Opinion

This week’s Father’s Day is a time to honour and remember the fathers, grandfathers and mentors in our personal history. Some families today are in single parent homes, for many varied reasons.

President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, like all his policy, is a political instinct made up on the fly, but is American isolationism not seen since the Great Depression.

I saw shared on the Sundre Citizens on Patrol Association's social media page some great advice in the form of an article by Robin Booker dated May 31 on www.producer.com about Canadian property owners' rights when faced with trespassers.

While many young people gain valuable experience and financial benefits from being able to work in Alberta, the safety of those workers must be a priority.

Sundre’s council heard during the May 28 meeting that all of the materials deposited at the recycling centre have ended up going to the landfill due to contamination for roughly the past couple of months.

Following is a letter local resident Terry Storey sent to Premier Rachel Notley -- combined with information from another letter he sent to Olds Hospital and Care Centre medical facilities director Dr. Jaco Hoffman.

I would like to point out something to the people who want to protect Dodd's Lake. The protection you seek was rescinded years ago when the subdivisions around the water were put in. So you can have your home that close to the water.

Regarding the matter of chickens in the backyard, what about the Innisfail Auction Mart? It is noisy and smelly. Cattle liners are coming and going at all hours several times a week using jake brakes in town.

The updating this month of Alberta Occupational Health and Safety laws for the first time in 40 years is welcome news for workers across the province.

It is politically uncertain when the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will be completed and how much it will cost – in dollars and constitutional and political damages.