Letter to the Editor: Family Physician Wait List
I am now 150th on a wait list after six months for a family physician in Rosetown. Our Premier and other dignitaries are travelling the globe making trade deals.
Just a Gal from Glidden: Right on time again
There are some things you don’t realize you’ve missed until they come back. Last week, Bev Klaassen stopped into my office, and she was genuinely excited.
Letter to the Editor: Concern raised over Rosetown paving policy
I would like to voice my concern after our paving project for this coming year was voted down. We live on Fortune Crescent in Rosetown. Our crescent has been in need of paving for years…
Orbán’s long slide from liberal hopeful to power-first populist
When I met Viktor Orbán in Budapest two months before the Berlin Wall fall, he was a typical hyper-ambitious student leader.
Pop 89: Happy Waves arrive in the midst of a life turned upside down
Good morning, world. It’s been awhile since we talked. I believe my last Pop89 column was a continuation of my preparation for Lent.
Growing Through Grief: Holding it together
Have you heard of the “Type A” personality? I know it well. Maybe you can relate. We get things done, we deliver, but not just that, we have a way of doing it.
Check It Out: Former communist shares his Easter story
I came across a Dr. Seuss quote that asked, “How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon.” I don’t know about you, but for me, time is flying by at warp speed…
April Fools! Meet the team that puts together your local newspaper
Say hello to younger versions of the team that puts together your local newspaper.
Letters to the Editor: Main Street paving and public input
After reading in The Eagle about the paving plans for Main Street, I have a question. Why not pave from 6th Avenue to Railway Avenue?
U.S. climate science faces political purge reminiscent of dystopian warning
In 1953, Ray Bradbury published Fahrenheit 451, a novel about an American fireman in a near-future society where books are banned and burned.
Why print still matters — and why your local paper needs you
Print newspapers are often dismissed as outdated. That’s lazy thinking. In small and mid-sized communities, print still does three things digital alone does not…
Just A Gal From Glidden: Fighting over lozenges, counting our blessings
This week’s column comes to you under the influence of NyQuil and Halls. Yes, I caught my annual spring cold. I am blaming Robert as he came down with symptoms a couple of days before me.
REMEMBERING WHEN: The art class ash tray
When I was graduating from eighth grade and about to enter high school, I was faced with the daunting task of picking the classes I would take in my first year.
Check It Out: My crash course in patient advocacy
Last week I listened to a doctor’s podcast on the topic of advocating for your loved one when they’re hospitalized and thought it would be a good topic to write about.
Trump boxed in by war with Iran
Donald Trump may be discovering that the war he chose is harder to end than to start. The U.S. president launched what he called Operation Epic Fury expecting that overwhelming force…
Just A Gal From Glidden: Lessons learned beneath the Dankin elevators
Agriculture Safety Week always gets me thinking about the little lessons you learn growing up on a farm. Not the big lectures. The quiet ones that simply became part of everyday life.