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By the Way: The Beautiful Shore – Embracing the Promise of Life Beyond Death
By Scott Raible on November 15th, 2025
A question that I have received often throughout the years, especially when involved in end of life care, is what happens when our loved one who is a Christian dies. When I think about what happens when we die, I turn to Scripture, because my own opinions can’t carry us across that threshold – but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Science Smarts: Windy
By Patty Rooks on November 15th, 2025
I do not know about you, but I am getting kind of tired of the wind these days. It is not even a gentle breeze; in my opinion they have been hurricane like winds. I can hardly go for a walk in the evening with my dog without safety goggles on to keep the dirt ... Read More »
1 responseAll Psyched Up: Mrs. Thompson and Teddy
By Linda Hancock on November 15th, 2025
I have been sorting through boxes and found this tear-jerker “author unknown.” Her name was Mrs. Thompson and his was “Teddy.” As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Common Sense Health: Why big science matters
By Diana Gifford-Jones on November 14th, 2025
We applaud people solving problems who are focused, efficient, and fast. But I was recently reminded that progress doesn’t always follow a straight line. Before investigators can conduct studies that yield breakthroughs, they often need others to finance and build major research infrastructure. It takes time, with various stops and starts, different collaborations often involving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Viva Vitality: It’s Falls Prevention Month
By Melissa Schlenker on November 14th, 2025
Have you ever experienced a fall? Thinking back on the situation, was there anything that could have been done to prevent it? Falls are incredibly common. According to the Injury Prevention Centre 1 in 3 older Albertans fall each year. Falls are also the leading cause of hospitalization for injury for individuals over the age ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eye on the Esplanade: Celebrating Midnight Madness
By Candace Lundrigan on November 13th, 2025
Like many children, I remember counting down the days until Christmas, decorating, baking, crafting gifts, and earmarking favourite pages of the Sears Catalogue. Those simple joys marked the arrival of the holiday season. As an adult, one quiet tradition stands out among the rest: Old Christmas Day. In my family, it marked the very last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kindness Matters: World Kindness Day arrives Thursday, share your stories and make new ones to remember
By What Matters to Hatters Coalition on November 11th, 2025
“In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” World Kindness Day is celebrated globally each year on Nov. 13 and promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world. Kindness starts with one. One smile. One hug. One cup of coffee. One person… A story from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Science Smarts: Let’s investigate epsom salts
By Patty Rooks on November 8th, 2025
Clumsy old me, the other day, somehow, I hurt my foot (actually three toes)..I do not know what I did BUT someone offered me some advice when they saw me hobbling around. They said, “Did you try soaking your foot in epsom salts?” I have heard about them, but never really used them in the ... Read More »
1 responseBy the Way: Let us remember to always strive for peace
By Kristy Reimers-Loader on November 8th, 2025
As we anticipate Remembrance Day next week, it’s a blessing that so few of us have actual living memory of war; that the vast majority of us can only imagine what it means to take up arms and fight as part of our nation’s defense of the ideal of global freedom. Though, to be frank, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All Psyched Up: Our unique veterans
By Linda Hancock on November 8th, 2025
For years I have been working with veterans and not only highly respect them but also have learned so much from them that I thought I should share. Did you know? 1. According to the 2021 Census there were 461,240 veterans in Canada. 2. Veterans in that year represented 1.5% of the population (aged 17 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Common Sense Health: Reflecting on mothers and fathers
By Diana Gifford-Jones on November 7th, 2025
We don’t choose the starting line. The family and life circumstances into which we are born is happenstance. Reading “Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper,” a book described as ‘sheer horror’ and the ‘saddest autobiography ever written’, I’m reminded of my more fortunate start. Pepper was a jazz musician, born to a runaway, 14-year-old ... Read More »
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