Opinion

Theirs is a story many couples will relate to. It is a story without extravagant frills, without pretentiousness. Yet it is a story packed with the kind of drama that usually goes unrecorded beyond a family circle.

Dear Editor, In 2006, the Stephen Lewis Foundation launched the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign.

With all the results now available to the public, the full story of what transpired during the Jan. 28 Progressive Conservative nomination for Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock is now brought into focus.

Getting answers from a taxpayer-funded entity shouldn’t be like pulling teeth from a crocodile. Unfortunately, that’s been the case with the Pembina Hills school division in respect to the firing of former Supt. Egbert Stang back on Dec.

Getting answers from a taxpayer-funded entity shouldn’t be like pulling teeth from a crocodile. Unfortunately, that’s been the case with the Pembina Hills school division in respect to the firing of former Supt. Egbert Stang back on Dec.

If you’re a resident of Athabasca and pride yourself on being an active member of the community, be sure to vote in the byelection on Monday. The race for the open spot on town council will come to a close as the votes get tallied up.

Aspen View Public Schools superintendent Brian LeMessurier was right when he referred to the prank call that disrupted school bus service last Tuesday as “nothing less than public mischief”.

The Rotary Club of Athabasca enjoyed a well-earned night of recognition and celebration last Saturday. The club held its 25th Anniversary Charter Night, during which a number of the organization’s successes were lauded.

Well, we knew it could not last. After a prolonged fall stretching from September to mid-January, which reignited debate about climate change and global warming, winter has finally bared its large fangs.

With the New Year now more than three weeks old, I finally get the chance to sit down and pound out a column. It’s about time. This new year, 2012, is shaping up to be quite the year.