Bringing it Home at the Conservative Convention
If you’ve been reading national news recently, you may have heard that the Conservative Party of Canada recently held their bi-annual convention in Quebec City.
Viva Vitality: Overcome screen addiction
As technology is becoming more pervasive, children and young people are experiencing tech-related dependencies.
Pop 89: Convent Mornings
I read the big existential guns in university, though with great trepidation. I was in my twenties and had stopped going to church…
Check It Out: Boy, am I glad that’s over with!
Carol Burnett, a popular comedian from the 1970s, described her daughter’s first day at kindergarten in her book “Carrie and Me.”
Pop 89: Sloowww Down
Sometimes, it takes a catastrophe to slow us down. My brother had a stroke. Medical professionals refer to a stroke as an “event.”
Check It Out: Is freedom of expression no longer free?
A defence attorney told his client, “I have good news and bad news. First, the bad news. The blood test came back, and your DNA is an exact match with that found at the crime scene.”
Back to School
As summer ends and kids reluctantly go back to school, and as families get back into the fall routine, we are seeing the direct impacts of Liberal caused inflation.
Growing Through Grief: Meaning and Inspiration
The loss of a very dear and close loved one can leave us feeling lost and like life has no meaning. After all, you have wrapped your life around them…
Pop 89: Pray Tell
Upon arriving at the cabin my sisters and I breath a sigh of relief. We are prepared to release the tensions and worries that have taken over our lives this year…
Check It Out: When policies are enforced by threats, sanctions and censorship
A doctor told a woman she only had six months to live. He advised her to marry a chemist and move to Toledo. The woman asked if this would cure her disease.
Pop 89: We Think We Know
In 1867-1914 the Canadian West was “open for settlement.” In the late 1890s, after MacDonald formed the NWMP, Clifford Sifton, minister for the interior…
Check It Out: Summer camps help kids
Someone defined summer camp as follows: when you spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person. But for kids who attend various camps throughout the region, summer camp means…