Up until the end of August, Roy was a long-haul truck driver. After six years as an owner/operator hauling mostly lumber or pipe into the States, the thrill is gone. To blame are the worsening economy in the U.S. and the stronger Canadian dollar. Overall, both the number of loads and price per load have… Read more »
George Boelcke is a financial expert and author of It’s Your Money! He does radio spots, writes about money online, and speaks across North America to people in the financial services business. Recently I attended his credit and debt seminar. One of the best parts of the evening was hearing about George’s December game. Each… Read more »
Driving has taken on a whole new groove since we purchased a Honda CR-V EX-L. It’s prompted some behavioural changes. The two or three miles of gravel standing between home and pavement has meant going only 40 or 45 kilometres an hour to save the paint job. The well-intentioned pledge not to eat or drink… Read more »
On November 11 hundreds of thousands will gather at cenotaphs across the country. Military personnel, RCMP officers, and air cadets will march and form honour guards. Crowds of civilians and fewer and fewer veterans will attend. Politicians will lay wreaths and make speeches. The federal government will name an honorary mother to represent all mothers… Read more »
Both the calendar and the thermometer tell us that winter is fast approaching. The days are shorter, the nights are cooler. The Sears Christmas catalogue has been out for months. The Costco tire sale is on. Mandarin oranges are in the stores. Sloughs and dugouts have a skim coat of frost some mornings. Josh Classen,… Read more »
Hardly a day goes by without news of a new threat to our health or well-being. It may be the results of a study saying positive thinking doesn’t help cancer patients. Or caffeine is good for you after all. Or not. Protect your identity. Don’t open spam emails. Eat broccoli and blueberries. Avoid cookies, ice… Read more »
On a recent beautiful fall Saturday afternoon I found myself driving in Edmonton. I was about the third vehicle back stopped at a red light at 137th Avenue and 97th Street heading east. There’s a teeny median separating those of us going straight and those turning north onto 97th Street. Positioned on that small piece… Read more »
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a big event? I mean a big event in places like the Shaw Conference Centre in downtown Edmonton or the Telus Centre in Calgary or a big hotel ballroom. I mean a convention or annual general meeting. I mean hundreds of delegates or guests…. Read more »
Gratitude is an elusive thing. It may be deeply felt but go unexpressed. Or it may be the stuff of Thanksgiving Day celebrations. Sometimes it represents the single most neglected aspect of our lives. We take our good health, our good fortune, our very lives for granted. It may manifest as a prayer silently mouthed–thank… Read more »
Some might call it a mid-life crisis. We prefer to consider it an old dream just recently fulfilled. For years Roy talked about wanting a Honda Gold Wing motorcycle. For the uninitiated, it’s not a crotch rocket. It’s not a sport bike or even a cruiser. It’s a touring bike, or, in the words of… Read more »