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Right in the centre - Whom do they fear?

By Ken Waddell

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Democracy is a funny thing. It doesn’t always give you the results you think you want.

The US presidential election looks like it’s going to deliver a race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Who would have ever wanted that? Does the American voter want a presidential choice such as that? Come on, isn’t there any better candidates in the whole of the United States than those two?

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My perspective - Yes, you do count

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

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Every person counts, everyone matters. That message becomes quite literal every five years during the national census. This year, May 10 was census day and the previous week, census questionnaires were delivered to Canadians across the country.

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Ë®¹ûÊÓƵbodies - I did it! – part one

By Rita Friesen

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‘I did it. I absolutely did it. They said it couldn’t be done, but I did it!’ This mantra, a combination of a line of poetry and a line from a movie, cycled through my mind as I cycled through the beautiful countryside of the Netherlands. Beautiful is too modest a word for what I saw, but it keeps the memories real. 

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Faithfully yours - A second chance

By Neil Strohschein

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I will never forget how defeated and devastated I felt. My world had come crashing around my shoulders. I was beginning to realize just how many of my problems were my own fault. I was sinking into despair and depression; and then this happened.

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Right in the centre - Big changes, maybe

By Ken Waddell

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Ë®¹ûÊÓƵ could be in for some big changes. Electing a PC Ë®¹ûÊÓƵ government on April 19 with 40 seats was certainly a major shift for Ë®¹ûÊÓƵ. What will that mean for Ë®¹ûÊÓƵ for the next four years and beyond?

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