Opinion

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.

Athabascans marked Family Violence Prevention Month with a candlelight vigil last week — a time for quiet reflection, survivors’ story readings and the sober realization that family violence goes on here.

Remembrance Day has come and gone, and Christmas will soon be on the way. Six more weeks in fact, though Barrhead will be getting into the holiday spirit much sooner.

Dear Editor, In response to the “Silence is Deafening” comment the Leader put in the paper a few weeks ago, I want to say indeed it is as of this date no response has been heard from any of the personnel of the Ambulance Authority or other.

Dear Editor, Remembrance Day is fresh in our mind. Many people wear the poppy which is a reminder to us all of the ultimate price that was paid by many. Last week the idea was brought forward of a white poppy to “Remember for Peace.

Dear Editor, In response to County Councillors finally speaking out about the pool issue and trying to smell like a rose: finally the real point has been stated. Price, they are worried about price.