Opinion

Jason Kenney's entrance in the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership race highlights the difference between a political faction and a political party. Too often forgotten are the significant differences between factions and parties.

Growing up in the Ottawa Valley, I appreciated from a young age the importance of the forest sector to our local economy.

Sept. 12, 1979 Many drivers had witnessed other motorists disregarding the flashing lights on a school bus, proceeding past the bus and placing students' lives in peril. There is no excuse, wrote the Round Up.

The toxicity of Trump's relentless immigrant bashing and fear mongering has been permeating across our border, further polluting Canadian politics and ideals.

Sept. 7, 1988 Sunpine Forest Products had been gradually expanding its new plant facility west of Sundre. Over the long weekend, the office staff had moved into their spacious building at the new site.

Cancer can be beaten. Terry Fox had that dream and he set that dream alive when he dipped his artificial leg in St. John's harbour on April 12, 1980 to begin his Marathon of Hope.

Taxes are the bane of pretty well everyone's existence. They can be hard to live with at the best of times, but without them, let's face it — daily life as we know it would not even function.

I'm tired of hearing, as well as reading in social media comment threads, that Millennials are entitled, over-privileged brats who expect a life of handouts.

We cannot wrap ourselves in a blanket of self-proclaimed tolerance at the expense of thinking critically and acting accordingly. There is an egregious double standard being perpetuated by the regressive left these days.

The scribbler pitched horseshoes for the first time last month. A friend had a barbecue party, and the pitchers were doing their thing while I munched on a burger and watched in awe. For my pals, there was no horsing around, pardon the awful pun.