REMEMBERING WHEN: Saturday morning roller derby
When I was a kid, Saturday morning television was specifically ‘kid time,’ with a lineup of cartoons from very early Saturday morning until early in the afternoon…
Growing Through Grief: Acceptance
Accepting grief as a process that can help you heal is a key to healing from the loss of a loved one. It’s not the easiest thing to do, that is for sure.
Pop 89: The Spirit’s Next Move
I’ve been glued to the screen, watching commentators and anchors report on the life and legacy of Pope Francis. I love the fact that, in order to speak of his papacy…
Check It Out: ’Never again’ is more than a slogan
“Never again” was a slogan derived after the Holocaust. This year marks the 80th anniversary of that tragic event, and April 23 marked Holocaust Remembrance Day.
PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR HOUSE IS
Keep your dollars in Canada to strengthen communities and support local businesses, including your local newspaper.
Dear editor at The Oyen Echo: Affordable Home
Everyone needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home. But for too long, our housing system has felt like an unfair game rigged against us all.
Pop 89: Slow-breaking News from The Subtle World
Today is one of those “That’s enough, shut ‘er down” days. And by that, I mean enough with the doom-scrolling, the gawking at the latest “fast-breaking,” hard-hitting” news!
Check It Out: One of the most consequential elections in Canadian history
A golfer hits a ball, and it misses the green by inches. His partner says, “That’s called a son-in-law shot. It is not what you expected, but you will take it.”
REMEMBERING WHEN: The dogs and the sugar bush
Our late Father owned a piece of bush property several miles away from where we had our home in the country. It is still in our family today.
Pop 89: The “Real” Apprentices of Washington DC
I was introduced to the so-called “reality” show “The Apprentice” in 2004 in a Chicago train station. It was late at night. I had a fever and wondered if maybe I was hallucinating.
Check It Out: Life is like a roll of toilet paper
The one thing we all have in common is we’re all getting older every day … some of us more so than others. Radio broadcaster Andy Rooney said…
Pop 89: “Just” Listening
Calls for justice are everywhere these days. At least once a week, I hear abolitionist preacher Theodore Parker’s quote, made popular by and often attributed to Martin Luther King Jr…