Opinion

Remembrance Day is a day of many emotions. It is a day of sadness, a day of pride and a day of hope.

By now, surely everyone who drives even just a few minutes a week around Sundre has for better or worse navigated past the new Main Avenue roundabouts. Chances are the experience probably was not even all that bad, despite all of the panic.

I am writing this letter to reflect my feelings on the coverage of the recent municipal election. I am disappointed that the Albertan did not take the election coverage seriously.

Criticizing decisions is apparently far easier than making the effort to get involved in the decision-making process. There has been a lot of dismay and angst expressed over the three mini roundabouts being installed on Main Avenue.

A Maclean's Magazine article by Sadiya Ansari recently decried Islamophobia in light of Quebec's recent decision to ban full-face coverings in certain scenarios.

Running for a municipal council ó or any level of public office for that matter ó requires no short supply of courage and dedication.

Sundre's municipal election race is over and the dust has settled.

While October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, I personally became "aware" on June 16, 2016. My name is Ella Johnson, 53 years old and an Innisfailian.

When the late Jim Prentice's Progressive Conservative party was trounced by the upstart NDP in the 2015 provincial election he noted in his concession speech, “The voters are always right in our democracy, and so it is this evening.