Opinion

About four years ago, the Sundre and District Aquatic Society had asked the Town of Sundre to take over the operations of the Aquaplex.

On June 6, 1944, I arrived by boat on Juno Beach in Normandy, France, with the Canadian Scottish Regiment. My role was in the mortar platoon. On June 17, I was based in a barn, anticipating an attack that never came.

Military veteran remembers storming beach on D-Day

A newly-launched public awareness campaign aimed at highlighting the importance of the energy industry – including oil and gas development – to Canadian communities of all sizes is welcome news for this region.

Russian totalitarian Stalin, the worst mass murderer of his time, a psychopath and a cynic, said of the Ukrainian famine: “If one man dies of hunger, that is a tragedy. If millions die, that’s statistics.

It certainly seems as if the whole country has jumped on the Toronto Raptors bandwagon. We the North indeed. And for good reason. At press time Monday the Raptors were one game away from winning the NBA championship. This still seems amazing to me.

With a host of transformational challenges putting pressure on labour markets, a line from Robert Atkinson and Jeffrey Brown’s latest paper struck me: “Nothing about the future of work is inevitable.

Research says well-rested children and youth do better in school. Healthy sleep improves memory and attention, so kids are better able to learn.

At my workplace my co-workers and I are always hurrying, assisting each other with our joint tasks. We have a few rushed conversations, sharing instructions and concerns.

On average, tens of thousands of motorists travel through the Main Avenue traffic lights in all directions on a daily basis, according to Alberta Transportation statistics from 2017.