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“You’re grounded!” When I was a teenager, this was the biggest punishment that a parent could shout. If teenagers in the 70’s stayed out too late, came home drunk or took the car keys [...]

This a personal story and also a cautionary tale. The story relates to motherhood. The tale relates to change, unexpected turns of events and shifts that spin a person’s moral compass. First, [...]

The date for the Jon Whyte Spelling Bee and Trivia Challenge is February 4. I’ll be out of town that evening, but I imagine a room full of laughs and groans and deep frustrations as the correct [...]

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When a group of women from Banff and Canmore met last November, we discussed the word “philanthropy”. It was the reason we had assembled, to celebrate National Philanthropy Day. Our range in ages [...]

Santa won’t be fooled by what he saw in 2019. He knows about the nastiness, aggressions, and conversations that are polarizing our opinions in so many places. At Santa’s request, I will keep [...]

About ten years ago, I was sitting in a room with twenty of my peers from the community foundation movement. Mike, formerly a member of the Royal British Navy, was standing at the front of the [...]

About five years ago, I asked the well-dressed gentleman sitting beside me at a gala fundraiser, “So, why do you give to charity?” His response was quick, “Well, it’s just the way life works. Get [...]

On the same day that Greta Thunberg stepped on a high-tech sailing vessel in Plymouth England, I entered a bookstore in Fernie where I had picked up a copy of “No One is too Small to Make a [...]

The social scientist Brené Brown writes, “… a deep sense of belonging is an irreducible need of all women, men and children. We are biologically, cognitively, physically and spiritually wired to [...]