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Reflections – for Apr. 12, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes “Would you canvas for the Heart and Stroke Foundation?” As I approached retirement, I was cautioned, “People will assume you have time on your hands and they will ask you to do all kinds of volunteer work.” Their forecast is coming true. Perhaps I am conditioned to accept the request. There have been strokes and […] Read more
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Gone But Not Forgotten

Reading Time: 3 minutes e all let out a whoop when we heard the news that Elsie, Florrie and Bernice, the Good Sisters of the Valley, left on a road trip to Florida last Monday, heading for a house and garden tour of Sarasota. The three girls haven’t been outside the country since… well since forever, it seems. They […] Read more
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While Many Of Us Talk About Becoming Global Citizens, Others — Including Canadian Farmers — Are Out There Seizing The Opportunity

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Reading Time: 6 minutes We hear it time and time again. We must all become global citizens, especially farmers. But what exactly does this mean? Is it really just words? To Graham Pike, dean of international students at the University of Vancouver Island in Nanaimo, B. C., global citizenship starts in an unexpected place. It starts by seeing the […] Read more
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Time For More Attention To ADHD – for Mar. 22, 2010

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Everyone uses either an antiperspirant or deodorant, but what is the difference? You may also find sometimes that neither work as they should despite what advertisements say. Drug use, medical conditions, and even environmental changes can also impact perspiration. Next month, we’ll check out the various products available and look at some tips to obtain […] Read more
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What A Good Farm Looks Like – for Mar. 22, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes Dan Needles is the author of “Wingfield Farm” stage plays. His column is a monthly feature in Country Guide just stumbled upon a study done a few years ago by American researchers who examined the different ways people look at the countryside. They found that city people respond warmly to rolling hills and small fields […] Read more
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Parliament is voting on whether we need more efficient distribution of stabilization. Shouldn’t we talk about why stabilization efforts keep failing?

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Reading Time: 3 minutes We ve all sung it. The old folk song begins with Lisa complaining to her husband that there s a hole in her bucket. Successive repairs are tried, but as the song concludes, it all becomes clear. Dear Henry can t fix the hole in the bucket because, well, there s a hole in the […] Read more
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Time For More Attention To ADHD

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Mozart, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, And Salvador Dali All Had ADHD And No One Would Call Them Lazy! Everyone uses either an antiperspirant or deodorant, but what is the difference? You may also find sometimes that neither work as they should despite what advertisements say. Drug use, medical conditions, and even environmental changes can also […] Read more
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Reflections – for Mar. 8, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes y last official task as bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Saskatoon made me happy. I appointed a young minister to his first parish. I felt like I was introducing good friends to one another. I like Quenton and his fiancée Martha, and I am fond of the people in the four congregations he will […] Read more
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Dan Needles is the author of “Wingfield Farm” stage plays. His column is a monthly feature in Country Guide

Reading Time: 3 minutes What was that big cloud of smoke hanging over Ed’s Garage?” I asked, slipping into a booth in the Kingbird Café opposite my neighbour Vern Bunton. “That’s been there for years. Haven’t you seen that before?” Vern was joking, of course. Ed’s Garage is populated by a loose association of mechanical geniuses, volunteer firemen and […] Read more
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The Infernal Combustion Engine

Reading Time: 3 minutes Dan Needles is the author of Wingfield Farm stage plays. His column is a monthly feature in Country Guide What was that big cloud of smoke hanging over Ed s Garage? I asked, slipping into a booth in the Kingbird Caf opposite my neighbour Vern Bunton. That s been there for years. Haven t you […] Read more

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