Today I want to talk about the importance of life, both the lives of others as well as your own life. What provokes me to write on this topic is the tragic death last week of a young man who was driving his truck on the road’s shoulder while trying to pass a left-turning...
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Here is something I have noticed in society: people often recognize good in others once they are not here any longer. You’ll hear them say, “that was a great man,” or “she was a great woman,” and “we’ll miss them.” However, most of the time when these people are still around, they aren’t recognized,...
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Fort Saskatchewan’s coffee connoisseurs will soon have another café option to choose from. Tamara Bellamy and her husband, Dwayne Lakusta, plan to open Fort Saskatchewan’s first Second Cup franchise on May 19th. The outlet will be located near the new Rexall drug store in Southfort. Bellamy told OEP that the Fort Saskatchewan location has...
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A new public art project here in Fort Saskatchewan was unveiled last week. “Olive,” a life-size sculpture of a sheep that pays homage to the longest-serving member of the City’s ovine lawn-mowing crew, saw its first public display last Saturday. The sculpture was created by Don & Shirley Begg, of Studio West located in...
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There were usually the four brothers, the minimum number to pick two teams and have a game. The Imaginary brothers stayed away for fear of not being accepted. Games then were born of poverty and imagination, not from media hype to promote capitalism, such as the necessity of three hundred dollar hockey sticks. My...
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