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Luke in Luke 18:1 wrote Jesus said, “That men ought always to pray, and not to faint.”Certainly this is very important. No man can go through his life without facing tremendous odds beyond his ability to solve or overcome on his own.

I went on a strange and arguably unnecessary journey last week.

Mikhail Lennikov is a Russian who speaks Japanese.

John Lobb is holding Frank Sinatra’s foot — sort of. His hands are cradling a wooden cast that was made in the exact dimensions of Sinatra’s foot and he is explaining the craft and art of shoemaking as he gives my brother and me a tour of London’s oldest and most famous shoe store.

Dear Annie: I am blessed with three grown children, all with wonderful children of their own. This sounds ideal, but I can’t talk to them.

If you’re a Canadian taxpayer, you’re now the proud part owner of a failing automobile company, thanks to the federal and Ontario governments. They’re generously giving General Motors $10.5 billion of your money for an 11.7 per cent share in the company.

Dear Annie: I am a 52-year-old single male, never married.

’ve been married to “Craig” for 38 years, and for the past 10, we haven’t had much of a sexual relationship due to his erectile dysfunction and various other marital issues.

I just finished the annual cleaning of the shed, which pretty much involves hauling all the plastic mouse proof tubs onto the lawn, peeking inside, getting nostalgic and then hauling them all back inside the shed again.

Recent columns have drawn considerable reader comment and queries about the Red Deer River tailwater and its recovery and that of its creatures — mainly its formerly rich biomass of aquatic insects and its developing trophy brown trout fishery — from the ravages of the “200-year flood” exactly four years ago.