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ADVICE: Growing tomatoes, beans and squash

These three like a sunny location and warm soil, at least 18 C, in order to germinate properly. Plant or transplant around the third week of May, depending on the weather forecast.
Vote for healthcare and public education

Vote for healthcare and public education

A UCP canvasser visited our home a few weeks ago. He greeted us politely, introduced himself, and said, ‘I am guessing from the sign on your lawn that you won’t be voting for us’. We agreed; he bade us farewell.
Make sure to vote

Make sure to vote

As a citizen who has exercised my democratic right to vote, both provincially and federally for over 45 years I have come to understand some basic truths about electioneering and voting which I think are important for all to contemplate.
Sign vandalism has started

Sign vandalism has started

Election season and as soon as signs go up, they are vandalized. It's typically the NDP signs that get knocked over or defaced while other signs are standing untouched nearby.
Thank you for support of firefighters

Thank you for support of firefighters

I’d like to give a huge shout out of appreciation to the St. Albert Walmart. We had family evacuated from the Entwhistle/Evansburg fire in which the tireless efforts of both the fire department and volunteers saved their home.
Campaigning and taking care

Campaigning and taking care

The wildfires currently ravaging Alberta come at a tricky time, namely right in the middle of a provincial election campaign. Premier Danielle Smith and Public Safety and Emergency Services Minister Mike Ellis both have to wear two hats right now.
A striking déjà vu

A striking déjà vu

2023 may well go down in history as an international year of militant strikes. In Canada it will have been largely triggered by our public servants. Federal government workers in Ottawa picketed at Parliament Hill for the right to work at home.
A Life to Love

A Life to Love

Our longing and our discontent can guide us to our best possible future. Long time life coach and entrepreneur, Mary Morrissey, encourages us to notice our longing and our discontent.
COLUMN: Reform needed in tax system

COLUMN: Reform needed in tax system

It’s tax season in Canada again. That makes it a good time to take a look at how the tax system actually works in Canada.
Poverty and how to solve it

Poverty and how to solve it

I had two experiences last week that reminded me we all have a role to play in these challenging times. Approximately 700 million people — or nearly 10 per cent of the world’s population — are still living in extreme poverty.
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