Faithfully Yours Surveillance and Faith in a Changing World
A reflective piece contrasts Cold War era spy plane surveillance with modern satellite imagery and public maps. It warns of broad, nonphysical fear from machines and asserts a religious message: God records all deeds and can forgive confessed sins, erasing them from heaven’s ledger.
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Google Earth
Bing Maps
Yahoo Maps
God of Heaven
Pearls of simple pleasures from old favourites and new finds
A reader shares quotes from Anne of Avonlea and Stuart McLean's Welcome Home about daily joys. The note reflects on fall days, sunrise and sunset beauty, and the author’s aim to capture ordinary life across Sackville, St-Jean-de-Matha, Foxwarm, Maple Creek and other places.
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Anne
Marilla
Anne of
Avonlea
LM. Montgomery
Welcome Home
Smalltown Canada
Stuart McLean
Sackville
New Brunswick
St-Jean-de-Matha
Quebec
Foxwaren
Manitoba
Maple Creek
Saskatchewan
Praying with the Women Mystics explores identity and faith
Mary T. Malone profiles 12th to 15th century female mystics and presents her own poems inspired by Perpetua of Carthage. The work reflects on being unimportant yet essential in daily life and the search for self amid confinement and spiritual awakening.
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Mary T. Malone
Mary
Perpetua
Carthage
Christian
Fiend Moves Away. Community Says Farewell
Observation notes a friend moving to another province and leaving the area. The writer anticipates visits will be harder and that a new neighbor will move into the vacated home. The passage reflects on days passing and people leaving, with a quiet farewell sentiment.
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Miettinen
Love as a daily duty shines through and around us
The message stresses that joy and death both touch lives, urging constant contact with family and friends. It cites Jesus Christ’s compassion and cites LJohn 4 18 19 to affirm that perfect love casts out fear and that love should guide us every day.
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Jesus
God
Ljohn
Reapers Speak Out Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to rumors in Rivers about a leg injury. The writer clarifies no fracture occurred and cites a bacterial infection steadily improving, dispelling talk of amputation. Messages thank the community for support.
Manitoba farmers push for producer owned rail lines
Ian Wishart of Keystone Agricultural Producers urges preserved rail access as CN stops delivering to nine sites and Arborg’s Viterra elevator closes. He cites Boundary Trail Railway Company’s launch, calling for federal and provincial backing to empower farmers to buy and run short line rail for grain shipping.
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Manitoba
Arborg
Canadian National Railway
Boundary Trail Railway Company
BTRC
Interlake
Rathwell
Nesbitt ‘N
Prairies
Nesbitt
Kevin Friesen
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