Opinion

Redirecting the public's attention towards an emotionally controversial issue to escape another is an age-old petty partisan political trick employed to manipulate the masses. No. 45 has arguably mastered this tactic like no other before him.

Mountain View County has mailed out the proposal, or Comprehensive Site Development Plan, to redesignate three quarter sections ó about 480 acres ó from agriculture to aggregate extraction, more commonly known as a gravel pit.

Saturday, July 22 marks a historic turning point for the conservative movement here in Alberta. On that day, an overwhelming majority voted in favour of unifying the right under the United Conservative Party.

The Town of Sundre will be undertaking an important $2.2-million project this year to rebuild pothole plagued Centre Street North from 6A Avenue NE to 12th Avenue NE.

Urgent: citizens in Cremona and area need a doctor. A doctor from the Carstairs Medical Clinic used to provide biweekly or once a month visits to Cremona with an irregular schedule, less than five hours per trip.

The importance every second represents during an emergency response simply cannot be overstated.

July 22, 1987 A barricade, prohibiting people from accessing the rodeo grounds and Snake Hill for public protection, was placed by the local Fish and Wildlife department as well as the Town of Sundre.

Unless one defines Canada's middle class as the wealthiest 10 per cent, Liberal pledges of greener pastures for hard-working families were apparently nothing more than empty campaign promises.