Opinion

To the average layman, the Alberta Energy Corridor’s draft land use strategy means nothing.

It may not seem like it at the moment, but spring is just around the corner. Barrhead residents have spent months under a blanket of snow, and everyone has just about had it with the bleak, dismal days of overcast weather.

Dear Editor, Recently, Pembina Hills voted to close the Fort Assiniboine senior high school program. I feel they voted knowing it was not the “right” vote and was not based on educational effectiveness.

Re: Mom of Fallen RCMP officer tells of inquiry tale The February issue of the Barrhead Leader featured an account by Mrs. Grace Johnston, whose son died along with four other men on March 3, 2005 in a Quonset hut near Mayerthorpe.

We all live through these Alberta winters, and we all understand that the roads get treacherous. When the roads get icy, motorists get less traction and therefore slip much more easily. This stuff is all common sense.

It was ironically appropriate that in the same week that the Athabasca & District Music Festival hosted its final performances, Athabasca town council took the opportunity to toot its own horn.

It would be very, very easy to undervalue last week’s announcement that the last 16 km of Highway 827 between Athabasca and Thorhild are finally going to be paved.

Westlock County’s plan to pay for an enhanced police position raises a very important issue in Alberta — how many services and their associated costs will continue to be passed from the provincial government down to their municipal counterparts? The

It must have seemed like only a few hours to those families that opened up their homes to the seven Japanese delegates who paid a visit to Barrhead last week.

Dear Editor, It has been several days now since Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7 trustees voted 6-1 to close the senior high school program at Fort Assiniboine School, and I have a few comments I would like to share.