Caring for people and the burden bearing life
A columnist argues caring for others mirrors planetary care. Personal responsibility forms the base while society shares services via taxes, education, health care, and roads. When emergencies occur, burden bearers provide aid, but support ends as individuals regain the load. Next week asks how to care for the weak and vulnerable.
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Kathryn
Winnipeg
Slow Me Down to See the World at Six
A reflective piece recalls six am drives to breakfast with a friend and then study as the full moon fades. The narrator blends morning light, misty sloughs, and dawn shadows with a classroom routine and art museum memories. Ed’s outdoors comes to mind, urging slower, attentive moments.
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Louvre
Homeward Journey Through Regina Lethbridge and Cranbrook
The narrator recalls a family pilgrimage starting in Regina for a ceremonial RCMP graduation, then visiting a great granddaughter in Lethbridge, and ending in Cranbrook with a newborn great grandson. They describe flights with 18 seats over the Rockies, returning home with a mix of adventures good and bad, and faith in heaven guiding their steps.
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Regina
RCMP
Lethbridge
Cranbrook
Rockies
Calgary
Mental Health Awareness Week highlights action and hope
Canadian Mental Health Awareness Week promotes action and support with themes of reaching out early and sharing experiences. Prairie Mountain Health and Beautiful Plains School Division host Open Minds Healthy Minds Race to Positive Mental Health in Neepawa on Oct 7 2015 for about 300 students in grades 9 to 12 with a guest speaker on recovery.
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Miaw
Prairie Mountain Health
Beautiful Plains
Neepawa
Yellowhead Centre
PMH
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