Opinion

The race is already off on the road to Canada’s 42nd general election. The election was called early, but no, the date hasn’t changed, it’s still set for October 19 – we’re just in store for a whopping 11-week campaign.

It’s official, Alberta is in a drought. After countless weeks of high temperatures and below seasonal precipitation, the Alberta government has officially declared the province, or at least many parts of it, are in a drought.

Dear Editor: In our ongoing struggle to build an aquatic centre in Barrhead, I was very disheartened with the plebiscite recently put forward. I would like to explain why.

They call this the Information Age, but the name seems inaccurate. In the chaotic, no-holds-barred world of social media, it becomes difficult to tell information from misinformation, fact from fiction, rumour from actuality.

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).