My first thoughts about the office was when a teacher at school sent you to the office, it was usually not good. When my parents said, “He goes to the office every day to work,” it was assumed that person

Canada’s official Farm Safety Week was the second week in March just as it is every year. It is imperative to give a strong reminder to our farmers every year because farming is still one of Canada’s most dangerous jobs.

“If only grandpa could see this.” How often have we said this when we were introduced to something new? When our first old, articulated Versatile tractor arrived and I could pull a 24 foot disk up any hill on the

March 14 to March 20 is the 2021 farm safety week. With less than two per cent of Canada’s workforce involved in farming, you may wonder why everyone should be aware of Canada’s farm safety week. The first reason is

Pantry is a word that many of us and even our parents don’t know the meaning of. When this extended COVID-19 had been with us a month, we started to read about and see on TV, people (many without work

Why is the butter harder? Last week, the harder butter subject hit the news. TV, radio and all over social media the subject of harder butter was the hot topic for the day. Dairy farmers were accused of causing this

Every winter during my time on Earth, even though there are numerous signs of global warming there has been a week of deep freeze sometime between Christmas and March. I will never forget one year about 40 years ago, we

When some of my older friends (that are over 70) chat at the coffee shop and think back about the big changes that we have had the pleasure to witness in our lifetime, there are some very big changes. We

Brain health is commonly called mental health but for generations, the word mental health had a stigma attached to it that many people associated with “he’s a bit crazy.” For years talking about mental health was almost taboo in many

Last Thursday, Jan. 29, after supper Jeannie noticed that I had a fever and was not too “bright” (even worse than normal.) When I tried to stand up, I realized that my balance had deteriorated quite quickly too. My son