Opinion

What the world needs now, this exquisitely created, heartbroken and bleeding world, isn’t more Christmas spirit. Not even year-round Christmas traditions could fix us. I enjoy them too, but I’m not fooled.

Over the next two weeks I will reveal my picks for the best albums of 2015. I have to say it was really tough to pick just 10. This year Canadians have experienced more ways than ever before to listen to, download or purchase their favorite music.

Copperhead Vol I Writer: Jay Faerber Artist: Scott Godlewski Image Comics Westerns and science fiction surprisingly go together like bacon and tomatoes in a sandwich.

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By Rev. Stephen Ruten, Parkland Evangelical Free Church, Kamsack The Monster of Syria; that's what Bashar Al Assad has been called.

The Christmas season is upon us once again. Christmas is my favourite season of the year, a time of celebration, giving, music and of course, food.

By Rev. Franklin Emereuwa St. Stephen’s Catholic Church, Kamsack A shoot will spring up from the stump of Jess. (Is.11:1) As long as there is life, there is hope. Life itself points towards hope for something, and hope in return brings back life.

By Rev. Nancy Brunt Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Kamsack When it comes to Christmas, it isn’t just new and old but it is also a matter of good and bad. We need to be able to discern what to hold onto.

Klaus #1 Written by Grant Morrison Art by Dan Mora BOOM! Studios While I can’t say I am a huge holiday guy, at age 55 Santa is a long ago fantasy guy, and as Frank Costanza once said tinsel is distracting, but I do like to read a few seasonal takes a

In a world that seems to have to gone mad, it’s nice to know at this time a year that there is still place where that madness may be just a little bit less.