Opinion

Ask most Canadians about Canadian identity and they'll say, between sips of Tim Horton's coffee and over the din of a hockey game, that there's no such thing.

Dear Editor Once again our community is blessed with all the beautiful colours of autumn. The summer of 2011 is a memory as we begin to think about the cold winter that lies in the near future.

On Oct. 7, the Globe and Mail carried yet another story about the supposed overuse of Canada's executive government aircraft. It's enough to make my skin crawl.

Dear Editor In the night between Oct. 5 and 6, my yearling horse was murdered. I found his lifeless body 200 yards from my home. He was chased through the pasture long enough to be shot twice. The fear he must have felt would make anyone sick.

Once again we Canadians have the privilege of collectively celebrating Thanksgiving.

Everyone has their opinion on diets. Every magazine, book or newspaper has a new theory about ways to shed those extra pounds. This time, I'll try to clear up a few of these diet myths for you.

Ed, my neighbour next door, is still in high gear at his farm. Even with most of his crops combined, Ed assures me he has enough work for 40 men to do. He voiced his opinion that as a good neighbour I could come out and give him a hand at his farm.

Dear Editor Prime Minister Harper recently talked of the importance of dealing with the current economic crisis to prevent the world economy from returning to a recession.

With the season of Thanksgiving upon us, it is a wonderful time to reflect on the many reasons we should be grateful. Sometimes I think we don't take seriously all of the things we can and should be grateful for.

Dear Editor Recently, an interesting kind of grass-roots political development simply called, "Occupy Wall Street," is beginning to happen in the United States, and is even being noticed here in Canada.