Right in the centre - Famine mentality
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- Published on Thursday, September 15, 2016
By Ken Waddell
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Famine mentality is a new phrase for me. I just heard it in the past few days. I have heard of poverty mentality and I think it’s nearly the same thing. Poverty is something that should not exist in Canada nor should it exist in anyone’s mindset in this country. In other countries, it probably shouldn’t exist either but I don’t know a lot about other countries. I have only travelled on a very limited basis in Korea and the United States. But Canada I do know and western Canada I know pretty well. I know Manitoba and western Manitoba very well.
Observation Sept. 9
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- Published on Sunday, September 11, 2016
By Addy Oberlin
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The summer holidays are finished for the schoolchildren and the classes are again in full swing. For some, it is a first time experience of entering the education system and they are eager to learn, others would rather stay home with Mom, which is always a safe place.
Homebodies - The awe of awful offal!
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- Published on Saturday, September 10, 2016
By Rita Friesen
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There are times when my granddaughter and her two dogs join Henry Hoover, Miss Daisy and me for a walk. Whereas my two are smallish, under twelve pounds, Meeka and Kaara are much bigger. One is a Lab/Retriever cross and the other a Lab/Shepherd cross. Beautiful golden dogs with bounding and boundless energy! We look quite the sight; my two dogs behaving perfectly (Meeka can bowl them over with a breath) and the two large creatures leading our pack. To give them and us some freedom on a walk, we have, on occasion, headed north to the ball diamonds, loading all of us into a vehicle to get there. The first time worked wonderfully well.
Faithfully yours - A model from history
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- Published on Saturday, September 10, 2016
By Neil Strohschein
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An exceptionally high tide, so the story goes, had washed hundreds of starfish on to a west coast beach. As the tide receded, the starfish became stranded. Without water to cover them, it was only a matter of time before they would die.
My Perspective - Two kinds of talent
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- Published on Friday, September 9, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
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Last week, I had the opportunity to catch up on some podcasts– one of which was author Malcolm Gladwell’s new podcast, Revisionist History. One episode, called “Hallelujah”, particularly stood out. It looks at two kinds of talent, the kind that bursts on to the scene and the kind that takes some time to develop.
