MY AUNT COMMENTED ON A FACEBOOK STATUS REGARDING MY EMPLOYMENT CHANGE WITH THIS SIMPLE SAYING, “ONWARD AND UPWARDS.”

It was just one month ago that I returned to Canada after a year-long hiatus from fresh air and communicable English. Sitting in the Vancouver airport during my seven-hour layover before my final flight to Calgary, I marvelled at the way the...

“Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he slammed the door on his compassion?” Psalm 77:9

For the past couple of years, the Airdrie Home and Lifestyle Show has featured a fashion show. It’s a great way to display the wares of local clothing stores, and makes for easy photos for local newspaper photographers. (See related story and photos...

“When you tell yourself that there is nothing that you can do to arrest the global slave trade, you underestimate your own potential and abandon hope for those trapped in captivity.” - David Batstone, in Not For Sale

When you start working at a new job, you hit the typical introduction points – where you live, what you’re into, and, inevitably, where you’re from.

Many constituents have been contacting me regarding staffing cuts at the Bethany Care Centre in Airdrie. This long-term care centre is critical to seniors living in our community as well as their families and other loved ones. Particularly...

“I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” - Christopher Reeve

Tammy,

When I was really young, I wanted to be a paleontologist when I grew up. But who wasn’t seriously interested in digging up dinosaur bones for a living when they were little?

What did we fill our free time with before the days of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram? Colouring books, Legos, Barbies? What are these foreign objects you speak of?

When I lose someone I love and admire, I find comfort and peace in pondering how that person has touched and affected my life for good.