Opinion

You don’t need a doctorate in agronomics to know that farming has changed dramatically during the past two decades. Thanks to research and innovation, it now takes 50,000 fewer gallons of water to grow an acre of corn than it did in 1990.

Lately, I’ve been thinking about healthy lifestyles. Because of my active interest in fitness and nutrition, I follow a lot of health-related blogs.

This is it, it’s getting closer and closer to D (delivery) day.

There are a few things that get under my skin: can openers that don’t work properly, someone talking with their mouth full and perky gym attendants. The energy they generate, should be bottled and studied.

ARTember is in full swing in Airdrie, and that got me thinking about how important the arts are in my life.

A series of conflicts and crises during this past summer have cast a long shadow around our world. Russia has illegally annexed and invaded regions of Ukraine.

Last week, I was sitting in my recliner watching the evening news, when there was a news item that made me sit up and listen. It concerned the recent appointment of Gordon Dirk as the new education minister in Alberta.

Over the past 20 years, many Canadians have heard the name Lindsey Nicholls. On Aug. 2, 1993, this 14-year-old girl went missing in B.C. Lindsey was described as an athletic child with blonde locks with a hidden artistic flare.

I don’t watch The National Football League (NFL) beyond the New Orleans Saints or the Dallas Cowboys games, or maybe just to view New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, or to see crazy sports fans who burn jerseys at the start of the football seaso

As I face down the barrel of yet another birthday, I find myself less and less interested in being what I always thought an adult should be.