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Occasionally, all of us encounter situations where we have to do something that we really dislike doing. Some of the more obvious ones include having to go to the dentist, or visiting the in-laws, disciplining a child, or firing an employee.

By Columnist Troy Media For some reason Father’s Day wasn’t nearly as important as Mother’s Day when I was growing up.

One of my ‘senior adulthood’ indulgences is re-reading books and stories first read or read to me in my youth, beginning say around age eight or nine.

“That’s karma!” … The most misunderstood words in the English language and usually spoken by people who profess to have more wisdom than they really do.

In his classic poem, The Mending Wall, Robert Frost writes: ‘Good fences make good neighbours.’ The poem depicts two rural landowners meeting at a fence line that marks the boundary of their adjoining properties.

Confucius once said, “Find a job you love and you will never work another day in your life.” Otherwise, work is just a four-letter word that ends in ‘k.

I was appalled at council’s decision to cut off funding to the Youth Community Centre.

One of the classic board games of all time is Snakes and Ladders. It's great fun for the whole family because no one has any advantage over the other players – it's completely a game of chance. You roll the dice and hope for the best.

As most of you know, I have been highly skeptical about the capacity and/or willingness of our city council and its administration to take on the challenge of developing St. Albert beyond the pretty little town status that it has fallen into.

Welcome to the bubble. It’s a saying I’ve heard with increasing frequency of late. The bubble refers to St. Albert, often by St. Albertans in jest and by outsiders as a means to explain the stereotype of St. Albertans. St.