Opinion

One of the press releases that caught my attention this week was a statement by Westlock-St. Paul MP Arnold Viersen, who spoke at a “Support Canadian Pipelines” rally in Slave Lake on Jan. 6.

Should the town and county each have an emergency management plan? That is the question we are asking ourselves after attending the Town of Barrhead council meeting on Jan. 7 Our answer is no.

The Athabasca Advocate is a gemstone that I want to help polish, and know that we can make it shine brighter by shedding new light into further reaches of our community of readership.

January is again upon us and we are left with the inescapable reality of several more months of cold and what seems like neverending snow. Although we’ve been lucky with some warm temperatures, the first week of 2019 ended with another weekend dump.

Just prior to Christmas, town council invited MLA Glenn van Dijken to a meeting to discuss their woes concerning the “Schneider lands” next to Highway 33. Specifically, the Town of Barrhead wants dearly to develop the two parcels totalling 14 acres.

Former Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne believes it is time that Ontario school buses are equipped with three-point seatbelts and that is why she has introduced a private members’ bill that, if passed, would see three-point seatbelts in all new school

Finally. Since the release of the provincial electoral boundaries final report in October 2017 we’ve been waiting to hear from current Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater MLA Colin Piquette.

Dear Editor, I am responding to the Dec. 18 newspaper article where town councillors approved a hefty pay raise for themselves. It is my understanding that the federal government adjusted their pay.