Category: Voices

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: In the Laundry Room

    By Reena Nerbas Laundry Stain Remover Dear Reena, I need a laundry stain remover solution using vinegar, water and baking soda. Thanks, Lynne Dear Lynne, Here is a spot remover that you can use to pre-treat stains as well as several other machine washable, colorfast fabrics. Into a spray bottle combine: Two third cups ammonia…

  • Phillips Should Stand Up for Albertans, Defend the Oil Sands: Wildrose

    Phillips Should Stand Up for Albertans, Defend the Oil Sands: Wildrose

    EDMONTON, AB: Environment Minister Shannon Phillips should add her voice to the chorus of Albertans who are calling out Greenpeace and the anti-Alberta celebrities it brings to the province to protest the oil sands, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. Greenpeace spokesperson Mike Hudema was touring Hollywood activist Jane Fonda around the province in an effort to…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Eat Right

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Eat Right

    OK, the big Christmas extended feast is over, and you’ve put on a few pounds. Perhaps you’ve been a little “too heavy” for some time. So this is it – time for the diet. You’re going to cut out all starches, or all sugars, or eat only green foods, and keep careful notes, and you’re…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: January 9 – 16, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: January 9 – 16, 2017

    By Eric Francis ARIES — You now get a chance to run with your plan, and it’s likely to be an excellent one. You can presently activate some concentrated, hot idea, probably related to your profession, career or vocation (however you think of it). This involves Mercury stationing direct in Sagittarius and soon storming into…

  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Speaks Out Against Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Speaks Out Against Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)

    In this video, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits Standing Rock and speaks out against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) development. Kennedy, who, among other things, is an attorney specializing in environmental law, explains why the pipeline is unlawful and should not be allowed to be completed. Source: Greener Ideal

  • Indigenous People are not the ‘Ghosts of History’

    Indigenous People are not the ‘Ghosts of History’

    By honouring treaties and the rights they bestow, Canada can go a long way toward restoring pride, respect and dignity to indigenous peoples By Len Flett with Nicole Letourneau EvidenceNetwork.ca WINNIPEG, Man. / Troy Media/ – Canadian indigenous people have been described as “ghosts of history.” To a great extent, they have been ignored, even though…

  • From My Bookshelf: Wally Lamb

    From My Bookshelf: Wally Lamb

    By Lynn Willoughby I’ll Take You There ~ Wally Lamb I have not been disappointed yet by this author but the beginning of this book was so odd I almost quit. I am so glad I didn’t! Ghosts, old silent films and the history of the cinema didn’t seem to be something one could write a…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Apple Pie

    By Reena Nerbas Damage to Marble Countertop Dear Reena, My daughter left her straightener on our new bathroom counter in the basement. It is marble; it has discolored the counter – is there any way to remove the “stain”? Thanks for your time, Brenda Dear Brenda, Are you sure that you are dealing with real marble or…

  • Carbon Tax Raising the Cost of Everything

    Carbon Tax Raising the Cost of Everything

    By Drew Barnes, MLA The NDP’s risky carbon tax is now in effect – and the cost of everything is going up. The price of gas is now 4.5 cents per litre more expensive. Diesel is now 5.4 cents per litre more expensive. Natural gas prices will increase between 30 to 40 per cent. Gas…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Cooking Ribs in the Slow Cocker

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Cooking Ribs in the Slow Cocker

    By Reena Nerbas Lumpy Brown Sugar Dear Reena, I enjoy a bowl of oat cereal for breakfast and like to sprinkle it with brown sugar. My problem is the sugar is always lumpy and no amount of shaking makes the sugar finer for sprinkling. Thanks. Gordo Dear Gordo, Brown sugar hardens when moisture inside the…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Quit Smoking

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Quit Smoking

    Everyone knows that smoking is bad for your health, which makes quitting smoking an ideal New Year’s resolution. It’s also a popular one – thousands of smokers resolve to quit every year. In fact, some smokers like the resolution so much, they resolve to quit again the next year – and the next… And that’s…

  • Happy New Year from the Longview Library

    Happy New Year from the Longview Library

    Joan, our librarian, and the Board, wish you all a very Happy and Successful New Year! There are some exciting workshops lined up for January. On January 4th, from 1 to 3.30pm, you will learn how to borrow library eBooks and to transfer them to your eReader device. You are welcome to bring your laptop,…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: January 2 – 9, 2017

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: January 2 – 9, 2017

    BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO ARIES — Your profession is about what you have to offer the world. It’s your way of nurturing the community. Yes, there’s the achievement aspect; yet ultimately you accomplish great things based on the gifts you give. That includes your time, your productivity and your ideas. Focus on that rather than…

  • From My Bookshelf: Kurt Palka

    From My Bookshelf: Kurt Palka

    By Lynn Willoughby The Piano Maker ~ Kurt Palka Another story with a Canadian setting, with a strong, beguiling woman with a past. She shows up in a small town in Nova Scotia in the 1930s. She is friendly, sensible. talented and completely feminine so I was surprised that this novel was written by a…

  • A Challenging Year for Albertans

    A Challenging Year for Albertans

    By Pat Stier, MLA While 2016 has been a challenging year for many Albertans, it’s also been a time where we’ve seen the very best of one another.  Time and time again Albertans showed their resilience in the face of adversity.  This was most put to the test during the Fort McMurray wildfire. As families…