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A St. Albert parent recently expressed concern that her teenage son was spending too much time playing video games.

Strange things can happen on the Red Willow Trail. On one hand, spending a sunny afternoon gingerly cycling along the Sturgeon River without a helmet risks a $100 blow to the pocketbook. But once a rider dons headgear, look out.

Last time I discussed the three main types of travel insurance: medical, trip cancellation and trip interruption.

The municipal elections will soon be upon us as three years have nearly passed and it is time to assess how well we were represented.

Among such social graces as good manners, politeness and respect comes a quality that is held in comparable esteem as common sense. What is it? It is common courtesy.

While I don’t hate dogs, I don’t trust them, which means I try to avoid them. A well-trained and controlled dog is a delight and pleasure and can fill people’s lives with joy and companionship.

Travel insurance in simplified terms is insurance that is intended to cover medical expenses, financial and other losses incurred while travelling in Canada and abroad.

Dave Hancock, our minister of education, was on CBC Radio the other day talking about special needs students.

For a public hearing, Monday's Arlington Drive session had it all. Sizeable crowd? Check. An engaged, and at times emotional public ready to speak its mind? Check.

In the past while, the normally placid byway of oral storytelling has been enlivened by public salvos on the issue of taste and censorship. Several years ago a group began running “Story Slams” at a south-side Edmonton restaurant.