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No time to be a Scrooge with political praise

No time to be a Scrooge with political praise

Visited by three ghosts a few Christmas eves ago, I have become a changed man during this festive season.
Let's celebrate the gifts of winter

Let's celebrate the gifts of winter

We Canadians have a special relationship with snow and ice.
Christmas love notes from God

Christmas love notes from God

I picture you at Christmas. Do you see what I see? Crazy busy. Perhaps crazy lonely. Wondering how you're going to fit everything in, or wishing you had something to fit in. Wondering how you'll survive.
Inquest is just a start

Inquest is just a start

Last week a coroner's inquest jury in New Brunswick returned a verdict of homicide in the Ashley Smith case.
EDITORIAL - A season of sharing

EDITORIAL - A season of sharing

This is an editorial which should not need to be written, yet every year at this time it seems, as part of a newspaper's responsibility to lead community discourse on important local issues, it is a topic which one must once again be brought to the f
Tis the season for blooming cacti

Tis the season for blooming cacti

It's almost impossible to imagine that Christmas day is one week away. I was looking up some information about plants that are traditionally associated with Christmas.
Honest finances not too much to ask for

Honest finances not too much to ask for

Is it asking too much to have one honest set of books telling us how our tax dollars are spent? This should be rudimentary to governing.
Four common Christmas myths debunked

Four common Christmas myths debunked

Tis always the season for myths, urban legends and old wives' tales, but there are a few that pertain specifically to the Christmas season and, as usual, one of my favourite things is debunking erroneous, widely-held beliefs. 1.
'Tis the season... and on and on and on and...

'Tis the season... and on and on and on and...

View from the Cheap Seats is kind of an extension of the newsroom. Whenever our three regular reporters, Calvin Daniels, Thom Barker and Kelly Friesen are in the building together, it is frequently a site of heated debate.
Unhappy with accident scene treatment

Unhappy with accident scene treatment

I debated writing my entire article this week on the vehicle/pedestrian accident that occurred on the intersection of Sixth Avenue North and Smith Street last week, but I'll refrain from doing that and, instead, offer a few thoughts.
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