We all like to be alone once in awhile. Getting away from the duties of our life and finding a moment to simply ‘be,’ is sometimes more valuable than...
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Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
The (Still) Golden Rule
For thousands of years we’ve had neighbours and neighbourhoods. Whether it was the cavemen next door who made loud noises until all hours of the night...
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Belonging Everywhere
My wife and her brother love the Calgary Roughnecks. Each year they get season tickets and plan their lives around the next lacrosse game. Decked out in the...
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Warming up the Neighbourhood
The other day I waved at a neighbour and said, “see you in the spring!” I chuckled to myself as I said it, because in Alberta, it’s all too...
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Neighbourhood ‘Re-Santa-fication’
Gift-giving has always been a big part of Christmas. Yet in our age of consumerism more and more people are foregoing gift-giving, or at least limiting their...
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You Matter (and so does the next person you see)
You are one-of-a-kind. You are valuable and infinitely rare. Before or after you, there will never be anyone just like you. In fact a researcher, Ali Binazir...
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Catching our Breath
Anguish has been poignantly felt this week around the world. Paris. Beirut. Egypt. Syria. I can only imagine the depth of sorrow people close to the pain must...
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A Dose of ‘Koselig’ and a Dash of ‘Hygge’
Our almost-two year old learned a new word last week. She woke up at 7:00 am and pointed outside saying, ‘dark! dark!’ I leaned over her crib, picked her...
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Halloween is Awesome
Halloween is that time of year where we collectively spend 2.5 billion dollars on candy, costumes, and party supplies. I remember almost every halloween as a...
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Hand it to them
Hands are an important part of who we are. We communicate with them, waving them around to tell an exciting story, or stretching them out to show our sceptical...