Opinion

As the federal election draws closer, the likelihood of any minor political issue transforming from a molehill into a mountain increases substantially, as the various parties search for any advantage they can use against their opponents.

I’ve been working most of my life. My first job was picking berries for 25 cents/quart at age eight. Before I was 18, I had worked in a summer camp, in a grocery store as a bag boy, as a golf caddy, and even as a door-to-door salesperson.

It seems we can’t go more than a couple of weeks around here without having a byelection called.

Kevin Berger – Leader Staff On July 10, I showed up at the evening meeting hosted by WSHL commissioner Ron White and was a little surprised to see that, besides myself, only about five or six people had showed up at the Agrena.

When does a town or county councillor stop being an elected member of government and when are they just members of the community? That is the question Woodlands County Coun.

This week’s paper will have articles where particular choices were made on to show. This is what people need to know. This is what makes for a good story. The choice in coverage in some articles will be obvious.

On July 11, I stood in front of St. Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Church in Athabasca with a sign in my hands. “My body my choice.” I have never had to make the choice to have an abortion.

“I’m taking my ball and going home,” yelled the young child to his peers as he stomped across the playground with his bottom lip extended and tears streaming down his cheeks.

To the Editor: I just read a tribute to J.R. Harris in the Barrhead Leader. I did not go to Mosside’s one-room school, but I can speak to his influence on the students he taught. J.R. Harris influenced every kid in the countryside.