Opinion

DK Consulting, the firm leasing the Tawatinaw Ski Hill, is back to paying taxes and the rent it owes to Westlock County and it’s about time.

It’s five days to Christmas. For most of us this week involves a mad scramble to get in last-minute shopping, or figuring out how to pack a mini van full of kids and presents to go visit grandma and grandpa.

Christmas is a good time to spend with your family and it is also a time for giving, especially to those less fortunate. It is a special holiday season that draws the community closer together.

Last week Barrhead town council approved Barrhead Public Library’s budget, as well as the municipality’s interim budget, both of which include a half of a per cent cost of living wage adjustment (COLA) increase. Congratulations.

Dear Editor, Our family of four moved into the Barrhead area two and a half years ago. We moved here to be closer to family and to escape the fast pace of a more populated area.

In 1897, the New York Sun, in its editorial responded to a young girl, named Virginia, who wrote a letter to the editor asking if there was a Santa Claus.

Stop signs and other roadside notifications are put there to keep motorists and pedestrians safe. When one is knocked down, it presents all of us with a problem.

No one will argue that childcare is getting too expensive, especially for low-income families. For some, putting your child into daycare is just as expensive as paying a mortgage on a home.

While we applaud the introduction of a law requiring the use of helmets on off-highway vehicles (OHVs), the province should have gone the extra step and extended the helmet requirement to riding OHVs on private land.

The Festival of Trees is a big deal.