Volunteer incentives for youth spark community benefit
The piece argues for recognizing the International Year of the Volunteer and urges programs to attract youth. It suggests banking volunteer hours toward high school credits and pairing school board cooperation with local agencies to curb burnout and grow future volunteers.
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United Nations
Keystone Pioneer Museum
Handivan
Roblin
Puzzling Puffers and A Lifelong Loss to Lung Cancer
The narrator reflects on smoking habits among students and peers, noting male pockets for cigarettes and female purses, while recounting the loss of a lifelong friend and his wife to lung cancer. He describes daily cigarette routines, shipmates smoking, and ends by writing from a Regina Inn room as pigeons observe from an open balcony.
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Regina Inn
Barred smoking in public spaces sparks debate across towns
Jamie Nesbitt of the Brooks Bulletin weighs in on curbs and the public cost of smoking. Councillors face pressure as debates grow over smoke free zones in schools and towns, with examples from Barrhead where bans displaced smokers and caused traffic and vandalism. Public education and higher prices are suggested as partial solutions. Aboriginal teachings warn smoking weakens the body and heart.
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Jamie Nesbitt
Brooks Bulletin
Barrhead
Carillon of
Steinbach
Seine River