Opinion

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.

Sunday was a day that I was not particularly looking forward too knowing that I, like everybody else in the province, will be losing one hour of sleep because of good old fashion daylight savings.

A few weeks ago, in our Jan. 31 editorial and our poll question, we asked whether it was time for the Town of Barrhead to consider a two-tiered payment fee schedule for the use of its major recreation facilities, i.e.

Hockey is a rough sport. From the youngest players to the oldest, the coaches, the referees and everyone else involved, we all know this to be true. In-game hits are common and they carry penalties.

So depending on your political stripe, Alberta Minister of Education David Eggen’s March 2 announcement to eliminate 25 per cent of school fees and examine the possible elimination of fees for technology, school lunch supervision and field trips, can