Opinion

On Oct. 17, the Town of Athabasca received a letter from Alberta Municipal Affairs, which stated that there would be a municipal inspection into the town – its administration, finances, council.

I was shocked when I read in the October 18 Advocate that Athabasca County is considering passing By-law 017-2016 re. temporary camping. My husband and I have been responsible landowners in this county for 45+ years. We take pride in our farm.

I cannot for the life of me understand how our local municipal governments, Town and County, can actually sit behind closed door meetings, then come out and clap each other on their shoulders because they have a formula on how to finance this new poo

Autumn in Alberta – blink and you will miss it. Over Thanksgiving, we got our first taste of the falling white stuff this year, a light dusting of snow that was just a sample of what was to come just a few days later on Oct. 14.

Unbelievable. Last price tag I read in the paper the pool was @ $15 million, and that was just the building with nothing in it. So we’re probably looking at $20 million, if not more.

Don’t cross this line, or else. The problem in making this kind of threat is you are forced to carry it out and if you don’t you lose all credibility. That is what has happened to Alberta Education minister David Eggen.

My mother says I am softhearted and I don’t disagree with her either.

The provincial men’s curling championship is coming to town, but should we as taxpayers really be paying for it? That depends what we get out of it.

Athabasca is a beautiful place, but like any other place in the world it has its problems. The first step to fixing a problem is recognizing it exists. So let’s begin. One: There are drugs in Athabasca.

It’s a bell we never get tired of ringing — volunteers are the backbone of the Westlock area. From the St.