Opinion

Another year and yet another group of kids given the valuable lesson of how to stay safe on the road. On Jan. 17, the Town of Westlock fire department joined forces with Westlock County’s fire department and peace officers to help educate the St.

The federal government is pursuing an election promise to repeal portions of Bill C-42, the Common Sense Firearms Licensing bill, and say it will be replaced with a different piece of legislation — the United Nations (UN) Arms Trade Treaty.

The message coming from Barrhead town council is clear — in the future, area residents should be prepared to pay more to use recreation facilities.

It goes without saying that water is an critical part of life. First, it is necessary for the body to operate at a very basic level. The human body will not function much more than three days without water.

There is an old idiom that says you shouldn’t ‘cry over spilt milk,’ meaning you can’t change what already has happened. And while that is true it doesn’t mean we should just dismiss what has happened, especially if it is distasteful.

Safety should be a priority no matter what road a person travels on. Whether it is a school zone, a main thoroughfare, or a side street in a subdivision, posted limits and stoplights are there for a reason.

Dear Editor, Dysfunctional families are families where the guardians of the children fail to promote an environment that encourages healthy spiritual, physical, and emotional growth for their children.

Small urban municipalities are the centres of their region and also the ones to pay for the accompanying infrastructure, like pools or arenas … meaning they end up with the short end of the stick.

A spate of stories in this week’s edition carry a theme of seniors in their later years, often hidden away in the corners of our seniors lodges and eager to tell their stories.

There are not a lot of decisions a person can make that have the potential to positively impact another person’s life, as the decision to donate blood. It can literally be a lifesaver.