Opinion

To be, or not to be green: that is the question. It’s a good question to ask too, especially in March, the month of spring and St. Patrick’s feast day.

My son is about to take a big step, its one that usually brings tears and happiness and leads him on a path that will last for at least the next 13 years. He’s going to Kindergarten and the choice of where to send him wasn’t easy.

We have all heard that expression for the month of March which is now upon us. You just have to feel like we are due for some crazy weather. The mountains have received record snow falls at different times this season.

Give a three-year-old something to do and they’ll find a way to turn it into a game. It’s something my nephew Joshua excels at. For some reason this sense of play gets lost as we age and it’s undervalued among us grown ups.

I was an excellent parent until I had kids. I’m not sure how it happened, but I’m nowhere near as good as I used to be. Back then, boy, I sure had it all figured out. Whenever I saw a crying, cranky toddler in the grocery store I just shook my head.

Well it was a big week for the Harper government, they have completely dismantled the dreaded gun registry.

Hopefully, I will be able to finish this column. Right now, I’m laid up with a fake cold I acquired from some fake germs. I was invited to take pictures of the science fair at St. Mary’s School on Feb.

From 2006 until May 2011 Okotoks was rated as the 10th fastest growing community in Canada. Through that period we grew by 42.9 per cent. We now boast a population of 25,000. In the past 10 years we have doubled in size.

The province of Alberta has recently committed to join the Health Council of Canada – a national agency that reports on health care renewal across the country.

The trouble began about a year ago when I took a job way up in northern Alberta far from the comforts of home. Looking back, I attribute the long work days and yearning for familiar things as the cause of my so-called “addiction.