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Life is about strife, about conflict, and finding that balance that allows us to live a good life. In other words, too much of anything is not necessarily good. As the aphorism suggests, all work and no play, is not a wise course, as is its inverse.

“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” – Groucho Marx Once again, the silly season is upon us.

The ancient Sufi poet, Attar of Nishapur, once observed that “ this too shall pass. ” By this, he meant that, in good times, enjoy what you encounter, for the good times shall pass away.

St. Albert was my hometown from birth to university graduation. I traveled abroad, then settled in Edmonton where I met my St. Albert-born future husband. We moved ourselves back home with the arrival of our first daughter in 2003.

Canadians are a deferential people, less so than Europeans and more so than Americans, but we have had respect for the authority and the legitimacy of elected representatives in the past.

Now that school has been in session for more than three weeks, we have once more gone through the gambit of perennial pundit ‘back to school’ topics ranging from “why don’t we teach cursive writing anymore?” to “Why do we still teach Shakespeare?” In

‘It’ isn’t the only thing frightening Albertans as this long, hot and endlessly smoky summer limps to a close.

The recent municipal inspection report presented by George Cuff and Municipal Affairs, as well as the tone of a lot of the debates happening on St. Albert social media, speak to the level of acrimony in St. Albert.

Vegan diets, in which people do not consume or use animal products, are becoming more popular locally and around the world. Veganism has health benefits, not only for the individual, but also for the health of our environment.

I had great plans to reveal to you the solution to President Trump’s quest to Make America Great Again. During the 20 th century, on every continent, the world saw the emergence of nation states and an end to colonization.