What Matters To You – Weekly Column

My wife is my best friend.  She isn’t my best friend because she is the easiest person to get along with, she isn’t my best friend because we agree on everything, she isn’t my best friend because she doesn’t see my faults or let me know about them.  She isn’t my best friend because she showers me with affection, and...

There was an old curse that simply stated, “May you live in interesting times”.  On the surface, sounds like a blessing, no one wants to live a boring life, but it really depends on what your definition of interesting is.  We have had 2 long years of interesting, financially, socially, constitutionally, politically, and even the weather has been “Interesting”.  Initially,...

PART I Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law: Rights and freedoms in Canada 1 The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably...

I have some great news to share! Many of my colleagues, and I, have been advocating for an end to public health restrictions and it looks like we have an exit strategy. I was very pleased to hear the Premier talk about winding down these measures in his press conference on Tuesday, starting with the Restriction Exemption Program. Aside from...

They have us outnumbered. When it comes to countries that don’t have a democracy as their form of governance, they outnumber those that believe in democracy.  It could be further argued that there are even less pure democratic states if you take into a context which democratic countries still have an attachment to a monarchy in one way shape or...

“Not only will pipelines be blown up, but we can be certain that world leaders will be put on trial for treason or worse - be killed...” “The same goes for the media.”Do these folks deserve to be taken lightly? The National Action and Strategy coordinator for Extinction Rebellion recently made these remarks, from my understanding on the heels of...

Things said in “Polite Company” Years ago, my grandma Getson married an air force corporal whom she met at a local dance. Together, they moved from a comfortable home in Pincher Creek up into the middle of nowhere on the west side of Chip Lake – this was around the end of the war.  She and Grandpa farmed. They were...

Fathers and sons! I’m not sure at what age that I became the scorn of my father, and the focus of how his life could have been different had he not had to marry my mother due to an unplanned pregnancy, me.  I do know that the first time I remember that being expendable was in grade 3 when coming...

Fall Scenery The fall weather continues to amaze me here in God’s country. As the season changes, the colours are breathtaking. The weather hasn’t been bad at all. Even the moon was out in full force the other night. The reason I mention this is because of the scenery we have in Lac Ste. Anne – Parkland is truly remarkable,...

Fall Thoughts Hello, it has been a while since I have written anything for the paper. The spring and summer had some unexpected turns as my father in law’s health took a turn for the worse.  He moved in with us, and we did our very best to give him one good last summer. He made it to his 78th...