LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Public safety needs sitting on a desk in Ottawa
The RCMP is funded by both the province and the federal government. The reality is that we have $28 million on the table for 180 new officers...
Pop 89: Nature-Loving Nature
As the gate on the right closed on the horizon and the field, the gate on the left opened to a new lot of heifers.
Check It Out: Revealing what's “hidden in plain sight”
A young mom said she and her daughter play a game when they're in the car. Her daughter plays a song and her mom guesses the artist and title within seconds of listening.
Pop 89: Golden Hour on Grace Road
This year The Town Man is a teenage girl with the unsurpassed industriousness of an ant preparing for winter. Yesterday she filled the potholes on Centre Street.
Check It Out: Canadians - be on guard!
A youngster slouched on the sofa talking to his buddy on the phone said, “I can’t use the computer right now cause my dad’s busy scrolling down to his birth date.”
REMEMBERING WHEN: The weirdest September of your life
As a student growing up, there is an inevitable rite of passage that occurs in every person’s life without them realizing it. And it always happens in September.
Pop 89: The Habit of Joy
“People seem lost,” says Betty while I wait for the library kettle to boil. "We don't have any real gathering place or reason to get together anymore.
Check It Out: The relationship between toxic food, allergies and ailments
Someone humorously wished that mosquitoes would suck fat instead of blood. Thankfully, the mosquito population has been decreasing.
Pop 89: Walk it Off
After another scare concerning my brother’s health I feel weak and wobbly and find myself pacing my living room like a caged creature.
Check It Out: We’ve got to get back to the truth
A cartoon sketch showed a subject to the king, approaching the throne. The commoner reported to the king, “The bad news, Sire, is that the famine is getting worse. The good news is...
