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Questions to bring up at an annual vet visit

Written by Dr. Ryan Ridgway
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 10:30

Just like you, your pets need annual checkups to keep them in top health. For pets though,  a year is a longer period relative to their lifespan making annual exams more important for them.

By visiting your veterinarian regularly for an exam, vaccinations and de-worming we can help prevent some serious diseases.

Ghost Rider goes up in flames

Written by Curtis J. Phillips
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 10:20

When I mentioned at the dinner table Sunday that I was going to go review the movie Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance, my niece Nikki replied: “I don’t like Nicolas Cage...I think he is kind of creepy.”

Well, it seems a lot of other people, namely movie critics, have the same opinion as they are blowing smoke at this Marvel comic character Johnny Blaze...a bounty hunter of evil souls to whom we were introduced to on the silver screen with Ghost Rider in 2007.

Book a moving testament to a parent's love

Written by Rebekah Benoit
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 10:19

When expectant parents are anticipating the birth of a child, and they’re asked, “Which do you want? A boy or a girl?” most parents give the stock answer. “We don’t care, as long as it’s healthy.” There’s nothing parents want more for their children than a happy, healthy childhood. When things don’t go according to plan, it really is a parent’s worst nightmare.

This is what parents Shealagh and Doron Weber were faced with shortly after the birth of firstborn son Damon. The chubby newborn seemed healthy enough at birth but within days, it became evident that something was terribly wrong with the baby.

A Fort McMurray sports retrospective

Written by Curtis J. Phillips
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 10:17

Last week we looked at some of the top local sporting events during my first 10 years on the beat, from 1982 to1992. This week we hop back in the time tunnel for 1993-2002.