Opinion

The Highway 55/34th Street intersection has generated considerable discussion in recent weeks in town council chambers, on social media sites and, no doubt, around kitchen tables. Working towards improving infrastructure safety is always laudable.

A reported cougar sighting in the Muskeg Creek Trail System has trail users wary, and rightly so. However, we should not forget that the presence of cougars is an indication of a thriving ecosystem.

With autumn just around the corner, so is harvest time. As farmers ready themselves for the busiest time of year, tenders of a much smaller patch of land are too preparing.

Dear Editor, On the morning of August 15 after an early hospital appointment, I was ready for breakfast. The taxi took me to Peppers and I seated myself at the table farthest to the north, I am the only one in that section.

Dear Editor, It is now 12 years since the murderous attack on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon shook the people of the world.

It has been said you can never fully understand someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes. That’s where Sept.

Wanted: a Mayor for Barrhead. Qualities: Applicants must possess leadership skills, be very motivated and energetic, have high ethical standards, boast good written and oral communication skills and be excellent at customer service.

Dear Editor, Kudos to the young gentleman who paid for my groceries when I went shopping at the Co-op on Friday, August 2. As we waited in line, my groceries were on the counter while this man’s arms were full. Naturally, I let him go ahead of me.

Dear Editor, I write this letter to say thanks to the people of Barrhead/Westlock/Clyde for the super way in which they organized and ran the 55+ Alberta Summer Games. I write also because I have seen the two sides of organization.

Albertans love to travel, especially if it means we get to stay home. Among the water cooler conversation fodder recently released by the province’s Office of Statistics and Information, it turns out Albertans like staycations. We took 19.