“We must shock this nation with the power of love,” – Reverend William Barber II. Forget right vs left. It’s time to worry about right vs wrong. I haven’t posted anything on the debacle going on to the south of us. In fact, despite who I am and what I do, I post very little…

As I dropped my daughter off for her last Grade 9 exam yesterday, I found myself parking the car and taking a moment. For six years, we’d made that drive to school. I remembered the anxious 8-year-old the first week of Grade 4 – new house, new school, new city. Her overwhelming worries. I thought…

Almost three years ago – in June 2013 – I posted a call for help on Facebook. Our home was suddenly riverfront and my husband was helplessly watching our basement fill with water… the silt-laden Elbow River water mixed with sewage was slowly encroaching on our main floor. The response to my post was swift,…

This morning I’m wondering what Bus Fuller has on his mind. Have he and son Stan (CEO of the Earls chain) sat down over a big old plate of Kansas beef and talked about the great beef debate of 2016? If you’ve missed it, Earls announced they were switching to Certified Humane beef this week…

I was dreamin’ when I wrote this So sue me if I go to fast But life is just a party And parties weren’t meant to last – Prince, 1958 – 2016 As I rushed from meeting to meeting Thursday, I glanced at my phone and puzzled over a text from my kid. “Prince died.”…

There’s not much that I’m scared of, but when it comes to dental visits I’m a massive chicken. Even the thought of spending time in a dentist chair sends my nervous system into overdrive. So when I found out recently that I needed an old metal filling replaced, I’m not sure how I let my…