Opinion

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.

A carbon tax is coming. Whether or not it is solely a provincial tax, or one tied into a federal one remains to be seen, but regardless, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued an ultimatum to the provinces Oct.

I blame Jim Taylor. When I was growing up in Creston, B.C.

Dear Editor, Here is a wakeup call to all the political parties feeding at the federal trough. The devil is in the details. I once watched a movie in 1976 that told the story of a child that was born into a family of political parents.

It is official, Barrhead will host the next three Wildrose Rodeo Association (WRA) finals.

Can’t everyone just get along? As a reporter, it is a question that I often get asked by members of public and to tell you the truth, for those of us who work on the editorial side of newspapers, one we often ask ourselves.