Opinion

Full credit goes to Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries (Al-Pac) for recognizing their need to diversify their business, and to the federal government for backing them up with last week’s $62.9 million investment.

It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game. So goes the age-old bit of wisdom that many parents and coaches have passed down to young players in an effort to promote good sportsmanship.

Athabasca town councillor Tim Verhaeghe presumably has the best of intentions in proposing that council pass a bylaw that would outlaw smoking in vehicles when children are present.

Christmas has come and gone, and the New Year has been ushered in. It’s the time of the year when millions of people around the world resolve to make changes in their life for the better.

They say time flies when you’re having fun.

Athabasca town council’s decision last Tuesday to abandon its proposed affordable housing project should not come as a surprise.

There’s a lot to look forward to in the coming year. One of the things that tops that list, on the local scene, is an increased level of co-operation between the town and county.

One week, the Athabasca Words Work Literacy Society announces it has to shut down its well-received Books for Babies program due to a lack of funding.

Some members of Athabasca town council seem to suggest that they’ve been sold a bill of goods when it comes to the Alberta Energy Corridor; that somehow the project is something different than what they were led to believe.

The volunteer fire departments that serve communities along Highway 63 are in over their heads. That’s not a knock against any of these departments or their members, who selflessly give their time and energy to help protect their communities.