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You can have any colour, as long as it’s black

You can have any colour, as long as it’s black

Ed, my old neighbour, in Saskatchewan favours black for the colour of his truck. He likes to quote Henry Ford and his Model T cars coming off the assembly line in 1908. Ford said, “You can have any colour as long as it’s black.
Jupiter visible as a morning object near daybreak

Jupiter visible as a morning object near daybreak

The moon is in a waning gibbous phase as the month begins, “gibbous” meaning humped, like a camel. Saturn is four degrees north of the moon April 6. The moon is new April 12. By April 17, Mars is 0.
SHNB: building quality of life

SHNB: building quality of life

Dear Editor She stood in all her glory and grandeur for over a century Majestically bold and proud, with a purpose. Brick by brick, walls and windows that house many Who were afflicted with mysterious conditions.
Joy and sorrow are the opposite sides of the same coin

Joy and sorrow are the opposite sides of the same coin

Ed, my old neighbour in Saskatchewan, told me yesterday that I should be rejoicing because I’m to get my COVID-19 shot next week. I told Ed my booking for my vaccination was not joyous.
Easter lily a symbol of purity and grace

Easter lily a symbol of purity and grace

As we approach Easter, the characteristic symbol of the Easter lily begins to grace shops and homes. We have long associated this plant with spring and the Easter season.
Ministerial message: Does anybody really know what time it is?

Ministerial message: Does anybody really know what time it is?

“But do not forget this one thing dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping His promises, as some understand slowness.
Colourful holiday plants a great way to celebrate Easter

Colourful holiday plants a great way to celebrate Easter

During the special holidays we see throughout the year, we adorn our homes with beautiful living plants. What a wonderful way to help hasten spring and to ensure we enjoy some living colour in our lives that is unequalled by any other thing.
Meeting Canada’s aggressive green targets a tall order

Meeting Canada’s aggressive green targets a tall order

Speed and efficiency are not things that Canada’s lumbering and increasingly dysfunctional regulatory systems are known for
It's time to walk the walk

It's time to walk the walk

Dear Editor I am First Nation. In January of 2013, while I was away at work, a white man opened my steel gate, entered my lake property, terrorizing my wife. We complained to the RCMP, who refused to press charges, saying it was a “misunderstanding.
Hold on but cast off

Hold on but cast off

Now how’s this for a thought-provoking introduction to this week’s article? “An antithesis is a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with,
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