Letter: Old school photos
I read with great interest your report of the donation of a popcorn machine to the Oyen Museum, the donor being Eric Chrysler.
REMEMBERING WHEN: We were cool. What happened??
Back in high school, we either thought we were cool or were desperately trying to be. In reality, we were just a bunch of insecure, awkward kids entering adulthood…
Pop 89: A Distance Measured in Stories
I have been driving. A lot. Last Saturday, it took me fourteen hours to drive from Cortes Island on the west coast of BC to the Okanagan, where peaches fall from the trees in the summer heat.
Check It Out: Why is western Canada being used as the sacrificial lamb?
A farmer said, “If partially sighted people want the right to drive combines, I’m not going to stand in their way.”
Education negotiations update: Minister Horner
President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance Nate Horner issued the following statement about contract negotiations with the TEBA and the ATA…
A better vaccination approach
The province should protect its citizens from COVID-19 and other infectious diseases by leveraging a help-thy-neighbour morality rooted in rural Alberta, the NDP’s health critic says.
Pop 89: Apostle of Yes
It took me a week to drive from Val Marie to Cortes Island, off the coast of BC. In one week, I travelled the Trans-Canada Highway through open prairie space at a sane pace…
Check It Out: Reading about government waste will raise your blood pressure
Here’s a bit of humour to start your day. A genie granted a wish, but with one condition: that the man’s worst enemy would get two times more of what he wished for.
REMEMBERING WHEN: We just go there
One day, when I was quite young, my father and I went into town to the ballpark in the early evening to watch a big fastball game between our local men’s team…
Pop 89: 1,000,000 Stood Silent
I read a headline the other day: "Everyone is talking about Sydney's jeans." Really? Cuz, I'm not. And, seriously, with wars and famine, and tariffs and a new pope…
Check It Out: Good health is a blessing
A group of seniors were discussing their ailments over a cup of coffee. “My arms are so weak I can hardly lift this cup of coffee,” said one.
Fixing Our Roads Isn’t Just Maintenance—It’s an Economic Imperative
Every day across rural Alberta, trucks haul grain to elevators, tradespeople commute to job sites, and livestock is transported to processing plants bound for global markets.
GROWING THROUGH GRIEF: Feeling Stuck
Are you feeling like you are doing all the things right and still nothing is improving? Do the same feelings keep coming back? Do you feel like you should be feeling better by now?
