Check It Out: Don’t Get Scammed in 2026
It’s 2026 and we’ve all heard first-hand accounts of friends and relatives who have been scammed out of thousands of dollars.
Letter to the Editor: To have, or not to have—that is the question.
It has recently come to my attention that Special Areas is not going to continue maintaining the Cereal Community Centre as it has in the recent past.
Just A Gal From Glidden: From beginner badges to big dreams
Small beginnings have a way of turning into remarkable stories — especially when those beginnings take shape in a tiny farming community like ours.
REMEMBERING WHEN: The schoolyard snowball fight
When I was growing up, snow was a fun and magical thing; unlike today, when I cringe every time I see the first sign of snow and start looking around for the snow shovel.
Pop 89: Last one out, first one home
There’s a joke about the days when folks were leaving the prairies en masse: “Last one out, turn off the light.” But more and more, people are returning home.
Check It Out: Do you miss Super Bowl ads selling beer and trucks?
Someone posted this after the Super Bowl: “I miss the days when the Super Bowl sold beer and trucks. Pushing big pharma weight-loss injections while impressionable children watch feels wrong.”
Turning Hope into Results
It is with hope and humility that I accept the endorsement of grassroots Conservatives at our party convention. It was a vote for the hope of an affordable, safe and self-reliant country…
Just A Gal From Glidden: Life, laughter, and a cup of ambition
Some weeks, Dolly Parton just shows up uninvited in my brain and refuses to leave. This week was one of those weeks.
Pop 89: Letter from a Birmingham Starbucks
My column title comes from a quote by the podcaster Sarah Isgur, who said: “There’s a reason it’s called ‘Letter From a Birmingham Jail’ and not ‘Letter from a Birmingham Starbucks.’”
Check It Out: A child’s drawings record history
Teachers hear all kinds of comments from their students. One teacher was asked, “When did the world stop being in black and white and change to colour?”
Make Life Affordable Again: Fighting for Action Over Rhetoric
After a decade of Liberal waste and mismanagement, Canadians are struggling to get by. Many of you here in Battle River–Crowfoot already feel this, as you sit down at the kitchen table…
Just A Gal From Glidden: Hope Springs Eternal (and Please, Please Let It Be Cloudy)
Well, here we are—already into February. How did that happen? February always brings with it that age-old question: will that furry little rodent see his shadow or won’t he?
Remembering When: Nothing dates you faster than your music
When I was visiting my family over the Christmas holidays, we were watching Wheel of Fortune at my brother’s house one evening, and the Triple Toss-Up that night…
Pop 89: Sane Time or Screen Time?
Over the years I’ve written and performed literally 100s of performances. But one, called “Sacred Agents,” keeps coming back to haunt me.