Opinion

With the upcoming election looming, I would be very interested to know which current Athabasca County candidates supported the previously proposed Land Use Bylaw.

In 1925, United States president Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the first National Fire Prevention Week on October 4-10, 1925.

In 2013, when I first heard about the Alberta government’s plan to review and overhaul the Kindergarten through Grade 12 curriculum I was excited about the prospect. I still am.

Dear Editor, When you are young you are so smart. Your poor old mother gets dumber every year. You kind of imagine old people were always old. You think that an old person has no idea of what you are going through.

On Sept. 27 we received an update from the Pembina Hills Public Schools detailing how they’ve decided to file complaints with three different authorities regarding former Supt. Colleen Symyrozum-Watt.

For about a decade, the Sisters in Spirit walk has passed through our community, raising awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the region and around the country.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley was in town last week, passing by on a visit that surprised a lot of people. She stopped in Athabasca on the pretense of announcing mental health funding for students at Athabasca University.

Solar energy is a "Win Win" concept! The power of the sun can reduce operating costs, save money and has no negatives in terms of the environment.

Looks like we’re in for a race, folks. Who would have thought that on Nomination Day, Sept. 18, every division in Westlock County would have someone, or several people step up.

So we are going to have an election, a mini one, but an election nonetheless. Which is good, because for a while it didn’t look like we were going to have one at all.