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Newspaper
Rivers Banner
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 2008
Page
5
A Christmas Day prayer calling for self reflection and renewal. The text asks readers to repent for moral decay and misplaced trust, seek divine guidance from the wonderful counselor, the mighty God, and the Prince of Peace, and welcome Christ as Redeemer and King with renewed faith.
Rita Friesen reflects on thirty years of blue lights at Homewood and memories of Riding Mountain, finding calm and blessedness in home. She notes nightly rituals with cats and a dog, weathered by traffic along the 16, and draws strength from a faith and a quote on active spirituality.
Reflection on Christmas focus on Jesus birth born in a manger with animals. The message invites gratitude, praise and peace in hearts during the season, echoing Luke 2:14 for divine accord and joy.
W A Watson of Plumas Manitoba critiques energy policy and politics. He mocks wind and solar, questions subsidies, and laments Parliament control while praising the governor general and deriding backroom deals. He references Harper and the Alliance Conservative shift and ends with a skeptical view of biomass in Ottawa.
Heather Stefanson of the Progressive Conservative criticizes the NDP wetland restoration pledge as symbolic and inadequate. She cites Manitoba wetlands benefits and private landowner costs, arguing a Blanshard ALUS-inspired province wide program would be cheaper and more effective. The piece urges implementing a landscape conservation program modeled after the Blanshard project.
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