Opinion

Dear Editor, My name is Fernando Chavez and for the past 7 years I have been a foreign worker residing in Alberta. This has been a wonderful opportunity, but I had a dream.

Dear Editor, Have you had enough yet? Prentice said he would not raise taxes, so instead he will cut back provincial employee wages, double the cost of essential services while shutting down education and healthcare.

Everyone understands municipalities operate on a different schedule when it comes to budgets, but taking nearly four months to come to grips with approving this year’s town budget has gotten to be just a bit much.

Athabasca County has finally approved a long list of changes to its camping fees policy. The list, which was approved during council’s Mar.

Well isn’t that great. We are getting a new school, but there will not be any students in it because we cannot afford to bus the kids to it.

Last week’s tragedy showed something that continues to be lacking nowadays, and it has nothing to with racism – as certain big city news media and columnists seem to believe.

First, I have been remiss over the years in not letting our road department know I appreciate all their work and effort.

A dog is a man’s best friend, and over time is often treated like a member of the family.

Emergency services personnel are like the Boy Scouts. They always want to be prepared.

Seven years ago on this very page, the Westlock News published an editorial concerning the consolidation of the nine regional health authorities into the entity that became Alberta Health Services.