Opinion

To French Immersion supporters the evidence is overwhelming. Research shows bilingualism helps students gain cognitive, academic and employment benefits.

Mantled in brilliant sunshine, the view from my apartment window kept drawing my gaze last weekend.

Dear Editor, I am writing in regards to your report in the May 1st issue of the Barrhead Leader on the Barrhead and Districts Co-op annual meeting held April 26, 2012 in Barrhead.

The recent discussion in the region about hiring a school resource officer to maintain a police presence in area schools — at the expense of area municipalities — is troubling.

News that Alberta Municipal Affairs has received a petition from residents of the Village of Clyde, and will now begin the process of appointing an administrator to conduct a dissolution study, is good news for the whole area.

If the Athabasca town councillors who stopped last Tuesday night’s meeting from proceeding were trying to make a point, they succeeded.

Well, the long weekend is over … and let’s hope it was a safe one for you and your family. For many it was a chance to hit the highways, trails, forests and waterways and get into a party mood as summer draws ever closer.

If I was a woman and I just found out I was pregnant the day I started here in Barrhead, I would be just about ready to pop. That’s my unconventional way of saying it’s been nine months since I took over as the editor here at the Barrhead Leader.

Dear Editor, On May 12, I had the misfortune of finding a very nice and well cared for cat dead on the road on Main Street, by the movie theatre. It was unlicensed, had no tattoo or chip, had been hit by a car.

Municipal byelections are not always the most exciting part of our democracy, but they’re nonetheless an important part.