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Being admitted to the Bar of the province of Alberta and becoming a lawyer is a privilege and necessitates first taking an oath of allegiance pursuant to the Alberta Oaths of Office Act. After being admitted, I recall eagerly looking forward to having someone ask me what I did for a living. Nineteen years of public school and a year of articling and I had achieved my nine-year-old dream. There I was, taking a taxi in downtown Calgary, carrying my briefcase.

Although we drive down the major roadways in Red Deer on a regular basis, we rarely ask how it was that these thoroughfares got their names. In our city, most are named after prominent residents and/or long time families.

Even though the calendar page is not even turned to December, it seems the Christmas spirit is getting ready to settle in.

I’ve never really been into race cars, but the past week I sure have felt like one of those rally car drivers.

It’s one of the most controversial subjects in the history of contentious topics. It has caused familial unrest, neighborhood apprehension and individual disquiet. And it’s facing us all again, right now!

I am an exercise junkie, jumping on that bandwagon with other like-minded souls every spare minute I get, anxious to push my body to new limits and exhausting myself almost beyond human endurance.

It has arrived.

If you want to do everything you can to keep your vehicle running reliably and well for 10, 20, 30 years and beyond, I can help. It all comes down to a small item of annual maintenance that hardly anyone does.

On October 18, 1929, The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom voted that women in Canada were legally “persons” and, therefore, eligible to be appointed to the Canadian Senate.

Oct 31 is a time for candy, costumes and scary movies