Opinion

So… what exactly would you say you do here? I’ve noticed that this is the most common question people ask me since I took on the role as the new community/school resource officer here in Innisfail.

With criminals continuing to target farms, ranches and acreage properties in the district and across Alberta, residents and other stakeholders are seeking solutions.

"Providing benefits not burdens” is how former health minister Judy LaMarsh once described the vision for disability policy in Canada.

Following the recent Florida school shooting, the never-ending gun control debate was stoked back to fervent life, prompting the same old reactions from those who fear having their rights violated.

A recent controversy that exploded following a not guilty verdict in a Saskatchewan courtroom seems to have stoked deep-seated resentment from two camps. "Murderer!” the one side declares. "Thieving thugs!” retorts the other.

Never in the history of taxation has a levy been enthusiastically welcomed by the public with open arms. But a nation, province or municipality cannot sustain remotely acceptable services without taxes.

Re: Open letter to Notley, Trudeau about carbon tax, p. 4, Feb.

Production and pipeline transportation of oilsands bitumen will never be accepted as legitimate by active, committed and doctrinaire climate change environmentalists.

As one of the largest contributors to the economy of the region and the province, the oil and gas industry is vital to the well-being of communities of all sizes.