Opinion

We are entering the age of the global virtual classroom. To those generations taught by teachers using chalk and blackboards, it is a bewildering concept. In those days the introduction of an overhead projector was seen as a technological advance.

It was quite the interesting adventure when I headed up to BCHS last Wednesday to take in the GROWTH Growing Opportunities School Expo.

It’s odd, but it’s true; every year, winter manages to sneak up on us. Maybe it’s because our eyes are still longingly cast backwards at summer, or maybe we expect to be raking leaves and enjoying fall colours for a little while longer.

“Lest we forget”. That is the oft-repeated refrain you hear time and time again at this time of year, as Remembrance Day approaches.

Lest we forget. Those three simple words are all it takes for people across this country to realize another Remembrance Day is upon us. It is those words that evoke such a strong response in many people, for many reasons.

We were to meet at 48th avenue and 50th street in five minutes. So far, so good. The coordinates were straightforward. The time-frame a little tight, but what could go wrong? Barrhead is tiny. Everyone knows everyone. Everyone knows everywhere.

Westlock councillors, from the town and county alike, have expressed dismay that the Village of Clyde chose not to buy into the Westlock Municipal Library at a meeting earlier this month. This is not surprising.

The scene was repeated over and over. At different times on Wednesday, doors opened outside Barrhead Elementary School to let out streams of running children, their eyes bright with anticipation.

In Edmonton we are witness to a suave hoodwinking from city managers over the average populace.

Even among the brotherhood of thieves, there has to be an acceptable and unacceptable level of behaviour. Stealing fundraiser money from a non-profit Church Girls Club must be the lowest of all thieves.