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By DR. GIFFORD-JONES & DIANA GIFFORD-JONES on March 31st, 2023
The routine of modern-day life for most of us involves regular trips to the grocery store and three meals a day. The regular patterns of our diet can be a source of comfort or a rushed necessity. But is eating the same familiar foods – often the same recipes, products, brands, over and over, day ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sugar here, sugar there, sugar everywhere!
By JENNA LANNAN on March 31st, 2023
April is Oral Health Month! This year the focus is around sugar – a common ingredient in a lot of foods and extremely hard to avoid. Everywhere we go seems to involve some type of sweet treat. Most people are aware that sugar causes tooth decay, but might not know how it happens. The mouth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Miywasin Moment: Guiding lights
By JOLYNN PARENTEAU on March 29th, 2023
“We are the spirits of your ancestors and loved ones passed. A massive canopy of stories unfolding in front of your eyes every night. We are maps, clocks and calendars. We are language and we are spirits dancing across the sky.” – “Stars”, Dawn Iehstoseranon:nha (She keeps the feathers) The Spring Equinox has arrived to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Science Smarts: Is there really iron in cereal?
By Patty Rooks on March 25th, 2023
I am still as busy as can be this week helping all the young scientists in southeastern Alberta finish up their science fair projects for the Regional Science Fair on April 1 at Medicine Hat College. It is absolutely amazing the interesting projects this year – these young scientists are really showing me some new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All Psyched Up: Always learning
By Linda Hancock on March 25th, 2023
I grew up in small-town Saskatchewan in the days when we really didn’t notice or judge differences Oh, we knew that some students our age had physical or financial problems but they were in our class and just one of us. We helped each other with our weaknesses and celebrated individual as well as group ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By the Way: A temporary steward
By Roland Weisbrot on March 25th, 2023
One of the privileges, and sometimes burdens, of being a pastor serving a church that was established prior to the beginning of your calling to it is the reality that there were pastors before you, and, God willing, there will be pastors after you. This is comforting and humbling because it forces you to realize ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eye on the Esplanade: The trouble with Altaglass
By TOM HULIT on March 24th, 2023
Many of you who read this article will have a piece of Medicine Hat-made Altaglass artistic glassware in your home. It might be a vase, a lamp, an ashtray or figurine, or a variety of other shapes, and it may still have the factory sticker. Even if it does not, these objects can sometimes be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Common Sense Health: What to do when things fall down
By DR. GIFFORD-JONES & DIANA GIFFORD-JONES on March 24th, 2023
The law of gravity means our bodies are pulled down to Earth. This fact inevitably spells trouble over time. But for some women, it causes inconvenient and annoying issues, and sometimes surgery, to address what’s called vaginal prolapse. Not all women are born equal. Some inherit tougher pelvic tissues and do not experience prolapse, even ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All Psyched Up: Crisis!
By Linda Hancock on March 18th, 2023
Over the past weeks there has been considerable talk about events occurring throughout the world that many categorize as a crisis. Before you get all worked up about this, consider the following: 1. Their crisis might not be your crisis. Remember the children’s story of Chicken Little who convinced all of his friends that the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By the Way: The world needs a few good prophets
By Jeff Lackie on March 18th, 2023
We are not sure what to do with ‘prophets.’ The Judeo-Christian traditions around prophets give us some strange ideas about what prophets do and who they might be. Prophets (in general) are viewed with suspicion; loud and frantic and very bold in their public statements, they make us uncomfortable. They draw horrible conclusions about our ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Science Smarts: Egg-citing science from elementary fair
By Patty Rooks on March 18th, 2023
I have been to some pretty amazing Science Fairs this past week. What amazing students we have here in southeastern Alberta! Many of the projects I have judged have been elementary, so I cannot wait to see what students do for their junior and senior high projects – it would absolutely blow you away how ... Read More »
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