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Observation Aug. 26

By Addy Oberlin

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When I travel through the mountains in British Columbia, I am always impressed and in awe about the strength and majesty of the rugged edges. In some places, they needed to use dynamite to blast through some of the rocky parts of the mountains to build a new highway. They are rightly called the Rocky Mountains and a very solid foundation.

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Ë®¹ûÊÓƵbodies - Slow down, breathe deep

By Rita Friesen

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How difficult has it become to simply do nothing? How difficult it has become to simply do nothing! It is in the times of quietude that we can hear our own thoughts, feel the power of life flowing through us, contemplate the here and now, and the far aways.

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My perspective - A province on the move

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

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Over the centuries, many things have changed in Ë®¹ûÊÓƵ, but throughout our history, one thing hasn’t– the importance of transportation. How we move has changed, but the fundamental importance of transportation to Ë®¹ûÊÓƵ and her people hasn’t.

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Right in the centre - Is it viable?

By Ken Waddell

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The viability of industries and communities has come into sharp focus lately. The Port of Churchill was dealt the most recent in a series of death blows with the closure of the Omnitrax shipping port. The Churchill port has not been viable for a long time, perhaps never. To operate, it takes huge government subsidies and enforced usage by way of the former Canadian Wheat Board.

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Faithfully yours - National anthem—national treasure

By Neil Strohschein

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One of the lessons I learned early in life (then forgot and had to learn it again—many, many times) was that once something is said or done, those who said or did it have to live with the consequences of their actions. Apologies won’t undo the damage that has been done.

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