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Dealing with the flu

Influenza is an infectious disease of the mouth, nose and upper airways caused by a flu virus. In Europe, during the 15th and 16th centuries,...

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Doug Lobay

Plans need action

Are you starting to think about creating your volunteer plan for next year? The last few months of any year often revolve around mapping out...

yesterday 2

Karen Knight

Tame your 'ANTS'

One secret to a happy life is taming your “ANTs” and turning them into “PETs.” No, not the little black, or red, creatures that crawl around...

previous day 4

Ross Freake

Political 'vanity projects'

The new federal government made some big promises during the recent election campaign. With the goal of doubling the pace of housing construction,...

previous day 3

Mark Goodman

Hauling firewood safely

Heading out to collect firewood for the winter? Fall was always a good time to watch for pickup trucks with pyramids of firewood in the back on our...

tuesday 3

Tim Schewe

Fossil fuels and health

Climate change is projected to cost the Canadian health-care system an additional $110 billion per year within the next 25 years. If Canada does...

tuesday 3

Janet Parkins

Reliance on foreign workers

Canada’s food industry has become addicted to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program . The numbers tell a sobering story. In just a few months of...

13.10.2025 1

Sylvain Charlebois

Get your finances in order

On Oct. 8, the world paused to observe World Financial Planning Day—an annual event meant to raise awareness of the power and importance of having...

13.10.2025 7

Brett Millard

Jointly owned property

A reader shared he was left “victimized, terrorized and traumatized” from what he referred to as eight years of “legal terrorism” related to a...

12.10.2025 10

Paul Hergott

On the trail for answers

To quote from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the questions and answers surrounding the two rail trails in the Southern Interior have become "...

12.10.2025 9

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