Opinion

Twenty-five years ago, the Westlock Rotary Dinner Theatre series began with a production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. It was a pretty daring choice for its first show, considering Westlock is a small town in rural Alberta. On Oct.

Alberta Labour minister Christina Gray says the government will take action to protect service station workers after Ki Yun Jo, the 54-year-old owner of a Thorsby Fas Gas, was killed over the Thanksgiving long weekend attempting to stop a gas-and-das

Last week I hit a moose with my car. I’m alive, but the moose is not. I can still hear the crunch as its head smacked into my windshield and can taste the chalky flavour of safety glass dust on my lips.

Dear Editor, In 1934, when I was three years old, my parents decided to leave their dry prairie farm and head north. Everything was loaded on the train, this included four horses and at least two cows.

“Candidates go head to head” was the headlining article in the October 10th Athabasca Advocate. What an odd choice of title to describe the all candidates forum hosted by the Athabasca Chamber of Commerce.

Six days. That is how much time remains between the publication of this newspaper and Election Day.

Thanksgiving is the time of year when families gather to celebrate life and take stock of what they are most grateful for. We suggest reserving a spot in your prayers for our volunteer firefighters, who we refer to as the ultimate volunteers.

People are creatures of habit. Take the addict for instance ...

How early is too early? That is the question I find myself asking about the Main Street Merchant’s Association’s plan to hold the town’s annual Christmas light up festivities on Nov. 3.

Do you know who wrote this editorial? It is an Athabasca Advocate writer. Maybe some readers could guess who it is. But only those who witnessed its creation can know for certain.