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Follow your nose

Follow your nose

It paints a pretty mental picture – you’re walking along the boardwalk at Lagasse Park, on a calm mid-summer evening. The birds are skimming the water, children are laughing as they play in the spray park and people are walking their dogs.
Slow down or pay the fine

Slow down or pay the fine

As the sole driver in our household, I tend to put a lot of miles on my truck. I drive back and forth from home (which is about 20 minutes from town) to St. Paul at least once a day and I sometimes do the trip multiple times in one day.
Extreme travelling (issues)

Extreme travelling (issues)

Hello ladies and gentlemen of Bonnyville! It's been a while since I've sat down and written for you guys, exactly a month in fact, as I spent three weeks towards the end of July and beginning of August half way across the world back in the motherland
Following the Blue Jays to Houston

Following the Blue Jays to Houston

I can officially check Minute Maid Park off the list of Major League Baseball (MLB) parks I hope to visit in my lifetime, as I recently took a trip down to Houston to catch the Toronto Blue Jays play the Astros for four games.
Spectacular summers in the Lakeland

Spectacular summers in the Lakeland

Summer is a special time here in the Lakeland, with exciting events almost every weekend for families and friends to check out.
Thousands of dollars, countless hours

Thousands of dollars, countless hours

Another August long weekend has come and gone, and the small community of Mallaig is again quiet, after welcoming thousands of guests to the annual Haying in the 30’s site.
Redford's ruinous legacy

Redford's ruinous legacy

It seems that every time Alison Redford steps down from something political, there’s another scandal tossed into the pile.
Learn to let go

Learn to let go

Who knew that being allowed to wear shorts was a fundamental right, an essential need, a fight to be fought just as people fought for integrated schools or for women to be allowed to vote? Or so it would seem to me, having read a couple of news stori
It's simple: Pack out what you pack in

It's simple: Pack out what you pack in

When it's summer here, for the two, maybe three months of the year, many folks flock outdoors, get active, go camping and become one with nature again.
Bonnyville's rodeo and chuckwagon events a highlight of the summer

Bonnyville's rodeo and chuckwagon events a highlight of the summer

I spent the majority of my weekend out at the rodeo grounds taking in all of the sights, sounds and exciting action the 2014 Pro Rodeo and Chuckwagon races had to offer. In my opinion, the entire weekend of events was a huge success.
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