When my Dad started Grade One in Forestburg Alberta, the teacher noticed he was left handed so she tied his hand to the desk every day and forced him to learn to write and do all his work with his right hand. Throughout his life this cruel little action was to cause him some confusion. […]
Archives for 2017
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harvest (2)
Harvest of Empire A powerful documentary that exposes the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis the country faces today. From the territorial expansionist policies that decimated the young economies of Mexico, Puerto Rico and Cuba, to the covert operations that imposed oppressive military regimes in […]
At the top of her world
Submitted by Sandra Smith
The community – a piano – a true gift
The family of the late Agnes Sutherland want to express an incredible huge thank you to the community of friends and donors, for making this, the piano in the foyer of the Frank Venables Theatre, possible. Saturday night event A special thank you to the talent who tickled the ivories for its first performance. Photo […]
Swans on the river
Submitted by Edwin Dukes
I don’t know – by Pat Whalley
It always mystifies me that whenever an opinion poll is taken there is always a faction of the people who “don’t know”. I agree that it is not always easy to decide the issue, for example at election time is not always easy to decide who has the better platform. Sometimes there is no candidate […]