Opinion

Who will take over once the service clubs have disappeared? It is a question I asked in the spring after the Barrhead Elks Club announced they were selling the Elks Beach Campground in Lac La Nonne.

There can never be too many watchdogs when it comes to government. Our newspaper prides itself in serving that role in our communities, and we love to see the people in those communities take an active role themselves too.

It has been a breath of fresh air in Town of Athabasca council chambers since the October election. It is a welcome change to see a group of elected officials sitting around the same council table and attacking issues rather than people.

We have all heard the popular saying, “There is only one taxpayer.

Business, in my opinion, is all about networking. I’m not a businessperson at the moment, but there was a five-year period where I was a self-publisher of a magazine. I had plenty of opportunities to work with people from all across Canada, the U.S.

Hockey is the game we all know and love.

You may have seen some media coverage last week on the United Conservative Party (UCP) 21-page draft policy framework that will be debated at the party’s founding convention in May.

The NDP government is changing the way drunk drivers will be policed in Alberta this year.

Physician, heal thyself. Admiral James T. Kirk says this line to Dr. McCoy after the doctor is ‘injured’ in a cadet training exercise called the Kobayashi Maru in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Community organizations are the necessary backbone of a thriving community. Without them, advocating for the betterment of the places they live, municipalities would be fairly basic.