Opinion

Promotion of literacy has never been more important, in this age of 140 character tweets, Facebook updates and GIFs.

The immediate future of the Old Brick School has been determined as the Town of Athabasca’s council and Athabasca County council addressed the issues of lead paint and asbestos in the school’s boiler room.

A good part of learning is by trial and error. Sometimes we do something with the best of intentions, but after taking a step back we realize that it was the wrong thing. In other cases, learning can occur by seeing a good example and following suit.

Sometimes tragedy can be a means for positive change. In January 2015, Shawn Rehn shot and killed RCMP Const. David Wynn outside a St. Albert Casino.

We’re back to Square 1 on Tawatinaw … maybe Square 2 depending on your take. It took a little more than a year (well, less actually if you take into account the fact lease payments were suspended last summer) for the vaunted 2015 $2.

There are few opportunities quite like the one to make a difference in the life of someone else. The second-annual Sports for Ethiopia, which runs March 17-18 at the Rotary Spirit Centre, is just such an opportunity.

In last week’s issue we published a story on how an on-ice incident during the Barrhead Bantam Pirates 1660 league playoff game against the Warburg Thunder on March 2 at the Agrena escalated to the point where a game official decided to notify police

A job is a job whether a person works in manufacturing, an office, retail or in agriculture … all workers deserve the same rights and protections.

Dear Editor, Responsibility, accountability, transparency. These three qualities are common descriptors of school division superintendents and their governing trustees. Superintendents and trustees are rightly held to the highest standards.

The time approaches for the town's interim chief administrative officer to depart, and it's time for council members to take responsibility for the issue.