Homebodies - We can all be life long learners

By Rita Friesen

“Education has always been about learning to live a better life”. I wish that quote was one of my own but I found it on an online site. The author embraces many ideals and objectives about education and learning that I also hold dear.  

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My perspective - We're seeing red

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

Red tape, it’s something that anyone who has had to deal with government knows all about. It’s the senseless rules and needless bureaucracy that makes it hard to just get something, anything, done.  

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Right in the centre - First Nations are right on Bipole III

By Ken Waddell

In a Winnipeg Free Press editorial earlier this week, Ivan Keeper and Robert Spence, who are part of a Tataskweyak Cree Nation group called Traditional Land Users Standing the Line, have called out the NDP government of Manitoba. Their closing line is a very telling statement. “Hydro’s lawyers may have some permits and licences in their office tower filing cabinets, but there is one thing they don’t have -- the moral authority to build Bipole III and damage more of our water and land.”

How true!

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Homebodies - What is an empty desk a sign of?

By Rita Friesen

As I jot down my musings, it is a frosty Tuesday morning. I have enjoyed a cup of espresso and watched the morning news. I heard some good news, great news actually. 

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Snowshoeing anyone?

By Wendy Marlett

My family surprised me with a gift of snowshoes and poles for Christmas, which has given me the opportunity to experience how enjoyable snowshoeing can be. 

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