Opinion

It feels like only yesterday we were overeating pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, but time is flying and Halloween is just around the corner.

Over my 14 years of doing journalism and covering various stories of tragedy, I can’t help but think back during Fire Prevention Week on some of those fire safety stories which still haunt me to this day.

As long as someone else carries the can, and therefore bears the inevitable pain, Canadians are fearless advocates for the Promised Land of a net-zero future.

This week is Fire Prevention Week throughout North America, and it goes without saying that local residents should be taking that message to heart and doing whatever they can to be fire smart and fire safe.

Thanksgiving. It is the time of year to give thanks for the daily food and many other blessings we have received during the past year. I am not going to recount them all but want to focus in on one item my wife and I enjoy in this city.

As the days get shorter going into the winter months, and we are taking in less vitamin D from the sun, it is important we check in with our mental health.

As someone who now writes for a living, I’ve found that the hardest thing to write about is myself. It’s not because I have nothing to say, in fact the people who know me best will argue I have plenty to say.

The colonial legacy of Canada is something which is appalling, and some experts even call it genocidal.

While it was good to see people exercising their democratic right to protest outside of Airdrie city hall this week, the message these protesters brought forth was more than a little problematic.

Already in my third week back, I’ve enjoyed catching up with some of you and getting back into the know of the City's current happenings.