Opinion

Dear Editor, In light of the current discussion in your community regarding municipal water fluoridation, Alberta Health Services would like to highlight information based on good research about fluoridation, and clarify a statement reported in the M

Dear Editor, I am amazed and appalled that current Supt. Egbert Stang cites “that there was not sufficient evidence that this was an issue of public interest” and further he reasons that the Westlock News is the only one to request such information.

Barrhead is a small town, and its residents enjoy a different type of lifestyle than their counterparts in larger, urban centres like Edmonton. Fortunately, that style includes many different ways to get out and enjoy life.

I walked up the polished wooden staircase to the main floor. Unraveling in front of me was a sprawling living room. A large window took up the majority of the wall in front of me.

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

The exclusion of Green Party leader Elizabeth May from the two national leaders’ debates is something the major broadcasters’ consortium should be ashamed of, and something we as Canadians should be outraged about.

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 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.