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Will one-issue partisans turn on Tories?
This week Conservative supporters throughout the West celebrated the imminent demise of Canada’s long gun registry. The third reading of Bill C-19, an Act to Amend the Criminal Code and Firearms Act (Ending the Long Gun Registry Act) was held in the
Editorial
Bah humbug to Family Day
Happy Family Day, whatever that means. In the newspaper world it means the bah humbug types (mainly ...
Feed thy neighbour
The Christian tenet of “love thy neighbour” has, in modern times, evolved to encompass the concept...
A cash cow stop sign
I haven’t been nabbed yet, but that’s likely because I’m this halo glowing, saintly driver who...
Farewell to the original techy dude
In this world there are people who go through their lives in quiet, unassuming ways. These are...
PM’s pension pain safely doled out from a distance
Whatever happened to Freedom 55?As the Baby Boomer generation careens towards retirement, those in...
A deadly practice
Still talking and driving, texting and driving? A law prohibiting handheld cellphone use in...
Columnists
Reading the book
This afternoon I watched a television program that summarized the elimination votes in CBC Radio’s...
I will not always love you, Whitney
I watched the first couple minutes of the Grammys. And then I turned it off and did something...
February break has become an institution
Classes at the elementary and high schools in our little town are thinning out again this week. It...
More vision board inspiration
As promised last week, here are another 25 of my favourite clippings from my many vision boards. I...
The Theatre of Unreason
Most Canadians are not political scientists. They would rather watch televised sports events than...
Speaking well of others key to loving thy neighbour
Ed, my neighbour next door, tells me repeatedly that the greeter position at Walmart stores has to...
Letters
Respect funeral traditions
What lessons are taught in elementary school athletics?
Club doesn’t deserve bashing
Restoring competitiveness
Why do we pay taxes?
4-H trip a disappointment to supporters
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