Opinion

Pembina Hills Public Schools (PHPS) trustees and school administrators are going to have to make some tough choices in the coming months. Late last month, trustees approved a budget that will see them going into the hole.

Dear Editor, On behalf of the Jasper Mountain Spirit team in the Athabasca River Canoe Brigade, I would like to give a big thank you to the town of Fort Assiniboine and the County of Barrhead for the amazing welcome all the brigaders received at Fort

To the Editor: Does Pembina Hills Public Schools board of trustees care about the community that elected them and which they serve? I don’t think so! Despite declining student enrolment across the region, the top two positions of the board — the chai

Of all the gripes we get, some valid, others trivial, the one that tends to be repeated most often by town taxpayers is: “Why are my taxes so high?” It’s a good question. The simple answer appears to be revenue, or more specifically a lack thereof.

It seems to have been a case of overthinking at Westlock County. The Jarvie Community Council has been the victim of speeders from cars, tractors, bikes and trucks ripping through their hamlet.

Last week, the County of Barrhead helped welcome the canoers involved in the Athabasca River Brigade to Fort Assiniboine. Or more accurately they welcomed the people who attended the final welcoming ceremony with a free barbecue lunch.

Until I met Linda Klufus and listened to her speak at the Barrhead Rotary Club’s luncheon last week, I had no idea what a Mercy Ship was. Now I know better.

Dear Editor, It’s come to my attention that the past advisor to the grad class choose to give the suggestion of going to Costco to make their purchase for the ceremony to the new grad advisor.

Dear Editor, Most of us don’t realize how valuable our car keys are until we lose them.

In our June 6 issue we published an editorial agreeing with Pembina Hills Public Schools (PHPS) trustee’s decision to stop the practice of reciting the Lord’s Prayer in three of its schools, Dunstable, Busby and Pembina North Community School.