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AHS must stop playing coy

AHS must stop playing coy

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has bent over backwards to assure residents of Boyle that the hospital is not closing.
Smiling Barrhead

Smiling Barrhead

Was it worth the wait? It is inevitable that such a question will be on people’s minds after waiting so many months for the much-trumpeted promotional video on Barrhead. The 3 minute, 9 second video premiered on Sunday, April 6 at the Roxy Theatre.
Canada has lost a great man

Canada has lost a great man

Dear Editor, Good memories are always a boost to your spirit in facing the challenges of life. When the announcement of Jim Flaherty’s death came as a shock across the air-ways,your mind travels down memory lane.
Bullied beyond belief

Bullied beyond belief

Dear Editor, I can not understand why a community and we as a province also, would let two of our own boys be railroaded to prison to be scapegoats to cover another’s mistakes.
Danger for power scooters

Danger for power scooters

Dear Editor, I hope that you still have a copy of my letter to the Editor from last May on the subject of road-safety with power scooters on the roads.
Hindsight

Hindsight

The Westlock Foundation’s requisition — the money it gets from its four member municipalities — has been announced, and for the second straight year is more than $1 million.
Beyond the bleachers

Beyond the bleachers

April marks a drop-off in sports where games are concerned. The final rock has been cleared from the house; the last puck has been packed away. But what April lacks in action at the multiplex, it makes up for in ways to support local athletes.
Skate park calls for youth

Skate park calls for youth

Barrhead’s skateboard park is highly valued by local youth. Dozens of skateboarders, bikers, even rollerbladers utilize the equipment each year, spending their summers practicing their jumps and tricks and spending time with peers.
Truly inspiring love story

Truly inspiring love story

Dear Editor, Last Friday I had the pleasure of having a conversation with long-time residents of the Fort Assiniboine area Roy &Marg Thompson. We were downstairs at the Fort Legion during wing night and Roy began to tell me one of his stories.
Please be aware of a West Jet Airlines promotion scam

Please be aware of a West Jet Airlines promotion scam

Dear Editor, I received a phone call on April 3, on my caller I.D. it showed WOODLD CNTY 780-584-3728. Initially I presumed it was a call from my local county office.
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