Happiness Is … Losing The Phone

If you want to be happy, think positive and take a break from your mobile phone. That’s the advice from a new global movement for happiness whose members include the Dalai Lama. Action for Happiness, co-founded by Richard Layard, an economics professor at the London School of Economics and an expert on happiness, said surveys


Letters – for Jan. 13, 2011

The two perennial subjects that always surface, eventually without any seeming resolution, are once again front and centre on your front page, namely, the revenue cap for moving grain and funding for the Canadian Grain Commission. Both of these are fundamental to the functioning of a viable agricultural sector. What is required is a completely

No More Resolutions

So here we are – at the start of 2011. January is often the time we make New Year’s resolutions, and that for sure, we are going to do better with those promises than we did last year. Instead of making those useless resolutions, I will do something different this time. Lots of good things


Tips To Reduce Stress Over Economy

Expressing gratitude is a tried-and-true way to deal with stress. We can talk or read about the economy to the point of extreme stress or more anxiety. Doing three things will go a long way to having a positive influence on your relationships and help you deal with your economic situation. They are: 1. Keep