Opinion

Canadian motorists who still believe that driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs is no big deal should probably think again in light of tough new legislation that has come into effect this month.

Mountain View County council has approved several amendments to the public events bylaw, including regarding community consultation. The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

“We’re not planning to lose the election,” Rachel Notley said last week. “But as long as I am re-elected in Edmonton Strathcona, I’ll be in the legislature.

Chances are you've seen or heard some sort of promotion about the value of shopping locally — especially with so many of us in gift-buying mode now.

How did a proposal to help desperate people ever become so controversial for so many? The UN’s non-legally binding Global Compact for Migration signed by 164 countries including Canada — which follows on the heels of the 2016 resolution to adopt the

Local author and longtime Olds Albertan contributor Alice Cundiff died Dec. 11. She was 83. Alice’s stories began gracing the pages of the Albertan shortly after the paper launched in 1993. Her stories ran the gamut – often sprinkled with humour.

Searching for a perfect gift — whether for a person’s birthday or at this time of year, more likely than not for Christmas — is no easy feat.

Well, we just found out recently that we will be grandparents! That’s a new chapter in life for the whole family.

Young people across Alberta often make good use of the opportunity to work part-time, both for gaining valuable employment experience and for bringing in a little pocket money.

In the late 1960s when I was a novice newspaper journalist, the Christmas Eve edition of the Calgary Herald had as its lead editorial the Bible passage of Luke 2: 8-20.