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Last week marked the end of 2016’s fall legislative session. A number of important matters were dealt with during this session of the Manitoba Legislature.

In 1962 Rachel Carson published the book Silent Spring describing DDT’s toxic impact on the environment. In spite of fierce opposition from chemical companies, her book led to a wide spread ban on the use of DDT.

In some of my previous writings, I’ve written about the importance of slowing down and being attentive in traffic since students went back to school.

This past year has been in one way a most horrifying one. The daily news outlets regale us with stories of the atrocities that people commit against one another.

The Waldheim House, built in 1876 by Julius Dyck (1852-1909) in the former village of Waldheim (near Morden), is the oldest building on the grounds of Mennonite Heritage Village.

Constipation is common in Western cultures where it is often a top gastrointestinal complaint. If you’ve ever experienced it, you know it can wreak serious havoc on your mood, energy levels, ability to think and overall well-being.

Our government is asking Manitobans for their ideas on how we can make our health-care system more efficient.

Last Friday I had the opportunity as the Minister of Health to speak to students at Shaftesbury High school in Winnipeg and Steinbach Regional Secondary School in Steinbach about fentanyl awareness.

Af-flu-en-za: 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling resulting from trying to buy all the latest stuff and keep up with the Joneses.

Have you ever felt like you wanted to be like someone else? Seen someone who appeared to have everything all together?