Opinion

We’ve all likely seen a young driver squeal their tires as they whip out of a parking lot or fail to watch the road as they commisserate with friends riding in their car.

Aspen View is on the cusp of gaining greater control of the new school project. Kudos to the division for wanting local minds to be at the fore of this development, not distant, bogged-down provincial staff.

It’s big, it’s red, it has eight sides. Sound familiar? We learned about them from our parents, and when we recited songs and poems about road safety in elementary school.

Recently I’ve been very successful at the dubious art of being annoying. It is a talent honed by many years of practice, I’m afraid. In fact, if I could find a formula to convert it into gold I would be a trillionaire.

Closing Jarvie and W.R. Frose schools, and moving their students to the new Pembina North Community School in Dapp, is officially a done deal. Mostly.

The Athabasca Lions Club is killing two birds (or perhaps gazelles would be a better analogy?) with one stone (pounce?) with its plan to revitalize the old rodeo grounds while providing the town with a much-needed public campground.

For many of us, it is the most powerful form of love. It is unconditional. It is indestructible. A mother’s love for her child is one of nature’s most unfathomable wonders. As the world knows, every Mom thinks her son or daughter is the greatest.

Our mayor, Mr. Jim Rennie, asks on radio if FACES has two or two hundred members.

As far as provinces go, Alberta’s filthy rich. So why is it that local governing bodies seem to keep getting the short end of the stick? It’s the same story, year after year.

The federal government must own up to what the courts have now stated not once, but twice: the Métis peoples of this country fall under federal jurisdiction.