Growing Through Grief: Where Did Joy Go?
Life can be a tricky space sometimes. A loss knocks us off balance and can put us in a place where safety and trust don’t come easily.
Pop 89: Inside Voice Out
What happened? I asked myself, watching the American election results. How did he get in again? Is it because SO many Americans fear anyone who isn't heterosexual?
Check It Out: Spending cut suggestions for government
When asked why she didn't report her stolen credit card, a woman answered, “Because the thief was spending less than me.”
Pop 89: Who Wins?
I tried not to watch the American election, but the great vortex of energy exerted by the entire world staring into the screen was too great a force to be resisted.
Check It Out: Neighbours helping neighbours instead of waiting for government help
A fellow helped a neighbour by doing some work. Overcome with gratitude, his neighbour said, “I’m so grateful I could marry you!”
Letter: Best in the West
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COMMENTARY: We will adapt and survive with or without Canada Post
Every week the team behind this paper works tirelessly to provide readers the latest about what’s going on in the community they call home.
Pop 89: Nowhere Is Good Enough for Me
Usually, it happens after leaving Cadillac, headed South: I remember why I moved “here”. “Here”, all the thoughts crowding my brain like commuters rushing into a subway car…
Check It Out: Government proposals for our benefit and safety?
A cartoon showed a patient in a doctor’s office. “Doc, I broke my leg in three places,” the patient said. The doctor responded, “Well then, don’t go to those three places.”
REMEMBERING WHEN: The firing of Don Cherry
Well, the suits that ran Rogers Sportsnet on November 11, 2019, finally got their way. And on Remembrance Day, no less.
APAS: The Great Train Robbery
November 7, 1885, a historic day in Canada’s economic development with the momentous completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), marked by the driving of the last spike.
Pop 89: Humble Endings
Watching a political convention these days is like watching a game show, or a celebrity roast or a talent contest. I'm not the first to say so; the cultural critic Chris Hedges referred to them…