Columns

The start of the year is a good time to look forward and make predictions about what’s coming up. And as always, Alberta’s economy has some thrilling and chilling events in store. Here’s a Top Five list of trends to watch: 5.

And so, having avoided Montezuma’s ultimate revenge, we begin another trip around the sun.

The same week a gunman massacred 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook school in Connecticut, in quiet St. Albert, I was Christmas shopping as I tried to digest what had just happened down south.

The final month last year began tragically.

When I was a young adult, I had a dad who reminded me that “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” His scare tactic wasn’t particularly motivating – a little removed from my reality actually.

Alberta is at a crossroads with our major industry – energy production.

’Twas the night before Christmas and all through the land the energy sector caused wringing of hands.

Scots not only brought to the world in 1325 the most played game on the planet, golf, but also introduced in the year 1788 the most sung song in the civilized world, Auld Lang Syne.

It is Saturday Dec. 22, 2012. All is calm all is bright. If you are reading this, you have survived the ‘end of the world’ apocalypse unfairly attributed to the Mayan calendar.

Interviewing 14 Grade 1 students about Santa Claus (Our People, page xx) was one of the most delightful experiences I’ve ever had. Each of these budding six-year-olds was an enthusiastic participant.