Opinion

It was the right decision. On April 24, Town of Barrhead councillors turned down a request by the Glass Breakers ice hockey team to waive the $1,600 rental fee for the Agrena for a ball hockey tournament.

Fentanyl. I’m fairly certain we’re all aware that it is in the province, in our community and indeed, a problem for our entire country.

Dear Editor, I would like to comment on Barry Kerton’s column Time to Reexamine the Need for The Woodlands Express. An interesting column but, as a professional reporter, I feel some research should have gone into it.

Dear Editor, When my daughter wants to attend a jujitsu class here in Neerlandia, I have to sign a form giving my consent that she is allowed to do so.

You’ve seen a lot of coverage about volunteers in these pages in the last few weeks and rightly so. In this issue alone we have three separate stories about volunteers and the work they do.

Rumors and fact are different things. It is our job to investigate issues important to our readership and to inform them of any developments. We take the words of RCMP Sgt. Bob Dodds as fact, as he is representative of his detachment.

Just what community groups should a municipality provide funding for? And to what level? It is not an easy question to answer.

Living in a small town we are often isolated from the tragedies that happen in other parts of the world.