Monthly Archives: June 2020

THE CONTRARIAN I have been working on a series of columns each detailing a bit of Dryden history which will come to mind as you walk along the river from Duke street south. This was meant to be column number … Continue reading →

THE CONTRARIAN Start with some basics. Local Municipal Governments in Ontario can be called Towns or Cities, which are primarily urban, or Townships, which are primarily rural.  To complicate things, our main unit of land division is townships, that is, … Continue reading →

THE CONTRARIAN So, a drunk crashed into my wife, sitting in our van in front of a flagman at a highway construction site. It was his umpteenth offence, and he was liable to lose his licence permanently, so he hired … Continue reading →

THE CONTRARIAN A page from Willie Brant’s diary — Been raining most of the time for a week, getting a bit tired of not being able to do any outside work.  Might have to wash my kitchen floor for something … Continue reading →