THE NEW PURSE About six weeks ago I was enjoying the luxury of getting my nails done at Beyond Bliss when a purse, hanging in the displays, caught my eye. It was a woven fabric, in fall colours, and on the front was an elephant picked out in shiny beads, not my usual type of […]

On assignment way up north

  No Turning Back At this time of year Remembrance Day causes us to reflect on the bravery of soldiers as well as the ugliness of war. In Scripture, life itself is often likened to a battle. The following accounts apply to those times when life feels like a war going on inside of us. […]

On assignment in Palm Springs

Cautiously optimistic is how general manager Dave Schwartzenberger the HNZ Topflight helicopter training centre is describing his outlook after meeting with provincial and federal government officials the day before Friday’s national park announcement. “I was happy to hear (Federal Environment) Minister McKenna’s acknowledgement of the helicopter in her speech, I think the interest is there […]

GRASSLANDS PARK REVIEW COALITION Response to National Park – October announcement Prior to last week’s announcement, members of the Coalition were invited to meet with ministerial assistants of Federal and Provincial Environment Ministers. As a result of those talks, members look forward to meaningful, unbiased and factual analysis of the true impact a National Park […]