Opinion

Back on Jan. 1, 2017, the NDP government implemented what is arguably their most controversial initiative — the Alberta Carbon Levy. The hit was immediately felt in an increase of 4.49 cents per litre at the gas pump (or 5.

Who will take over once the service clubs have disappeared? That is a question Barrhead Leader managing editor Barry Kerton asked in his column in January and four months later we are no closer to having an answer.

Dear Editor, I am writing today to address my concern over the article in the May 8 edition of the Leader reporting on the county's decision to deny funding to the FCSS operated Thrive program - a program that gives help and hope to individuals who h

I’ve heard it said that it isn’t every day that one goes to provincials. Happily, this week I got to talk to two people who managed the feat and I have the pleasure of sharing their stories.

It is always heartening to hear of small communities banding together to accomplish great feats. Such was the case when regional fire departments and residents south of Athabasca near Willowridge Road banded together to put out a grass fire May 6.

I've now been on the job here at the Advocate for about a month now, and so far, I like what I have seen. Other than the view, which is quite beautiful by the way, the people I have encountered thus far have been quite friendly.

So April is Cancer awareness month. “The more we know, the healthier we’ll be,” and if that is the case, the future is bleak indeed because the level of ignorance is off the scale.

What are the criteria used to determine which organizations or groups will benefit from the charity of municipalities? It is a question we have been asking ourselves more and more often, as we fill our pages with stories of volunteer organizations lo

When I was in Grade 10 a friend of mine, who was a junior member of our town’s fire department, said he hoped that one of the town’s bigger structures would catch on fire.

Generally speaking, the community of Westlock seems relatively insulated from major disaster. We’ve never been threatened by a calamity that caused thousands of deaths or forced the whole town to evacuate.