Opinion

What makes a community? It’s a question we’ve previously asked, but one that needs to be offered up again as the Village of Clyde’s viability review process heads into the home stretch.

We appreciate the excellent coverage provided by The Athabasca Advocate regarding recent developments at Athabasca University. However, we would like to correct some of the details reported in the Advocateís April 12 coverage of AU.

Athabasca University is facing difficult decisions, with a tight budget and stiff competition in the distance learning marketplace.

I bet you have a friend or family member with a hard working immigrant story.

For the last two weeks we’ve been covering the story about how the Shepherd’s Care Foundation (SCF) in Edmonton decided to change the way it handles its pharmacy services in all of its supportive living homes.

The pool is coming. Despite the length of time spent arguing over its price tag and debating all of the extras that will now be attached to it, the Town of Barrhead got their wish and the aquatic centre project is finally, officially underway.

Spring marks the start of fire season in Alberta and with it another year’s worth of trials and tribulations for our local volunteer firefighters.

Part of what makes a community great is the people and organizations that operate within it. Westlock is fortunate. We have all sorts of clubs, groups, associations, museums, teams and leagues that provide recreation and activities.

Yesterday (Monday, April 4), an audible sound could be heard across the Pembina Hills School division. It was the sound of hundreds of parents cheering students returning to school after a more than a week-long spring break.

The other day while I was out looking for a house that my GPS couldn’t find, because my wife wants to settle, and a happy wife is a happy life like it is said, I managed to get myself well and truly stuck. We aren’t talking a little bit stuck either.