Opinion

Last Saturday, Dec. 3, I went to see the high school musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. I try to go when I can, as the school always puts on an amazing show. This year was no exception.

With general reference to the contents of the Dec. 6 Innisfail Province, Helen Dietz appears entirely focused on the morale of her chosen subordinates in the town office.

I was surprised when I read the following quote in a recent edition of the Innisfail Province: “'I will truly say and honestly from my heart that what is happening in this town is what we have hired her to do,' said Coun.

Any residents who plan for and include in their budgets an annual tax increase won't be surprised by council's decision to approve Sundre's operating budget, which calls for a modest tax hike.

Fidel Castro's divisive legacy that provided an impoverished nation with free health care and education for all, which even the US cannot boast, did not erase his past sins. But perhaps it can arguably at least offset the wrongs committed.

Only weeks after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election following a campaign that included calls to jail his rival Hillary Clinton, homegrown Trump-style politics are now being seen in Alberta.

A controversial piece of federal legislation is making its way through Parliament and has a lot of people worked into quite the tizzy.

In response to the editorial in the Innisfail Province on Dec. 6, if you Google my name along with that of our local newspaper, you will find numerous letters to the editor that I have written over the years.

Regarding Darlana Robertson's column “Civil Debate Gone In Trump Era,” Olds Albertan Tuesday, Dec.