This year the Western Family Camp of the Church of God was held at Deer Valley Meadows in Alix, AB from July 12-17.  The keynote speaker was Rev. Jim Lyon, who is the General Director for Church of God Ministries in US and Canada.  What a privilege to welcome Jim and to experience his teaching as he explored the theme of “Out of...

When I first moved to Wetaskiwin, I knew that geographically it was located north of Hobbema, a First Nations Reserve.  As I settled into the community I found that many people had strong feelings, often negative ones, about the people from the reserve. The racism wasn’t so subtle. 

As someone new to the area, this...

There has been a rise in the number of thefts around town. I’ve had friends tell me of things that have been stolen from them and recently there was an air compressor taken from in front of my house in the middle of the night.  The compressor did not belong to me, but to a contractor that was working on my roof. When he...