Remembering Rene Bering A Life Of Service And Flight
Rene Bering a retired Coast Guard Radio Operator and Nav Canada Flight Services Specialist lived in Chimo Resort Wauchope Sk. He grew up in Wauchope Bellegarde and Manor Sk worked as a barber for three years pursued hobbies of flying dancing and river travel. He helped Habitat for Humanity Big Brothers Sisters Foster Parents Plan and church choir and built a house for a foster child in Haiti.
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Rene Bering
Transport Canada
Coast Guard
Nav Canada
Rapid City
Oak River
Chimo
Wauchope
Bellegarde
Manor
Costa Rica
Elvis Presley
Nana Mouskouri
Julia Roberts
Habitat For Humanity
Big Brothers & Sisters
Haiti
Return to Iona Abbey and the Thin Place Within
The writer recounts a reflective visit to Isle of Iona, tracing the ferry pier, rocky shore, abbey fortress, and cove. He finds peace in the abbey’s inclusive welcome, evening prayers offering scarce courage to say enough, and a sense of oneness between heaven and earth as day wanes and sleep nears.
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Isle of
Iona
Isle
Abbey
Uriah
Stone Kirk
On This Day August 23 Historical Highlights
A compact retrospective of events dated August 23 across years including Emanuel Allen's 1797 slave sale in Montréal the Red River protest of 1835 the 1882 shift of Northwest Territories government seats to Regina the 1917 Berlin renamed to Kitchener order in council the 1943 Trans Canada Airlines transatlantic service birth of Air Canada the 1957 Trans Canada Highway milestone the 1963 founding of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at Saskatoon the 1974 Billboard hit by Paul Anka the 1988 St Basile le Grand oil PCB fire displacing 3000 residents and the 2002 Statistics Canada drought affecting prairie crops.
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Emanuel Allen
Montréal
Canada
Red River
Hudson's Bay Company
Edgar Dewdney
Battleford
Regina
Northwest Territories
Ontario
Berlin
Kitchener
Trans Canada Airlines
Air Canada
Saskatchewan
Lommy Douglas
The
Western College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
Larry Smith
Saskatoon
Paul Anka
St-Basile-le-Grand
Faithfully Yours on Social Media and Connection Limits
The column reflects on the rapid rise of the internet and social media from early dial up days to today. It cautions about privacy breaches and misinformation while urging face to face dialogue and spiritual reflection over constant digital use. It ends with a call to unplug and talk with God.
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Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Ike
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Rivers Community Church
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Banner Press
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