Franco Terrazzano: Trudeau trampling freedom of expression so culture lobby can rake in more dough
The Trudeau government is throwing freedom of expression under the bus so the entertainment and culture lobby can pocket more dough.
Bruce Penton: Lack of hitting not a big hit with fans
What do the following people — Joe Musgrove, Spencer Turnbull, John Means, Carlos Rodon, Corey Kluber and Wade Miley — have in common?
Check It Out: Who is profiting from high lumber prices
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could afford to chuck wood? If the woodchuck needed to purchase wood at today’s prices, he would likely have completely stopped chucking wood in 2021.
Franco Terrazzano: Taxing the rich is the Trojan horse of politics
As the federal government’s debt soars by $424 million per day, Canadians need to be on guard for the Trojan horse of politics: higher taxes on the wealthy and businesses.
Bruce Penton: ‘M’ in MVP stands for McDavid
A recent story on the NHL.com website debated the merits of four candidates for this year’s Most Valuable Player award. It should have been filed under ‘NHL humour’.
A Little Bit Western: Pasture Lost and Found
If you take care of the land, the land will take care of you. It’s a familiar sentiment that stirs feelings of pride and heritage in most farmers and ranchers. It takes an ironic twist though, when we discover - and subsequently have to deal with – the valuable, worthless, and downright weird artifacts and…
Check It Out: Who is delusional?
An avid reader said, “I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I just cannot put it down.”
Check It Out: Simplicity is needed in a rescue mission
This week’s joke goes like this .... The news report said “Police are trying to rescue a cow lost in a Cannabis field. The steaks have never been higher.”
Bruce Penton: World’s best golfers tempted by big bucks
Big money is causing big rumblings in the world of professional golf.
Letter to the Editor: If you have chosen not to be vaccinated, reconsider
Help me to understand why otherwise intelligent people are choosing not to be vaccinated. I am so looking forward to the time when we can return to a semblance of normal life, and know that will happen sooner if everyone who is able, gets vaccinated.
The Living Word: A glimpse of the afterlife
Let us term what follows as “sanctified imagination.” In ecstasy I survey my surroundings. On my head rests a crown of victory, placed lovingly just now by my Saviour, Jesus Christ, and I am reveling in my new name just disclosed. (James 1:12; Revelation 3:12.)
The Living Word: My Mother’s Honour
I awoke late the morning that I write this, perhaps delayed by a vivid dream. My family of siblings was assembled at mother’s place. I was busily occupied with cleaning up the living room. We had reverted to acting like kids again.
Bruce Penton: Guerrero, Jr.’s breakout season arrives
A ballplayer knows he’s in fairly select company when an admiring opponent says it’s fun to watch a “franchise superstar at work.”
Check It Out: Canadians tell their stories
A TV show called “Faytene” has been receiving tons of emails and phone calls from people who have tough stories to tell and are desperate to find someone to advocate on their behalf.
Letters to the editor …
I have been an Oyen Echo subscriber for many years, I am unsure of the exact date my subscription expires. I have enclosed payment for myself and my mother Shirley Vanstone (93 yr). She is a resident in the Oyen Seniors Lodge.
Food for Thought: The land of milk and honey
Unbelievable that the Human Race could screw up such a country as we have. We have the most “Milk and Honey” of any country in the world, but we have been screwed up by politicians and greedy corporate corruption.
Bruce Penton: Fan outrage scuttles ‘super’ soccer plan
Sports fans in Europe obviously carry much more influence than their counterparts in North America.
Brenda Schimke: 21st Century robber barons
The wealthy elite of the late 19th century were the likes of John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan and Henry Ford, industrialists who amassed their fortunes as so-called robber barons or captains of industry.
Check It Out: Beware of Bill C-10
I read a quote that said, “It’s easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.” It’s a relevant quote, since freedom of speech is being jeopardized by Bill C-10 which has been proposed by Canada’s Heritage Minister, Steven Guilbeault.
Bruce Penton: Dual-threat Ohtani making big-league splash
One day, the most interesting player in baseball will be ripping a home run over the fence with an exit speed rivalling a jet plane at takeoff; the next day, he’ll be confounding hitters with his pitching delivery that will bring Cy Young into the discussion.