Opinion

The bad news is we’re halfway through the summer. The good news? We’re smack dab in the middle of festival season. Whether it’s concerts, car shows, community celebrations, fairs or fundraisers, there’s a lot going on in all corners of the county.

Woodlands County has an alarming problem — false alarms. Over the last four years, the Whitecourt RCMP have noticed an increase in the number of false alarms, from electronic alarms and alarm companies.

Augmented reality games are sweeping the globe, transforming ordinary couch potatoes into intrepid explorers and injecting much needed exercise into the lives of many individuals, yet there seems to be some considerable divide between gamers and non-

Baseball has a long tradition in Barrhead and the North Central Alberta Baseball League (NCABL), whether hardball or softball, and the Orioles’ star might well be on the rise once more.

Sometimes I wonder if public engagement in the political reason is a good thing.

Bud Massey says he’s willing to step aside as Westlock County reeve, but only if his Div. 4 constituents tell him to.

There have been some heavy discussions in the halls of the Advocate over the past week.

It was a deal to finally rid the money-losing Tawatinaw Valley Ski Hill from Westlock County’s books, but the latest development has the municipality, and its ratepayers, back in the tow-rope line.

Has time for a multi-level senior’s extended living facility come for the Barrhead area? The necessity of asking the question came to the Barrhead Leader’s attention after a senior couple visited the Barrhead Leader last week.

Life is not like the comics, where heroes battle super-villains and after destroying much of the city, live to tell their tales. Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, with or without capes, and they can die just like anybody else.