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All About The Beer & Our Local Economy By Mitch Biggar Craft beer – it’s good for the local economy, it has flavor, it’s nutritious and healthier than corn laden macro beer and let’s not forget the environment – local craft brewers pollute less making our future cleaner and...

the old man in the hat Our past always come back to haunt us. Some modern theories of our current penchant for consuming too many calories claim that this need to overeat is based on our genetic, hunter gatherer past, prior to the establishment of farming communities. Feast or...

Jamie Sutherland Editor’s Note: On January 7 the tiny community of Wapske became ground zero for a terrifying conflagration as 16 cars of a CN Rail freight train derailed, 8 of which were loaded with crude oil and propane that exploded and caught on fire. Thankfully, there were no...

Big Tig here, Angie says I ate too much turkey and fudge over the holidays and I should get up off my tail and move around a bit. She said it would do a Tiggy good. I told her I already have to walk to the litter pan, since...

Charles Dickens, 1843 the old man in the hat “At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge,” said the gentleman, taking up a pen, “it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present...

The Best Choice For Baby By Liza Davenport Breastfeeding. It is the natural way of feeding our infants and young children. Then why are there so many women out there having such a difficult time with the practice, if this is a natural way of life? Here are the...

All About The Beer with Mitch Biggar Here are some simple ways to enhance your beer loving palate. This will enable you to become a better taster and in turn wow and amaze your friends with your beer geek knowledge.   Hops Defined Hops are the flowers of the Humulus...

As part of our Blackfly Think Positive for 2014 Campaign we asked people around the village about their New Year’s plans and resolutions for 2014 and what they’d like to see for our community. Carol McLaughlin sent this in to us…. providing some wonderful thoughts to ponder as we...

Tigger Does Christmas… Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Martha soon would be there.   The kittens were nestled all snug in their beds, While...

DAVID COON COMMENTARY 02 Dec 2013 How do we build this new green economy? We must explicitly choose the exit ramp off the highway to ruin, for the road that leads to sustainability and fairness.   The Green Party is the party of hope, community self-reliance, and transformation. The...