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Lessons From The Sea - When lions bark

Lessons From The Sea - When lions bark

As idyllic as the sights and sounds of the nearby ocean can be, lately we?re experiencing the unforgettable racket that accompanies the annual visit of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus).
Adverse Agendas

Adverse Agendas

The crazies are always with us. They stained the clean parchment of a new year early in its first month.
Pharmacy tendering threatens rural business

Pharmacy tendering threatens rural business

Dear Editor Concerns about tendering of pharmacy services to Prairie North Health Region care homes has prompted the writing of the following letter to David Fan, CEO of the region.
Dieting myths can lead you astray

Dieting myths can lead you astray

Everyone has their opinion on diets. Every magazine, book or newspaper has a new theory about ways to shed those extra pounds. This time, I'll try to clear up a few of these diet myths for you.
Book swap an exercise in letting go

Book swap an exercise in letting go

Snow is piling up outside and as the plows keep the streets of our little town clear, I listen to the back-up beeping and try to keep busy inside the house.
2010 Box Office Year in Review

2010 Box Office Year in Review

Welcome to the third-annual edition of my Box Office Year in Review! Of course, the last two times I did the Box Office Year in Review, it was for a movie website called FilmSchoolRejects.com.
It isn't where we are going - but who we trust as we travel

It isn't where we are going - but who we trust as we travel

Ed, my neighbour next door, has been like a bear hibernating this last while. If he has been out of his den, I haven?t seen him. Ruby, his wife, told me at the post office yesterday that Ed is alright, but gone most days.
Bad trumps good in the media

Bad trumps good in the media

Negative images and stories depicting western civilization's penchant for warehousing its vulnerable elderly in Darwinian long-term care institutions abound in the media.
Broken Things

Broken Things

A weathered cedar butt, rammed against a pile of upended logs, takes on the shape of a volcano. The shell of the structure cradles gravel and dried grasses while the jagged spears of wood surrounding the crown, point heavenward.
Second hand growing pains hurt more

Second hand growing pains hurt more

It was at the end of Sparks that I knew something was up. As Katrina came out, she ran up to me and half-jokingly threw her pink sash at me. I found that was quite rude and scolded her for it.
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