Opinion

The h and-off. It’s the simplest play in a football coach’s playbook. But as any sports fan knows, even the simplest play can go wrong for any number of reasons. The same could be true of your family cottage hand-off.

According to Mother’s Day History, more phone calls are made on Mother’s Day than any other day of the year. These holiday chats with Mom often cause phone traffic to spike by as much as 37 percent. This year Mother’s Day falls on Sunday, May 8.

Dear Editor: “Defence spending expected to fall despite Liberal promise”. This brings back a memory of former Liberal Prime Minister Chretien and Paul Martin.

Most re tirees have plans for their retirement – perhaps travel, maybe volunteering, or even starting a new business – but whatever your retirement plans are, there is one plan you ought to have to ensure you’ll maintain the retirement lifestyle of y

Why join the new fad of working out? It’s time consuming, hard work, and most of all, (let’s face it) it’s hard to look cute sweaty. What most people don’t realize about going to the gym is that it actually lifts your mood.

Riley Wowk’s summer employment with Virden Empire-Advance has drawn to a close. The son of Dave and Twyla Wowk graduated from VCI two years ago.

Achieving the retirement lifestyle you want depends on many things - your health, your plans for travelling, volunteering or even starting a new career - but among the most important is having the financial wherewithal to ensure your retirement lifes

Move over ‘Genie (Bouchard) , Milos (Raonic) and Brooke (Henderson), there’s a new young kid (star) on the block, and most track and field experts feel the sky is the limit for him.

We’re close to having the future we wanted in the past; the future we saw in Back to the Future and the Jetsons.

Dear Editor: The Manitoba Lung Association recently received a donation from Virden Donor’s Choice in the amount of $2,992. The funds donated by your community help to provide education and awareness programs to keep our lungs healthy.