Opinion

The federal government’s introduction of new firearms legislation last week is sure to rekindle the long-running debate over gun control in Canada. Whether the changes will lead to safer Canadian communities remains to be seen.

If greasing a wheel that would save the country tens of billions of dollars in the long run cost a mere few million dollars now, no one in their right mind would be opposed.

The conventional wisdom in conservative circles since May 6, 2015 is that Rachel Notley is a one-term premier and her NDP government is a passing fancy.

On either side of the political spectrum, we can undoubtedly all agree that the seemingly growing opioid crisis must be addressed.

The federal government’s introduction of new firearms legislation last week is sure to rekindle the long-running debate over gun control in Canada. Whether the changes will lead to safer Canadian communities remains to be seen.

Walk into an elementary school classroom and you'll probably see a lot of books on the shelf. Take a closer look and you'll often find a coloured dot, a number or a letter on each book's spine.

Sundre’s council last week approved allocating about $200,000 into a stabilization fund — increasing the reserve’s total to about $305,000.

When news of the Trudeau Liberals’ alleged “values test” came to my attention last week, I admittedly was fairly stunned.

It's easy to read about the two 17-year-olds who allegedly stole a truck and rammed a police cruiser or two trying to get away from the police and assume that kids in this area are rotten.

With the abundant snowfall recently I thought again of the tall tales we all heard from our fathers and grandfathers over the years. “I walked to and from school uphill both ways, through 10 feet of snow.