Author: The Millbrook Times
Welch Family: Three Generations of Barn Painters
It’s a niche business, but for Terry Welch, it’s one he learned from his father in the United Kingdom. After working in Britain and Ireland, Welch brought family and his skills to Canada about…
Paying it Forward a Fitting Way to Remember
The tone of the message was ideally targeted to the audience of St. Peter’s Catholic Secondary School students last Friday morning. Dressed in a tee shirt and ball cap, the thirty-something speaker told a…
Pilgrimage for Indigenous Rights 2017
The 600 km pilgrimage, which began in Kitchener, concluded in Ottawa on May 13. It was sponsored by the Mennonite Church of Canada and the Christian Peacemakers, but included people from different faith perspectives.
Be Prepared So the Pandemic Flu Virus Doesn’t Become Your Worst Nightmare
A quick scan of the planet today reveals at least six novel influenza strains infecting humans at the moment, as well as an outbreak in Saudi Arabia of “MERS-CoV”, a relative of the SARS…
Healthy Living – Bad News for Two Fad Diets
The past two months saw an evidence-based takedown of two popular fad diets. The first was intermittent fasting, or IF. IF has been proclaimed to be an easy way to cut calories and train…
Common Ground
“Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” Boris Pasternak It was certainly a surprise to most of us that we received such a huge amount of rain this spring. I don’t…
Local School are Last Stop on Cops for Cancer Cycling Tour
The Cops for Cancer events arrived at the local schools on May 12th, bringing their usual combination of entertainment and education to North Cavan and Millbrook South Cavan public schools. Launched in 2005, the…
Babble – Yo’ Mama Eats Bacon
I had been a staunch vegetarian for over a decade when I fell off the bacon wagon. I was one month pregnant with my first son and trying to honour the innate wisdom of…
Get Out – From Soup to Nuts
During the month before each column, I often make notes about what I might write about. Recently one such note began, “One day after the rains had stopped….” Who was to know there was…