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May 12, 2024
44 years; Thousands of Stories
Don Bodger It’s obviously impossible to condense 44 years of work as a journalist into one article. There’s just far too many stories that will always stand out in my […]
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March 15, 2024
Double-Life Crimes
Welcome to a dystopian world, where android teachers chart the daily performance of students they are preparing for lives of absolutist drudgery. ~~~ Tim Fairbairn Vice-Principal Mr. Todd makes his […]
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August 5, 2023
Moments of Random Madness
Robyn Gerland Perhaps it’s our nine years age difference but even then it’s hard to reconcile how two sisters can be so very much alike and so diametrically opposed. My […]
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April 26, 2023
Gifts from my father
Diana Durrand I just used up the last of the felt markers Dad bought for me. He would have been pleased to know his gifts were still making their marks […]
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April 20, 2023
The Laos Mud Hole Crew
Alan Shivas I love digging and planting; horticulture is a vocation for me. That’s why I was so happy at my job as supervisor of Rockway Gardens in Kitchener, Ontario—it […]
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January 30, 2023
Old Fred
By Heather King Martin Verdugos is a fishing camp in Los Barriles Baja, north of Cabo but it is nothing like Cabo. It is a simpler place. Full of community, […]
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December 10, 2022
The Visit
Author Tim Fairbairn’s son Owen visited the dilapidated Quebec farmhouse his father grew up in ‘wondering if he will find me there’. by Tim Fairbairn Owen is his mother’s son. […]
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December 3, 2022
Pim’s Great Christmas Adventure
T’is the season for Christmas stories, and Pim’s wild adventure in Santa’s sleigh is this month’s Valley Voices selection. A narrated version of this story is posted at CraigSpenceWriter.ca Story […]
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July 21, 2022
Once Upon a Future: Earth
It had been seven days since they had found their double-hulled ‘cat’. It was nearly ready for the crossing and Sooley, feeling restless, went for a walk-a-bout in case she […]
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Chicken Coop Rescue
Chickens have few defences against predators. Roosters can attack with their talons, but they’re no match for the hunters that come in the dark. A good chicken house is essential […]