Mervin’s Lane
November 8, 2022
As we drive anywhere in eastern Canada, we wonder, “Why are the roads so crooked?” Or “Why did they ever build that town or city
As we drive anywhere in eastern Canada, we wonder, “Why are the roads so crooked?” Or “Why did they ever build that town or city
What do we do with all the candy? Don’t get me wrong, I love candy but that is the problem. Now that my kids are
When we first think about the expression ‘full circle,’ we think of fashions when grandma was a girl and wore short shorts and other fashions
As a parent to three school aged children, Halloween is an extremely exciting time of year. My favourite parts of preparing for Halloween are working
Travelling to my son’s lot, I glanced up at the sky. It was a day of complete cloud coverage, not a trace of blue. Even
Oct. 22,1997 25 Years Ago Pontiacs jump to third spot with a pair of wins: The Shawville Junior B Pontiacs’ back-to-back home wins this past
When we take a close look, we ask ourselves “who is really in control?” Most of us have participated in the Terry Fox run for
Oct. 15,1997 25 Years Ago Cut cable leaves thousands phoneless for eight hours: More than 5,000 Telebec and Bell subscribers in Pontiac were without telephone
The Global Positioning System (GPS) was started by the USA Defense in 1978. Early consumer versions were not very precise. The least expensive versions had
In this crazy ride called parenting, we often come face to face with differences in our children that we may not have seen in other
As we drive anywhere in eastern Canada, we wonder, “Why are the roads so crooked?” Or “Why did they ever build that town or city there?” You probably will have to talk to your grandparents, or dig deep into some
What do we do with all the candy? Don’t get me wrong, I love candy but that is the problem. Now that my kids are a bit older on Halloween we go to more and more houses. There’s so much
When we first think about the expression ‘full circle,’ we think of fashions when grandma was a girl and wore short shorts and other fashions that ten years later, you wouldn’t be caught dead in. Guess what? A few years
As a parent to three school aged children, Halloween is an extremely exciting time of year. My favourite parts of preparing for Halloween are working with my children to decide what the costumes will be (even when the decisions changed
Travelling to my son’s lot, I glanced up at the sky. It was a day of complete cloud coverage, not a trace of blue. Even the fall colours, so glorious the day before, seemed dull. Sometimes, it can seem as
Oct. 22,1997 25 Years Ago Pontiacs jump to third spot with a pair of wins: The Shawville Junior B Pontiacs’ back-to-back home wins this past weekend pushed the Juniors up in the Eastern Ontario Junior B standings to third spot
When we take a close look, we ask ourselves “who is really in control?” Most of us have participated in the Terry Fox run for cancer research some time in the last twenty plus years. Although millions if not billions
Oct. 15,1997 25 Years Ago Cut cable leaves thousands phoneless for eight hours: More than 5,000 Telebec and Bell subscribers in Pontiac were without telephone service last Wednesday after a phone cable between Luskville and Quyon was accidentally cut by
The Global Positioning System (GPS) was started by the USA Defense in 1978. Early consumer versions were not very precise. The least expensive versions had an accuracy of between one and several meters. In 2022, most commonly used GPS is
In this crazy ride called parenting, we often come face to face with differences in our children that we may not have seen in other children. It can be in how they write, play, talk, move and really so many
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