Opinion

A long-dead and largely unlamented tax has recently been rediscovered and embraced by certain people: the death tax, or estate tax.

I must be a homing pigeon. Whenever I am away it takes no time at all for me to long for home. As a child I suffered from homesickness even though I rarely was away for long. When we were kids, mom and dad made home a safe place, warm and cheerful.

As the fight continues to get kids to leave their screens and become more active, researchers have discovered another major hurdle to overcome.

Last week I witnessed an incident in our "recycling" process that greatly disturbed me, and begs a lot more questions around what happens to the stuff we so diligently work to keep out of our landfill sites.

In the United States’ midterm elections last week, the Democratic party Blue Wave hit the Red Wall of President Donald Trump’s neo-Republican power base. The Republicans strengthened their hold in the U.S.

As Family Violence Prevention Month is recognized in Alberta in November its message that all family members should and must be safe and secure in their daily lives is a year-round message well worth heeding.

Regarding MLA defends public funding for private schools, published in the Oct. 23, 2018 edition of the Olds Albertan and written by Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Nathan Cooper: Mr.

Unsubstantiated claims that Muslims are offended by people who decide to don a poppy are making the rounds on social media recently.

My 89-year-old father passed away in the early morning hours on Monday, Oct. 8 while in the extended care ward at the Olds Hospital and Care Centre — alone.

This Sunday, Remembrance Day services will once again be held at the Ralph Klein Centre in Olds. Doors open at 9:30 a.m., the parade forms at 10:15 a.m. and the ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m.