Colonel (Ret’d) The Honourable Donald Ethell meets TSA

It was The Salvation Army’s 17th Annual Harvest Brunch today in Edmonton.  We were privileged to have Alberta’s Lieutenant Governor with us, Col. (Ret’d) The Honourable Donald S. Ethell and his good wife, Her Honour, Mrs. Ethell.  They are gracious people with humble hearts and a good knowledge of The Salvation Army.  They had served in…

A warm autumn day

Our schedule lately has been such that we simply have not had time to do much for ourselves.  So yesterday we went for a drive over to Camrose AB….a small but progressive town south of Edmonton.  We’ve found a back road that lets us wander across the prairie.  The farmers were out in full force…

James comes to Alberta

James Cameron, the famous director/producer of big budget movies (ie. Titanic, Avatar) visited our province today.  He flew into Fort McMurray to research the oil sands.  The continuing debate on the ethical development of the massive depository of oil in the north-east corner of Alberta divides the population.  What doesn’t divide the population is the…