Opinion

Dear Editor, Consideration is a word we don’t seem to use too often but it is such a descriptive word, so full of meaning, a word that is important to us. It takes the emphasis off of ourselves and puts it on another.

Dear Editor, Autumn is here, and with it comes fond memories of Halloween in Barrhead. Every kid in town went to every house. Nobody worried about foreign objects in their child’s bag of goodies. We knew everyone, and where the good stuff was. Mrs.

Two months, 13 emails, at least that many phone calls and conversations and an unanswered, drawn-out last message I describe as going nuclear.

Nearly a century ago, Canada committed an atrocity against the Indigenous people by forcing their children to attend residential schools.

In a debate about how relevant the Federation of Canadian Municipalities is to rural communities, County of Barrhead Coun. Darrell Troock said the issue of cannabis, except for its cultivation, had little relevance here. We disagree.

Dear Editor, Much discussion is going around our community regarding the relocation of our Community Garden. While we are disappointed, we believe the Town of Barrhead is acting in good faith and is actively looking for a new spot for us.

Imagine being taken away from your home, away from your family and everything you’ve known for your entire young life and being shipped away to a strange place to have everything about who you know yourself to be systematically stripped away with rut

In response to Lorraine Mahe’s letter: It is good to know you enjoyed your visit to Athabasca.. Many of us living here feel that we have won the lottery.. you cannot find a better country, and you cannot settle in a better little town.

As a long-time (and now retired) resident of the Calling Lake community it was my privilege to attend the September 15 community meeting hosted by the Athabasca RCMP.