Growing Through Grief: Loneliness
There are times in grief where you just feel lonely. There are many suggestions and advice out there for combating loneliness.
Pop 89: Communing in Time and Space
My brother is treating his stroke as a gift. Granted, he doesn’t always see it that way, but he is trying to mine it. His intention to use its lessons to enrich his life is admirable…
Check It Out: Bringing healing to history
Someone once said, “History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.” Those words could apply to a little-known piece of Canadian history from the mid-1960s.
Letter to the Editor: Recent opinion pieces contradictory
I want to say that I like the Voice and the content showcasing our community and surrounding areas.
Pop 89: Hold My Hand
While the gales whip off the ocean, cross the Island where I’m stationed with my sisters, next to a hospital bed, the same grey clouds make their way to Val Marie, SK where snow steadily falls.
Check It Out: Do we want a ‘made in China’ influence?
Saw this witty note the other day: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and the rest was made in China.”
Scott Moe must use upcoming budget to give workers a real raise
Scott Moe and his Sask. Party government have the opportunity to use this week’s provincial budget to finally give Saskatchewan workers a real raise.
What do we have to do to get the SHA to care about our community?
Dear Hon Paul Merriman, Everett Hindley, Tracey Smith, Ken Francis, Randy Weekes, the College of Physicians & Surgeons & the SHA…
Check It Out: A young man’s radical acts of kindness
I saw a poster the other day that said, “Sorry I annoyed you with all my kindness.” The poster is humorous but true; people aren’t accustomed to receiving kindness.
Pop 89: Dougie’s Keepers
I had just finished dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s on a story about my mother’s funeral when the phone rang. It was my sister in Medicine Hat. My brother had a stroke.
Stewardship doesn’t come free
It’s a weird reason to move, but I migrated to southwest Saskatchewan from Winnipeg for the rattlesnakes. That’s the Coles Notes version…
Self defence: the process is the punishment
A defense attorney told his client, “I have good news and bad news. The bad news is the blood test came back, and your DNA is an exact match with that found at the crime scene.
Pop 89: Primed
There’s a form of torture that involves steadily dripping drops of water on a prisoner’s forehead. The drip drip drip primes the prisoner to eventually snap.
CTF taking legal action to force feds to disclose who stayed in $6K hotel room
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is launching a legal challenge with the Office of the Information Commissioner to force the government to disclose who stayed in the $6,000-per-night luxury hotel…
Pop 89: Lent for the Bent
Forty days and forty nights of fasting, alms and prayers. That’s Lent, in a nutshell. It starts with Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, where we take the opportunity to do it up big tonight…
Growing Through Grief: Guilt
I am often surprised by the emotions that come up for me in my grief and the strange ways in which my experience of loss spurs forth something that I need to heal.
Letter: Enjoying Pop 89 Column
I am writing to express how much I enjoy, and am challenged by, the articles written by Madonna Hamel in her Pop 89 column…
Check It Out: Legal isn’t always what’s right
The cartoon illustration is of a balloon flying over Ottawa. “It’s a foreign spy balloon, to gather intelligence,” the elderly lady says to her husband.
Common sense: Canada’s most valuable resource
Have you heard this comparison? Common sense is like deodorant; those who need it the most don’t have it. At this point in time, Canada needs to hear from people who possess common sense.
Pop 89: Night Preserve
When friends in other places ask me about where I live, the first things I brag about are the dark and the silence.