On Wednesday, October 24, 2018, local elections were held for municipalities and school boards. This round of elections saw a number of hotly contested races locally, particularly at the municipal level.
I’ve been having a difficult time coping with the information in the latest IPCC report released two weeks ago.
Lady Gaga’s popular song “Born This Way” (sometimes described as a “gay anthem”) affirms and celebrates various diversities as good, including sexual diversity – homosexuality, bisexuality, and transgender sexuality.
If you are not planning to hear the singing pirates at the SRSS this Saturday night, Oct 20, please come over to Mennonite Heritage Village at 7:00 PM for an evening of lectures and an old-fashioned slide show!
The 2017/18 flu season was a nasty one in Canada. And while cases can vary in severity from a couple of days on the couch to hospitalization (or worse) for high-risk groups such as young children, seniors, pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems, the flu certainly isn’t a good time for anyone.
Distracted driving can come in many forms. But certainly the one that has become top of mind in terms of concerns for road safety is distraction caused by the use of a cellular phone while driving.
I find it fascinating to track where our influences come from and where they lead us. My career path was not a straight line from knowing what I wanted to do when I grew up to actually doing that.
I recently invited Manitobans to nominate an educator for the Manitoba Excellence in Education Award. I proclaimed Friday, October 5th World Teachers’ Day, which is a great opportunity to recognize the teachers and educators in our lives that contribute so much.
I was born in the West where, in my early years, I was known as “Jackie.” Being “western,” I absorbed western notions about Christianity in the little country church I attended with my family.
Most of the donors from whom Mennonite Heritage Village receives artefacts have personal connections to the items they bring to us.
