Opinion

Dear Editor, Cancer...everyone is affected by it in some way. Looking for an event to get involved in and make a difference? Consider putting a team together of friends, co-workers, or family for the St.

CORRECTION: This editorial originally stated that “Lots of municipal bodies in the region and province hold these types of meetings, including Athabasca County.

If you read our special Seniors Week coverage (“Mary Olson’s music teaching spans generations” and “Plenty planned at Boyle Seniors Drop-In Centre this week” in the June 3 issue of the Advocate), one thing will become eminently clear: we could all ta

With all the chatter about fetuses over the past few weeks, it seems that abortion isn’t the pariah of discussion topics it once was.

Dear Editor: I, a grade 9 student at Covenant Canadian Reformed School in Neerlandia, am writing in regards to the soccer program in our neighbouring town of Barrhead.

The process by which Westlock County seems to have approved and presented its 2014 budgets last month is more than a little bit of a concern.

After two months of speculation it looks as though it will be a three-dog race for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party in Alberta — unless a surprise candidate emerges in the next few days prior to the May 30 nomination deadline.

Museums are present day time machines. They are a trip down memory lane into the history of people and events that helped formed the communities we live in today.

And now the column I have dreaded writing. To get me started, how about a bar or two of Sinatra? “And now, the end is here, And so I face the final curtain …” Ah, that’s better. Thanks Frank.

Dear Editor, I am writing in regards to the coach shortage for the 14+ IGA soccer. Currently there are no coaches for this soccer and consequently this year there is no soccer.