Opinion

Two thousand and seventeen is going to be interesting. Right off the bat, Albertans across the province are coming to terms with carbon tax pricing and what that means for their households. Rolled out on Jan.

New Years is a wonderful time. It is a time to reflect and take stock of everything that has happened over the year, both triumphs and failures, and hopefully learn from them and move on stronger from the experience.

Dear Editor, Once upon a time in a province named Alberta, there was a town coined Barrhead. About 4,200 people lived, played and worked in the town of Barrhead in the year of 2016.

Dear Editor, Re: Carbon tax an outright lie, smoking gun revealed Since 2007, the Canadian government at the highest levels has been systematically suppressing scientists from publishing and communicating the free flow of information to the world, es

Education, income, age and location – these are all factors that effect the likelihood that a person knows how to use the internet well.

Sometime polls and surveys are wrong. Take the 2012 Alberta provincial election. The vast majority of media organizations predicted the Wild Rose party would win the election. Why? Because that is what the polls told them.

Resolutions are only words if actions do not back them up. It happens every year. We make grand gestures and think we can do everything, but then life gets in the way or we backslide or whatever. I know how it is.

It is my pleasure to give you a year-end review as Reeve. As you know council appointed me at the October re-organizational meeting. I want to thank council for their confidence in me and to the residents of our county.

Dear Editor, One day I did the unbelievable. I went to the TD bank machine, did what I had to, and twenty minutes later realized I didn’t’ have my carry bag, which had some important items in it. I asked the TD staff if they picked it up, but no.

Dear Editor, I just finished watching your Barrhead Midget Steelers team play a game in Ponoka. I wanted to take a minute to commend the squad. They are an absolute pleasure to watch.