Opinion

My husband and I (both former residents of Athabasca and its surrounding community) spent the Easter weekend visiting family and friends in Athabasca.

Hands up if you would like a pay raise? Hands up again for those who have actually received an increase in the last two years? We imagine a lot of hands, ours included, would shoot up at the prospect of receiving more money.

When I first moved here and took over the court beat from my former colleague Megan Pecjak, I was introduced to a couple of unsavory individuals who had a penchant for stealing mail.

Dear Editor, In response to the comment regarding the County of Barrhead councillors drawing a line for the ski hill and the poll in this regard, I feel it would be fair for the poll to be conducted with more information.

Whether you’re watching your kid lug the puck up the ice at a hockey practice, or attending one of the many local festivals, you need to thank a volunteer.

At its meeting April 18, county councillors voted to financially assist Misty Ridge Ski Hill due to the fact that the resort’s staff and managers haven’t been paid since January.

Can’t we just get along? That is a question municipalities are being asked by the provincial government. Well it really isn’t so much of a question, but an order.

Dear Editor, My name is Berenda Helmus. I am 14-years-old. I live in rural Alberta on a dairy farm. I go to school in Neerlandia. I am a sheep farmer, that is interested in politics, and education.

Dear Editor, Last week Alberta’s Honourable Education Minister David Eggen was outspoken in calling for Albertan schools to be protected from the “infiltration of hateful and inaccurate propaganda.

Town council tried something new this year in attempting public consultation during the 2017 budget process – doing absolutely nothing in actively seeking feedback. On Feb.