Opinion

Like many people, I grew up with the idea of someday getting married, starting a family and then gradually getting old alongside work and a couple family vacations to Cape Cod or Disney World.

At long last, the seniors in Bonnyville, the Lakeland Lodge and Housing Foundation, local MLA Genia Leskiw, and Town coun. Ray Prevost can breathe a collective sigh of relief.

It's hard to decide what's worse, heading into dangers uninformed and hoping for the best or researching said dangers extensively before allowing myself to walk into situations where they may become reality.

The English language is quite a wonder. Often confusing, disorientating and sometimes even nonsense, it's no wonder communication breakdowns can be credited with so many problems.

SPERD schools have moved Grade 6 students to outcome based report cards. The outcome based cards will show if students achieve certain outcomes, but students looking to outdo one another by trying hard for an A need not apply.

The provincial government released its 2012-2013 budget last week. From the Progressive Conservatives, it’s a budget to help the vulnerable and increase services without increasing taxes.

With the theme of their talent show “be a buddy, not a bully,” Glendon School has joined École des Beaux-Lacs in making anti-bullying a priority and it is a message that has never been more important.

My nephew Christian Legge is an eleven-year-old little boy currently living in St. John's, N.L.

It's an honour to be chosen as the best man but there are a few responsibilities that come along with the bestowment, possibly the most well known of which is the “best man speech” or more appropriately the “toast to the groom.

As I sat alone in my dark apartment this weekend, I had plenty of time to reflect on all the ways the world discriminates against single people. I had decided that would be my column topic, just in time for Valentine's Day.