

Aside from Native Canadians, those of us who immigrated to the country or are descendents of immigrants, have different, often fascinating stories. I recently found out the story of Toronto's most recent Mayor, Olivia Chow.

Friday, July 7, 2023

We need a real push, Too big to... something, Let's talk about sex

Friday, July 7, 2023

Today, when the weather gets rather warm and we wish for a cooling drink, a stroll to the refrigerator will do the trick. Mechanical cooling of our homes, workplaces and stores makes our lives bearable in the heat of summer.

Friday, June 30, 2023

Back to basics, Back in time, A word in the hand

Friday, June 30, 2023

Maybe because it's 4:17 p.m. on a day that didn't feature an overly hearty lunch or because we're working on our Farms to Tables issue and I recently spoke with local superstar farmer Jeff Linton, but, as I write this, I have food on the brain.

Friday, June 30, 2023

The split between me and national news reporters was emphasized, last week, when you couldn't turn on the television without getting the latest update on the plight of a handful of rich men who had risked their lives on the submersible Titan.

Friday, June 30, 2023

Welcome back to The Chaff, your weekly wander within the wildly wanton and wonderfully whimsical world of wasting time and patience.

Friday, June 23, 2023

As part of the neverending quest for improvement we should all be taking, there is, inevitably, plenty of failure along the way.

Friday, June 23, 2023

Greetings, my fellow Chaff-nadians! As everybody knows, The Chaff is completely committed and definitely dedicated to very real facts, and more importantly, facing them.

Friday, June 23, 2023

None of us want to be old, but two stories about developments in the media last week made being a retired newspaper publisher seem not so bad.

Friday, June 23, 2023

Getting ahead of the game, History on a plate, Big growth, big responsibility

Friday, June 23, 2023

What started as a simple road trip and lunch out for six cousins (myself included) to celebrate the completion of a family history book became a hunt for the answer to a mystery.

Friday, June 16, 2023

Last Saturday, my neighbour Jeff Peters and I hosted The Blyth MS Ride, which is a ride we founded back in 2017. After expenses, it looks like the ride will have raised nearly $2,000

Friday, June 16, 2023

Chaff-ings and Chaff-lutations dearest Chaffies, Chafflers and Chaffarinos. For this week's The Chaff, there is no time to waste and no waste to time (don't get bogged down trying to figure out if "no waste to time" makes any sense...

Friday, June 16, 2023

Living, as we do in Canada, next door to the most powerful country in the world, a country that seems to take off in various outbreaks of obsession, can be interesting/frightening for Canadians.

Friday, June 16, 2023

Fit the fine to the bottom line, Arrested development, Taking Pride in community

Friday, June 9, 2023

Several decades ago, when the word "Amazon" only meant a long river or a group of tall people, local folks were already enjoying the benefits of shopping from home.

Friday, June 9, 2023

Cue the clip of George W. Bush with the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln from 2003, because we did it my fellow Canadians: we have a sauce in this season of Hot Ones.

Friday, June 9, 2023

Each and every week, The Chaff mailroom is bombarded with sacks and sacks of letters from fans and foes alike demanding explanations for the confusing twists and disorienting turns too often taken in this column...

Friday, June 9, 2023

Here's a warning for all those readers who don't believe in climate change: This column is going to be all about our changing climate, so you may want to save the time and trouble it takes to read it.

Friday, June 9, 2023

Woke and a hard place, We can never forget, Tick, Tick... Boom!

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