Opinion

Let's play the ‘thumbs up/thumbs down' game for all the new possible developments in the town of Athabasca. Thumbs up to Brad Gilbert, the new manager of the multiplex.

The Magnificent River Rats Festival is run by registered society with an elected board. It’s not run by the Town of Athabasca.

Over the past few weeks there have been a number of people who have come forward to talk about salmonella-related incidents, so I felt it would be prudent to inform readers about this bacteria.

In the book 1984, author George Orwell painted a picture of a world in a perpetual war and where citizens were constantly being observed by government. Hence the term Big Brother is watching.

Dear Editor, When it comes to accidents, it's common to think, oh, it will never happen to us. That is what we thought until our six-year-old son, Roan, a member of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program, lost his leg in a lawn mower accident.

Dear Editor, As a taxpayer, homeowner and manager of a local business, I depend on the Town of Barrhead to pick up my garbage on the day it is supposed to be picked up (unless there is a holiday).

The spirit of Westlock was on full display last week with a number of people and organizations stepping up to help out two very important causes — the Westlock and District Food Bank and a local family whose lives were forever changed after a bout wi

Small communities across Alberta rely on volunteer firefighters to respond to emergencies ranging from grass fires to motor vehicle collisions.

There’s an adage that says whoever has the ball gets to make the rules. But people often forget that the people who own the field also have a say. In Alberta’s case, the ball is oil and the rest of Canada is the field.

Oil is a necessary evil, is it not? We use it in everything in our modern world these days, from synthetic fabrics and televisions to fuel and the roads we drive on.