Opinion

Harvest season seems long gone now that snow is falling and staying on the ground, but it will take the Barrhead Community Garden Association a little more than winter weather to forget the people who made their important community project a success

Dear Editor, Ison is a three mile wide comet that comes from out beyond the solar systems Oort Cloud. In other words, the cluster of comets and meteors that surround the solar system.

Dear Editor, Although Janice and I have moved to Spruce Grove, we still have an affinity for Barrhead and we still own property in the community.

Dear Editor, Re: Canada Thistle/Dandelions - land North and adjacent to Brookside Village The Board of Directors, on behalf of the Barrhead Brookside Village Condominium Association residents, have recently reviewed the Canada Thistle public service

Gun control is a sensitive issue. Both sides of the coin, those who want more control and restrictions placed on gun owners, and those who want virtually unfettered access to and permission to use guns, are very much set in their ways.

It’s refreshing to hear that our elected officials are placing a high priority on accountability, and that in some cases they’re not just talking about it but they’re actually enacting policies that will help make it a reality.

Murder in Barrhead. The words sound like a contradiction in terms.

Dear Editor, Response to Edward Goodlife in Busby: Don’t blindly accept report espousing climate change I feel a need to re-direct Edward Goodlife’s expose printed September 17, 2013.

Dear Editor, With the massive destruction of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, it is times like these that we are reminded just how blessed we are to live in this great country.

The plume has passed, but the consternation has not. A 113-kilometre, muddy streak along the Athabasca River — the result of a coal mine tailings pond spill near Hinton — is winding its way up the river towards the Northwest Territories.