Check It Out: The best defence against screen time is real life
If you played a game of word association, you may respond to the word "addiction" with drugs, alcohol or pornography. However, there is a much more prevalent addiction…
Just A Gal From Glidden: Dancing Like We're 22
I don't know about you, but I'm definitely not feeling 22. My middle child, Kalen, turned 22 on Saturday. Born on the Fourth of July, he has always had fireworks for a birthday.
Growing Through Grief: How do you see grief?
Over the past few years, as I have immersed myself in understanding grief as a process, I've discovered several perspectives on it.
Check It Out: Why do you feel overwhelmed and anxious?
Do you know why mummies don’t go on summer vacation? They’re afraid to relax and unwind. It’s a silly joke; however, a doctor noted it might be the reason why so many people are struggling…
Editorial Cartoon: Happy Canada Day!
Happy Canada Day! Grab a burger and celebrate. Canada is known for our beef. We feed over 3 million cattle each year and produce over 3 billion pounds of beef every year.
Just A Gal From Glidden: Six years and counting
Six years ago this July, Your West Central Voice rolled off the press for the first time. I was living in a furnished condo with our youngest child. The newspaper was running out of a tiny 10-by-10-foot office.
Check It Out: Those who can't learn from history are doomed to repeat it
Winston Churchill once said, "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." He experienced what we are now witnessing in our own country.
Remembering When: The coolest car in the world
One early summer evening when I was very young, I accompanied my father on a trip to a local marina to drop off his chainsaw for repair.
Just A Gal From Glidden: From the school bus to the warden's office
I'm reminiscing about graduation this week, and a remarkable coincidence was recently brought to my attention by one of our subscribers.
Check It Out: How does the government love taxpayers? Let us count the ways
My parody of the opening lines of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s sonnet reads, “How does the government love taxpayers? Let us count the ways.”
Just A Gal From Glidden: The boy who wanted to know everything
When things slowed down on Friday evening, my mind drifted back to trade shows from years ago. My first was in Shaunavon in 1993, where the local Kinsmen and Kinettes…
Pop 89: Quilt Reading
These nights my sister and I fall asleep listening to the same sublime cd of 17th century lute music played by Jose Miguel Moreno.
Remembering When: Stuff my dad said
My late father was a common-sense country person who grew up on a farm. No one ever had to tell him "where the bear sits," if you know what I mean.