Dear Mr. Harper:
Oh, wait, I’m sorry. You’re not Prime Minister anymore, so there’s no need to persist with these needless formalities. Let’s try again. Pretend you’re wearing a cardigan by the fireside for one of your “folksy” campaign commercials,...
“Good afternoon, everybody! Welcome to the Museum of Celebrity Relics. My name is Devyn, and I’ll be your tour guide this afternoon. Before we start, does anyone have any questions?”
“Yeah. Like, seriously, why are we wasting our time and...
At a certain point, the dramatic turn of events surrounding the Strait area’s recent municipal and school board elections defies description.
We now have three new mayors and we’ll soon see a minimum of two new wardens sworn in. Three...
On the surface, a change to one line in our national anthem might not seem to have that much in common with recent revisions to the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program.
And yet, as both stories dominated the headlines last...
Since the nature of my job dictates that I spend several hours a month on the road – a figure that’s likely to grow exponentially now that we’re into the second week of a provincial election campaign – I’ve...
By the time you read this, the 2017 Celtic Colours International Festival will be in the books, and I will have - hopefully - recovered from one of my busiest-ever experiences with this 10-night extravaganza.
A lot has changed since...
Over the past five years, three different governments – run by two different political parties – set out to change the way you vote.
So far, only one of them succeeded in bringing about changes, and those alterations were just...
By now, even if you’re not a sports fan, you’ve heard the tragic story of the Humboldt Broncos.
You’re probably aware of the April 6 accident in northern Saskatchewan that took 16 lives and injured another 13 passengers, many of...
Dear Santa:
I’m sorry it’s been awhile since I’ve written. I think
I was 11 the last time I wrote to you. That’s a shame in and of itself,
especially since you were so diligent in...
As a grade-schooler in the early ‘80s, I frequently heard a country song with the following chorus spilling out of the CJFX AM Radio airwaves:
“Everybody wants to live to be 100, everybody’s looking for the key…We all want to...