Opinion

I’m cold. I understand it’s been spring for a couple of weeks now, but I think I was warmer in December. The vernal equinox fell on March 20 this year, officially marking the beginning of spring.

From the farm gate to new markets around the globe, Canada’s innovative agriculture sector is reaching new horizons every day. Our farmers are coming off a record harvest.

My husband and I recently moved into our new townhome, which is lovely and exciting, but when we moved I didn’t realize my 30-year-old hubby would almost overnight turn into a cranky old man.

I recently read the quote of a paragraph out of the children’s book, Tallest of the Smalls. See if this sounds familiar to you, “Perhaps you don’t know about Stiltsville, the village, so strange but so true...

Every once in a while something happens or you talk to someone that makes you grateful for what you have. I had two such instances recently.

The government of Alberta’s 2014 budget can be summed up in one word: Debt.

“After pausing in December, Albertans came rushing back to malls, shops and car dealerships,” said Todd Hirsch, chief economist with ATB Financial. “Alberta’s record-setting sales are yet another indicator of an extremely strong economy.

It was so close that I could literally smell it, but then along came Mother Nature and snatched it away from me. Golf season. My favourite time of the year.

The Canadian Flag was recently lowered at NATO’s International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul for the final time. Since 2001, more than 40,000 of our soldiers have performed above and beyond the call of duty in Afghanistan.

Throughout the course of last Monday (March 17), I had an inner dilemma on my hands for what I would be doing the following evening.