Opinion

Dear Editor, How would the community react if they saw a “For Sale” sign in front of Barrhead United Church? At what point does the faithful handful, that has been keeping things running, admit defeat? Last Sunday marked the Annual General Meeting of

Dear Editor, It is exciting to see the plans for the proposed aquatic centre.

The debate over whether or not to allow students at Pembina North Community School to continue reciting the Lord’s Prayer during opening exercises has been resolved.

Since one of the Athabasca area's main economies is tourism, what's going to happen if some of the tourist draws fade away?

When tragedy strikes a community, resident’s band together and share in the pain and the heartache.

To quote our former premier, Jim Prentice, ‘Math is Hard.’ Unfortunately thousands of Albertans are finding out how true that statement truly is, but perhaps not in the way Prentice meant it when he said it during the televised election debate.

Dear Editor, A dangerous dog bylaw will stop nothing. Fine the owners with unlicensed dogs, owners that let their dogs off leash and dogs that are loose.

Residents from across north-central Alberta, political colleagues, friends and family said goodbye to long-time MP Dave Chatters who passed away Jan. 25 following a long fight with pancreatic cancer. He was 69.

There are innumerable things that people will say are necessary for them to live happy and healthy lives ñ from the internet to Tim Hortons ñ but, in truth, it really all boils down to a few things.

Less than a year after forming with the mission of stopping Alberta PowerLine’s proposed Fort McMurray West 500-kV Transmission project from going through Westlock County, the group known as the East Route Landowners Opposition Group is breathing a s