Opinion

If Pembina Hills Public Schools (PHPS) wants to boost enrolment at its community schools, refusing to transport students across attendance-area boundaries on transfer buses seems the wrong way to go about doing it.

Just when everyone thought it was safe to talk about the pool, it seems there still may be some animosity between Barrhead town council and the county council regarding the subject. At least if you take Tuesday, Feb.

Being Canadian is something we should be proud of. However, people tend to focus more on the negatives than the positives, and in doing so, manage to blind themselves to the more important ‘big’ picture. Take, for example, our current fiscal woes.

Dear Editor, We live in a world where there is a lot of talk about right and wrong, good and evil and judging.

You hear a lot of talk about people doing what's "best " for the Town of Athabasca. What the heck do they mean?

Over the past couple of weeks, the Leader has received several letters that have either been unsigned or in such a state that it has been difficult deciphering their intended meaning.

I know I’m an Albertan now and that I should be in favour of projects such as Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, Enbridge’s Northern Gateway and the Energy East pipeline, and I am.

The recent arrival of a family of Syrian refugees has created a heated debate. While some have welcomed the family with open arms, others seem to have lost sight of what it means to be a refugee.

At the end of January, members of the Town of Athabascaís council held individual teleconferencing sessions with a representative of Albertaís Municipal Affairs dispute resolution team.

In the last few weeks the Barrhead Leader has run opinion pieces concerning the conduct of a few of the more exuberant hockey fans who attend the Steelers, Renegades and other minor hockey games at the Agrena. And it seems we are not the only ones.