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Fort McMurray and Foreigners: Who helps in Fort Mac? By Lynne Bell A few weeks ago, as Fort McMurray burned, Russia offered assistance to Canada, stating they would dispatch massive water bombers along with firefighting specialists.

I hear more and more about how parents coddle their children and the frustration of my generation that just can鈥檛 relate to that kind of parenting.

Principal: 鈥淵ou know why you鈥檝e been called into my office? Group of young students in unison: 鈥淵es ma鈥檃m.鈥� 鈥淎ll right, then, let鈥檚 start with you Sunny Ways.

While there is no reason to applaud a 9.5 per cent increase for electrical power service in Saskatchewan over the next 18 months, the proposed hike on our SaskPower bills can鈥檛 really be termed despicable either.

Decorum is defined by the Canadian Oxford Dictionary as 鈥渂ehaviour required by politeness or decency鈥� or 鈥渢he accepted customs or behaviours of polite society鈥�.

My wife, Sara, loves birds, so in the spring I get daily reports that go something like this: 鈥淭he chickadees are back.鈥� 鈥淚 saw a Robin today.鈥� 鈥淥oh, I hear a woodpecker over there.鈥� She gets excited when she sees hawks floating on the breeze.

Sometimes when you鈥檙e tired of doing the same old, same old, you need to not just look for something new to do, you need to create something new. At a friend鈥檚 house, we were talking about some of our favourite lawn games.

Expected, or perhaps even above expectations around the news reports and Facebook posts examining the devastation of the Fort McMurray fires, is the response coming from people across the country and beyond to the needs of evacuees.

The Calgary Roughnecks lost to the Saskatchewan Rush 16-10 in Game 1 of the best-of-three National Lacrosse League West Final. The Roughnecks had a 6-5 lead at half-time but they couldn鈥檛 hold the lead in the third quarter.

In times of disaster, the generosity of Canadians are shown across the nation as businesses and organizations collect donations. But we should be careful about the type of donations we are collecting.