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Rebecca Johnson Alberta Health Services Many families across the province are sending their children off to school this month. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to talk with their kids and teens about active and safe ways to travel to school.…
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Health and wellness: Create compassion for yourself (Part 3 of 3)

Candace Brown, registered psychologist Northern Alberta Psychological Services This is the final article of a three-part series on self-improvement for low self-worth. The topic for this article is creating compassion for yourself. Self-compassion is the foundation of self-acceptance. Just as…
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Regional commentary by Jeff Burgar I just learned I have not paid near enough attention to a simple little bit of northern Alberta gardening knowledge. According to gardening experts around me, this is a biggie. Now, I have planted my…
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Bird report: Owl monitoring underway

Bronwyn Robinson LSLBO assistan bander We have finished our second week of owl migration monitoring at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory. There are two species that we target here. The first is the northern saw-whet owl, one of the…
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The Page

Did we mention getting a sneak preview of the inaugural copy of Sheila Willis’s online magazine, Short and Tall Tales of Alberta? It’s good stuff – nicely laid out to be easy on the eyes and with some interesting tales…
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Candace Brown, registered psychologist Northern Alberta Psychological Services This is the second article of a three-part series on self-improvement for feelings of self-worth. The first article focused on self-acceptance. This article is about challenging your negative self-talk. We are not…
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Commentary by Pearl Lorentzen In the non-fiction section of the library, a book grabbed my attention. It is called Awkward: The Science Behind Why We’re Socially Awkward and Why That is Awesome by Ty Tashiro. After I checked it out,…
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Emily Plihal Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Many of our readers do not know that my primary occupation is being a professional outfitter. I started guiding for my father 22 years ago when I was still in journalism school. I started…
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First day of school, first frost. Those were two notable things about the Tuesday after the Labour Day long weekend. Another was that it was – or at least seemed to be – free of the heavy smoke that had…
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Letters to the Editor – from Arnold Viersen

Back to school costs are up, and guess who is to blame To the Editor: As summer ends and kids reluctantly pack up their water balloons and bathing suits for another year, parents across the country have their own reasons…
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