Opinion

I never put a lot of stock into the Speech from the Throne, whether it be a provincial or federal level. As a general rule, by their very nature, the speeches are vague and short on details.

Well, that was exciting. Following a tumultuous council meeting March 12 that included an hour-long, in-camera session, Village of Clyde council voted unanimously to drop its Court of Queen’s Bench challenge to remove Coun.

Tragic. There is no other word to describe the early-morning March 7 bus/gravel truck crash that claimed the life of 15-year-old Thorhild Central School student Maisie Watkinson.

Barrhead and District Family and Community Support Services community and development co-ordinator and one of the organizers of our community’s annual volunteer appreciation dinner Ros Rudd asked people to take a moment to reflect what our community

What a beautiful way to start off the playoffs, eh? For those few of you who turned out for Barrhead’s Midget 2 Renegades league playoff game against the Camrose Nordics, you know how the three periods went.

Rural crime rates are rising and the public is losing faith in the RCMP’s ability to do its job.

C.D. Howe, once said Canada is at its best when it has a big project to take on.

A lot of the news coverage last week around the 2018 federal budget focused on how the Liberals are cynically grandstanding with their focus on gender equality.

In last week’s issue we published a story about council’s decision to delay the renaming the Barrhead Aquatics Centre pending information on the costs involved.