New Year's resolutions and their dubious staying power
A reflective column questions the value of New Year resolutions noting they often fail within weeks. It argues that true renewal begins on personal birthdays rather than January 1st and suggests replacing the holiday with a mid January long weekend.
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Tom, Dick and Mary
Great Canadian Goodwill Events Across Prairie Towns
Community efforts boost charity in Manitoba and Saskatchewan with Lions Club hockey score, Battery Blitz in Shoal Lake, Camrose left handers golf, Killarney memorial golf for diabetes, and Belmont Manor school acorn drive. Funds and participation rise for local hospital urology, diabetes, and school activities.
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Boissevain
Lions Club
RCMP
Lions
Shoal Lake
Camrose
Killarney
James Terekoff
Swan River
Canadian Diabetes Association
Belmont School
Manor
Manor School
Kenosee Lake
Community fund drives boost Alberta and Saskatchewan causes
Neighbours rally with a series of fundraisers raising sizable sums for cancer support, Rainbow Society, community projects, and guide dogs. Dale Scott publicizes Kids Against Cancer calendar profits aiming for fifty thousand. Abbot Laboratories volunteers donate to the Puppy Fund funding guide dogs.
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Puff
Dale Scott
Stony Mountain
Dale
Melissa
Hand Hills
Rainbow Society
Carlyle
Lions Club
Hanna
Delia
Abbott Laboratory
Wolseley
Saskatchewan
Kindersley