Opinion

I came upon the Paul Kane article in your Jan. 12 edition.

Warning: This column acknowledges death as a natural and inevitable part of life. Death is a tough sell in our culture, dare we call it a phobia? We push hard to deny it with an extreme focus on perennial youthfulness and anti-aging.

Phyllis Robertson is to be applauded and admired for enlightening the public as to how our loved ones are lacking in professional care and attention. For whatever reasons this happens, it most certainly is not acceptable.

While governments around the globe pour billions into expensive 'rapid transit', primarily for daily commuters, the private sector and researchers are pouring billions into the 'rapid movement' of people, goods and services.

I moved to Canada from the states last year. Shortly before, there was a health scare that sent me to the emergency room of the worn-down hospital of my tiny Tennessean town. The visit was no longer than a few hours.

Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party passed the Alberta Sovereignty Within A United Canada Act last December despite a storm of protests from critics.

FarmTech successor talks biofuels, sustainability

And so we start the journey through 2023. Some might call it the annual resetting of the circle of life.

At your funeral, what will be said about you? I remember receiving this question at a Holistic Management workshop in my early 20s. It was a suspension-of-time kind of question.