Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition January 4, 2014 Well, Happy New Year, my friends. The new year is upon us with a handful of what we can only hope is prosperity and opportunity ahead. As the holiday break draws to a close and students prepare to go back to class to close out the end of the first semester, they return to environments we as parents hope are ...
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Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition December 28, 2013 Well, I hope the festivities of the last few days have left you stuffed and reeling from your fill of family, friends and holiday merriment. As the last bit of turkey is cleaned from the bone and the gifts are being safely stowed away, this writer and political junkie took the opportunity to peer into the crystal ball of 2014 ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition December 21, 2013 With the holiday season upon us and the big day just a few short sleeps away, many within our community are scurrying about to finish all the last-minute gift purchases and preparations to entertain houses full of friends and relatives. It is a time of year for celebration and warmth, a time of year for the joy of giving coupled ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition December 14, 2013 It’s a new country we live in, and I’m not sure some of us here in little old Canada will like it. The latest on the happenings in Harperland prove that the country everyone once viewed as the friendly neighbour who would keep an eye on the house while you were away is not so much like that anymore. We ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition December 6, 2013 There are no easy answers when it comes to solving the housing crunch. Plenty of ideas have been batted about and political blood has been drawn over previous solutions thought to have missed the mark on housing. I have even shared some views, in a fairly contested column a few weeks back that supported a community call to action through ...
Republished from the Brandon Sun print edition November 30, 2013. With the dust beginning to settle and the frequent flyer cards ready to roll, a new MP is off to Ottawa in longtime local Tory Larry Maguire. The squeaker election win by the former MLA puts in place an MP in Ottawa with a propensity for agricultural building and rural initiatives, and a long list of accomplishments on a resumé ...
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