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Re: Throw Kindness Around Like Confetti, Feb 25 Issue

Thanks Carla for your article on acts of kindness, it was encouraging to me as this morning, I phoned three widowed ladies, invited them to join my husband and I to our evening meal. We will play dominoes–Mexico train. Vera I love it when we’ve inspired something in our readers! -Karl

Re: Council Connection, Feb 25 Issue

I don’t think it’s fair have to pick up the tab for council’s extravagant choice of accommodation. There are plenty of qualified individuals who would than happy to work at a cushy job in West Edmonton. I feel the cheaper alternative would have been the better choice. If the council wants the more expensive option,… Read more »

Dear Barb – Just Friends & Finances

Dear Barb: My wife is spending money like crazy! She is running our credit cards to the max and our bank account is always in the red. I’m a saver. I hate debts. We are arguing constantly about money and it is ruining our relationship. I feel like cutting her off from the bank accounts,… Read more »

From Where I Sit – Finish First

My mom, Roy, and I just collected on a Christmas present from Hilary. She gave each of us a ticket to the Garth Brooks world tour concert in Edmonton. I don’t think anyone expected he’d end up selling more than 143,000 tickets in nine shows but that’s what happened. Ours was for the seven o’clock… Read more »

So this is Thirty

I think there are often expectations, landmarks we are supposed to hit by certain ages. We should graduate high school by 18, university by 22, then marriage, and kids before 30. While this is rarely the case anymore, it can still be difficult not to measure your accomplishments by this perceived scale of success. As… Read more »

Canadian Education News

American Secretary of Education nomination a concern for Canada According to The Tyee, the recent nomination of Betsy DeVos as the secretary of education for President Donald J. Trump’s Republican Administration could be a concern for Canadian education, and citizens. DeVos has “spent years wielding her inherited wealth to aggressively support the replacement of public… Read more »

From the PSE Newsdesk

Student action results in Sustainable Development success. A three-month campaign by Laval University student activist group “ULaval sans fossiles” helped persuade Laval U to stop investing in fossil fuels. In a February 15, 2017 press release, Quebec City’s Laval University committed to “taking responsible action to switch its endowment fund investments in fossil energy to… Read more »

The Creative Spark! – Title Pages that Smile

Are you smiling? Well, even if You’re not, your title page sure can?with some design love. A hot pink arc placed with upward edges can substitute for a smile any day. So, let’s get happy and design you a title page. But why waste your time on crafting colorful cover pages? Because, my friend, the… Read more »