Opinion

The new pool project is forging ahead, and quickly. During last week’s Town of Athabasca council meeting, council moved to go ahead with reviewing the Requests For Quotations that were received from potential bidders.

Right off the top, let me apologize for the provocative title of this column. It is, to use a recently coined term, clickbait.

Last Friday, the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission hosted a public hearing in Westlock to hear input on possible changes to the province’s 87 ridings.

Should Alberta doctors be required to report unfit drivers? That is one of the questions Judge Karl Wilberg posed during his fatal death inquiry of an 11-year-old girl in St.

Virtual Reality. Those are two words I have read about in science fiction but I never thought I would live to see it, let alone get a chance to test out the equipment, but, as you will read on Page 4A, the hardware is available and it is in our town.

The Barrhead Leader would like to thank the Barrhead Agrena Society and all of the financial contributors to the Town’s new aquatic centre. Agrena Society president Shannon Carlson says the future looks bright for Barrhead and we agree.

Sleep is a precious commodity and anything that takes it away raises my ire. That is why I have never been a proponent of Daylight Savings Time (DST). In the spring I have to move my clocks forward, losing an hour of sleep.

This week, the much talked about Regional Collaboration Study will host a Feb. 23 workshop in Westlock.

Potential changes to the Land-Use Bylaw that would redistrict certain parcels of land in the county from agricultural use to rural use have caused significant debate during the bylaw’s consultation process. At the county’s information session Feb.

Two weeks ago, we published an editorial that was critical of Pembina Hills Public Schools’ handling of a case involving a local instructor charged with sexual exploitation.