Opinion

On Sept. 1, 1980, Terry Fox ran his last miles. It was a cold, dreary day in Ontario. There were people lining the road as he ran, shouting words of encouragement and hope. He had run 143 days and 5,373 kilometres from St. John's, Newfoundland.

As adjacent landowners, we strongly object to the proposed development of NE & SE 29-32-5-5 and SE 32-32-5-5 as an aggregate extraction facility and oppose the redesignation.

I'm sorry that you didn't get to finish, Terry Fox. But here is what you started. For more than 36 years there have been Terry Fox runs happening every September in more than 9,000 communities across Canada.

About one month ago while proceeding past the new town hall I noticed that the three flags were out of order, out of sync.

Depression, despair and suicidal thoughts don't discriminate. No one is immune. Olds' Andrea Hawiuk, a dedicated group of volunteers and generous benefactors are, for the second year, offering inspiration, good food, music, and hope.

Alberta's self-proclaimed fiscal prophets seem to have hit a rather embarrassing speed bump on their pursuit to obtain power.

In case you hadn't noticed, the number of car shows being held all over Western Canada and the U.S. has grown. In fact, you would be hard pressed to find a week during the summer months that didn't have at least one show happening.

By now, no doubt everyone in Sundre ó perhaps even the province ó has heard about the Calgary man who barely survived being mauled by a grizzly.