Opinion

This year, I resolve to follow through on my resolutions. It’s funny, but I could swear I said the same thing last year too. I’m probably not the only one that did so.

Dear Editor, On December 8th a letter to the editor was submitted to the Barrhead Leader referring to Bill 10 and was one of the most accurate and thought provoking articles I have read for a long time.

Dear Editor, Since when did the Premier’s office steal the all-encompassing dictator powers of the Roman Emperor? Constitutional challenges, lobbying and due process are now a thing of the past, in favour of lubricious indoctrinations.

Another year has come and gone and what a roller-coaster of a ride it was — just in the Athabasca area we’ve had everything from in-fighting on town council to a centennial in Perryvale to mills shutting down.

If it ever looked as if the Village of Clyde wouldn’t be able to sustain itself as a municipality, the future may to have gotten a little bleaker after the village found out about the condition of its infrastructure. At its regular meeting on Dec.

Christmas is great. It’s not great because of peace and joy to all mankind, or presents, or Santa, or turkey and sweet treats. We think Christmas is great for one simple reason.

There’s really no other way to say it: it’s been a hard year for everyone in and around the Athabasca region.

Jingle Bells, Bat-Man smells, Robin laid an egg… Wait, wait, wait. That’s not how it goes.

On most weekends one of my duties as a community reporter is to head down to the Agrena and in some fashion, whether it is a story, pictures or a combination of both and cover a hockey game.

Dear Editor, Whenever an industry follows unsafe practices and puts people’s lives in danger, then it is the government elect’s responsibility to step in and ensure the rights of those people being abused.