Opinion

The recent passage of two controversial bills in the House of Commons sets the stage for a critical and likely bitter fight between the Justin Trudeau Liberals and the Jason Kenney UCP during the upcoming federal election campaign.

As the dense orange apocalyptic haze recently lay heavy on northern Alberta, someone on Premier Jason Kenney’s team must have realized the photo opportunity scheduled for him to celebrate the repeal of the carbon tax at a local gas station would conv

With an apparently insatiable consumer demand for convenient, disposable and over-packaged goods, handling ever-growing piles of garbage will only continue to become increasingly problematic.

Actions, as the saying goes, speak louder than words. Before becoming Alberta’s premier, Jason Kenney sang a lovely tune espousing the need to “raise the bar of civility and decorum in the legislature.

The recent deluge, the thunderstorms and hail have resounded with me. Three years ago we had ongoing hail over the summer, repetitive storms and tornado watches. It also brought my first ever hail damage claim.

The recent passage of two controversial bills in the House of Commons sets the stage for a critical and likely bitter fight between the Justin Trudeau Liberals and the Jason Kenney UCP during the upcoming federal election campaign.

When Mountain View Publishing photographer Noel West and I met at White Rock Crossing last week the first thing we did was exchange photos of our new born. Noel and his wife just celebrated the arrival of a new son.

Hermits, trappers in the wilderness, and widows or widowers who keep on farming after they bury their spouse are first in mind when we speak of rural loneliness and isolation.

When people talk about Olds being a connected community, it’s usually in reference to its one-gigabyte fibre optic network.