Opinion

The stories of rural Canada deserve to be told and that is what I live for. As a journalist, I have a motto that even the most mundane or innocent looking of stories can have the most fascinating dimensions, if one has the guile to look for them.

On behalf of the Athabasca Healthcare Centre Auxiliary Association, I would like to apologize to the Michelson family for any part our local association may have played in the hurtful oversight in the Advocate article October 31st regarding the Long

What is your opinion on the legislation to legalize marijuana in Canada? What could possibly be the underlying motivation behind the legalization of this intoxicating drug? Marijuana is classified as a drug, mind altering, due to the hallucinating af

Re: Offering bad business Dear editor, Sharon Shaub, you must have had a bad hair day! Never have I even heard such vitriolic and poisonous lies come out of anyone’s mouth, and they’re even put to paper.

It is time Remembrance Day became a national statutory holiday. For the last number of years, around this time, Barrhead Leader editorial staff have proposed that the federal government should make Nov. 11 a national statutory holiday.

Remembrance Day is not about taking a break from school or work. It’s about respect for the men and women who died to preserve the rights and freedoms that we enjoy. Were it not for their sacrifice, this world could look vastly different.

Dear Editor, Re: Fiscal Report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) Front Page of the Town and Country, October 31, 2017.

In that brief period between Halloween and Christmas, Remembrance Day comes about as a time to pause and think about the sacrifices those in the Canadian Armed Forces have made for this country.

Congratulations to Lou Hall, Westlock County’s first-ever female reeve. Yes folks it’s taken 74 years for the county (the old MD of Westlock was formed in 1943) to finally have a woman as its leader.

Today is Halloween. That means all of us who are on the roads tonight need to keep our eyes peeled for little goblins, witches, Spider-Men and other spooks. It’s all about being driver safe.