Monthly Archives: August 2019

Jan Sanders’ Stories: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference

The Jon S. Randal Peace Page On July 31, 1968, a young, black man was reading the newspaper when he saw something that he had never seen before. With tears in his eyes, he started running and screaming throughout the … Continue reading

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Ieva Wool’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference

Ieva Wool’s Story —post  from someone on Facebook I was checking into my hotel in Surrey this evening and I asked the man at the desk if he knew if there was a restaurant in the hotel. He told me … Continue reading

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Helen Wythe’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference

There is a small group of extraordinary folks in a SW Florida community who have and continue to make a difference for both humankind and animals. Feral cats, although not natural to, have become an important element of the Florida … Continue reading

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Helen Leask’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference

SHOVELLING AS AN ACT OF LOVE We’d just had another dump of snow but my heart was colder than my driveway. I waved goodbye, full of fake smiles, to my young children, who were blank-faced in the windows of the … Continue reading

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Heidi Wiebe’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference

Here’s a story from my community of Yellowknife.  On October 2, 2018, Rockhill Apartments, which houses the YWCA offices and 33 units of family transitional housing (run by the YWCA) burned to the ground in the early hours of the … Continue reading

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