Opinion

Pursuing my trade of journalism, I have spent a career practising detachment: hanging my opinions and feelings on the newsroom coat rack, grasping both sides of the story and bearing witness to tragedies – war, murder, suicide, automobile fatalities

Re: “Misinformation foments resentment,” page 25, April 17 Gazette. Simon Ducatel says in his commentary that some "mainstream Canadian media" are sending out misinformation.

UCP Leader Jason Kenney dismisses the NDP government’s proposed legislation to establish a safe buffer space around abortion clinics as political theatrics; nothing more than a ploy to distract Albertans from the ballooning deficit.

Better late than never. Spring might have slept in a lot longer than usual this year, sluggishly dragging its heels out of bed following winter’s long slumber, but the weather finally seems to be improving.

UCP Leader Jason Kenney dismisses the NDP government’s proposed legislation to establish a safe buffer space around abortion clinics as political theatrics; nothing more than a ploy to distract Albertans from the ballooning deficit.

It hasn’t been the best year for Canadian federalism. For months the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline saga has dominated the news, with no end in sight. B.C.

The Innisfail Ski Hill set a record this year. 2017-18 provided Innisfail with the latest operational ski season the hill has ever had. As a child some 30 years ago I learned how to ski at the hill.

With the fight between Alberta and British Columbia over the proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline becoming more and more heated by the day, the possibility of a major trade war breaking out between the two provinces now seems within the

It wasn't planned this way for this issue of the Innisfail Province. As I was driving to work last Friday morning to begin production it occurred to me I was about to put together a special newspaper.

Sometimes an issue can be so pervasive that it's rendered nearly invisible. Take for instance the gender of the health workforce. Women comprise 82 per cent of health workers in Canada, in contrast to 47 per cent in the total labour force.