Category: Voices

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: March 13 – 20, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: March 13 – 20, 2017

    By Eric Francis Coppolino ARIES — Events this week can revolutionize your life. But you must stay in the present to get the benefits. Most of humanity navigates by staring into the rearview mirror, by false hope, or by worry. You must look at your actual surroundings and your environment now, and size up what…

  • Oil Companies—not Taxpayers—Should Pay to Clean Up Old Oil Wells

    Oil Companies—not Taxpayers—Should Pay to Clean Up Old Oil Wells

    Reading the news, it’s looking more likely that the government is going to be using taxpayer money to clean up old Alberta oil wells. So, oil companies pump out huge profits and then leave the mess for the taxpayer to clean up? What other industries or businesses are allowed to do this?  None. Alberta’s Orphan…

  • From My Bookshelf: Rick Bass

    From My Bookshelf: Rick Bass

    By Lynn Willoughby For a Little While ~ Rick Bass “Bass hasn’t been writing just to save our wild places, but to save what’s wild and humane and the best withing us.” Smith Henderson, New York Times This is a selection of short stories from a well known environmentalist.  He is a master at showing…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Croissants, Buns and Bread

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Croissants, Buns and Bread

    By Reena Nerbas Prepping Shells for Stain Dear Reena, I would like to know how to clean a shell and how to apply stain on it? Can you please share your ideas with me? Thank-you, Jamal Dear Jamal, Place the shell into room temperature 50/50 bleach/water inside of a pot (or use plain water). Boil…

  • Rachel Notley’s Trade Hypocrisy

    Rachel Notley’s Trade Hypocrisy

    It would be nice if the Alberta Premier could practice in Alberta what she preaches in Washington By Derek James From, Staff lawyer Canadian Constitution Foundation CALGARY, Alta. / Troy Media/ – Alberta is all abuzz. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is back from her trip to Washington. She was there to advocate for the province’s economic…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: March 6 – 13, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: March 6 – 13, 2017

    By Eric Francis ARIES — With Venus retrograde in your sign, it would seem that the thing you need the most is to experience the world from the viewpoint of a close partner. In fact, I suggest you do a review of your exchanges the past year or so, and see if you can figure…

  • From My Bookshelf: Yuval Noah Harari

    From My Bookshelf: Yuval Noah Harari

    By Lynn Willoughby Sapiens ~ Yuval Noah Harari A friend loaned me this book of non-fiction and I had to tackle it after Christmas. The sub-title is “A Brief History of Humankind” so it seemed fairly daunting.  However turns out it is very readable. I especially liked the author’s breakdown and timeline – beginning with…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: February 27 – March 6, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: February 27 – March 6, 2017

    By Eric Francis ARIES Yesterday’s eclipse in Pisces opened an inner doorway for you. This is a standout event, even on the scale of your current rapid phase of self-discovery. Now that this door is open, it will remain so, for as long as you keep using it. You have access through any inward-seeking practice…

  • From My Bookshelf: Gregory David Roberts

    From My Bookshelf: Gregory David Roberts

    By Lynn Willoughby Shantaram ~ Gregory David Roberts I have been on a streak of reading so-so novels, but then a friend recommended this one. And what a book it is!! I hardly know where to start as there seemed to me to be three stories here with Lin as the protagonist in all of…

  • Canada Needs a Strong Alberta Economy

    Canada Needs a Strong Alberta Economy

    By Steve Lafleur and Ben Eisen The Fraser Institute VANCOUVER, B.C./ Troy Media/ – The first batch of census data was released recently, giving Canadians a peek at how the country evolved between 2011 and 2016. One of the biggest stories is the substantial growth of Alberta. The province’s rapid population boom until 2015 helped re-shape the…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: February 20 – 27, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: February 20 – 27, 2017

    By Eric Francis Coppolino ARIES — It’s time for cleaning closets. This is the perfect time of year, and the perfect time in your solar chart. I do mean the psychic and spiritual kinds of closets, but there’s no better way to get that started than picking a messy storage area in your home or…

  • From My Bookshelf: Steven Price

    From My Bookshelf: Steven Price

    By Lynn Willoughby By Gaslight – Steven Price Historical fiction is my favourite genre. This novel has lots of both – lots of history and too much fiction. With that said, Price’s descriptions of the muck and filth in 1800s London, actually made me feel grimy. This is the story of William Pinkerton, son of…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Save on Produce

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Save on Produce

    By Reena Nerbas Scorched Carpet Dear Reena, My ironing board broke and so I started ironing my clothes on the carpet. It wasn’t ideal but things were going well until I noticed that I scorched the top of my carpet. Help! Is my carpet ruined? I tried to wash it, but that did not help.…

  • Changes to the Castle Reminiscent of Bill 6 Disaster

    Changes to the Castle Reminiscent of Bill 6 Disaster

    In 2015, the NDP government wandered into its first major debacle when it imposed heavy-handed legislation known as Bill 6 on Alberta’s farms and ranches without consulting farmers and ranchers, the people whose lives would be directly affected, first. Farm families were rightly troubled by the government’s dismissive attitude towards them and protested in huge…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: February 13 – 20, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: February 13 – 20, 2017

    By Eric Francis ARIES — You’re in an unusual position to see and experience the world from the viewpoint of a close partner. It’s one thing to think you’re doing this; it’s another to actually get into the emotional space to witness what you cannot usually perceive. It takes willingness and some conscious submission. You’ll…