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Sochi makes it easy to confuse politics and sports

Sochi makes it easy to confuse politics and sports

It's an Olympic year, but things don't feel the way the Games are supposed to make us feel. The Olympics of today are not the Olympics of years past, and that's something we have come to a begrudging acceptance of.
The fear of public speaking

The fear of public speaking

On Monday, Jan. 27, I offered to judge a club 4-H Public Speaking in the area. The club was having a difficult time finding someone who was free that evening and though I have limited experience, I decided I had enough to help at least a little bit.
Canada's plans to sign on to UPOV

Canada's plans to sign on to UPOV

There is an issue facing farmers that isn't getting as much attention as one might expect.
Wear the jersey . . . and be yourself

Wear the jersey . . . and be yourself

You can download a countdown clock to track any event you can imagine. Some use them to plan a wedding, some to await the arrival of a baby, somewell mein anticipation of the start of the Olympics.
More debate needed over farmers' rights to seed

More debate needed over farmers' rights to seed

There is an issue facing farmers that isn't getting as much attention as one might expect.
Canada has a new tennis darling

Canada has a new tennis darling

Milos Raonic has been Canada's Mr. Tennis for a couple of years now, but we now have a female equivalent - Eugenie Bouchard.
Letting go!

Letting go!

I am blessed with a February birthday - you know, the month of love, hearts, blah, blah, blah. As I 'mature', I find myself leaning towards things I would like to accomplish in my lifetime. You know, the old bucket list.
Dump the groundhogs, vote for squirrels

Dump the groundhogs, vote for squirrels

Sunday was Groundhog Day. That meant a few dozen crazy people dressed in silly clothes and hats rounded up the fat indolent rodents, placed them in their chubby hands and proclaimed we were either going to have six more weeks of winter or not.
Be careful out there

Be careful out there

We realize that most of our service-providers who work outdoors are well compensated for their efforts, but when the cold wind-chill temperatures reach minus 30 and beyond, we begin to wonder how much is too much or whether we'd be willing to take on
NHL's 'East" definitely the 'least"

NHL's 'East" definitely the 'least"

There's no doubt this year that in the National Hockey League, East is least and West is best. A huge discrepancy in win-loss records was starkly apparent when the 30 NHL teams hit the mid-January point.
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