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A Valentine’s Day toast to ‘The Right Place to Be'

A Valentine’s Day toast to ‘The Right Place to Be'

Column by Elk Point Review writer Vicki Brooker
Is Canadian English disappearing?

Is Canadian English disappearing?

While I recognize language evolves over time to meet the needs of daily conversation and correspondence, I worry that Canadians are losing their linguistic identity without even knowing it.
Gaslighting with natural gas

Gaslighting with natural gas

One of the most-often The provincial government has been touting the natural gas rebate as a weapon in their arsenal to reduce hurt caused to Albertans as utility prices increase.
Watch, blink, repeat

Watch, blink, repeat

The Scrooge of New Year’s resolutions

The Scrooge of New Year’s resolutions

So, for those New Year’s Scrooges out there, I have a solution that may suit you better. Why not become a seasonal goal-setter. Everything has its season, so why not prepare and plan our goals to match it? 
No sense

No sense

Giant signs proclaim high prices
Health and happiness in 2023

Health and happiness in 2023

Health and happiness for the new year is quite literally in short supply
Lifelong learning or ‘status quo demise’

Lifelong learning or ‘status quo demise’

I don’t believe there are any other ways to avoid the backwards pull of the already-know, except for the forward motion of discovering the unknown, whatever that may be.
Christmas music year round

Christmas music year round

Why do some of us love Christmas music so much?
Politics for Christmas

Politics for Christmas

It might just be this simple — but when is it ever this simple?