When the unexpected occurs especially when a rarely seen bird arrives in a comfortable and safe backyard setting in Nipawin, ones endorphins immediately...
Category - Columnists
Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy
Is There A Fox in the Sparrow House?
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Ehren the Side of Caution
I decided to ring in the New Year by opening up some of those bottles in the wine cellar that had been gathering dust for too long, and found a long-forgotten...
Columnists - Chantelle de Jonge
Provincial Priorities Act
Last week, Alberta’s government introduced the Provincial Priorities Act, a significant step in our efforts to pushback against the Federal Government...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Let Me Be Franc
It’s time to have a franc discussion. That’s right, I am going to be franc with you. I was spelunking through a dusty and forgotten corner of my wine cellar...
Columnists - Chantelle de Jonge
Mental Health
The first announcement was regarding a new mental health and addiction organization, Recovery Alberta, which will be the first of four new organizations that...
Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy
This Pelican Understands Physics
Of all birds and wildfowl, perhaps the American White Pelican best demonstrates a natural understanding of physics. In high school I had no idea what physics...
Columnists - Chantelle de Jonge
Class 1 driver training and licensing
Last week the Alberta Government announced changes to the Class 1 driver training and licencing by implementing a made-in-Alberta learning pathway for...
Columnists - Vamini Selvanandan
Housing is a human right
With asylum seekers dying waiting for shelter space in Mississauga and single mothers denied rental housing in Halifax, Canada’s lack of affordable housing is...
Columnists - Chantelle de Jonge
Alberta Pension Plan
Since being elected as our MLA, I have had numerous conversations on the potential of an Alberta Pension Plan (APP), both in support and against. The concerns...
Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy
The Path Less Travelled
Visiting Fish Creek Provincial Park a few times a month, Elaine and I often head down the same set of stairs and walk to the banks of Fish Creek. A stump...