Opinion

Hockey is Canada’s game. It’s also a huge focus across the province right now, with minor hockey players across Alberta travelling to towns near and far to compete for provincial glory.

Dear Editor, Life as we know it, with all our freedoms, may not be the way of the future. I am crying WOLF, but not without reason. Bills 19, 36, 50 and 24 have been passed to become law.

Dear Editor, This bio-fuel that we are now subjected to using is causing nothing but grief. Vehicles burn far more of it. It is more expensive and we have to add conditioner, which is expensive.

Last week, Morning Star Ink had the good fortune to be the first local business to be the subject of a Cash Mob. Organized by Sherrie Breese, the mob descended on the business last Thursday.

We have heard over and over again that Alberta Health Services and the so-called “superboard” that took over from the various regional boards in the province in 2009, has a few problems.

As Westlock approaches the end of a significant era in its history, the beginning of a new one is just around the corner. Jubilee Arena was completed in 1963, around the time of the town’s 50th birthday.

It’s the quasi-official Athabasca Regional Multiplex Society (ARMS) that made the decision to postpone any pursuit of provincial historical designation for the old brick school. Trouble is, such a decision doesn’t really fit their mandate.

This community should be very proud of its senior high girls basketball players after they won their first zone championship in 12 years last weekend. Winning a championship at any level in any sport is no easy task.

Today the 32nd annual Barrhead Rotary Music Festival gets under way. It lasts five days and will see 240 performers showcase their skills and talents before a sea of faces, including four adjudicators. Two hundred and forty may seem a lot.

I’ve recently found myself in the company of nerds. And we’re not talking the Willy Wonka candies here. Nope, we’re talking actual intelligence-style, human nerds. You know the type.