Opinion

Apparently Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio hasn't fully considered the concept of unintended consequences.

Businesses want stability: it is what affords them a sense of predictability in their drive for profits.

When I heard the news on Friday morning that Jim Prentice had passed away, I broke down in tears and I realized he had more impact on me than I had ever known. I hoped, prayed and begged that it was not true.

In response to the letter to the editor from Jim Carroll in the Sept. 27 edition of the Innisfail Province, more than the firing of fire chiefs should be concerning.

Re: Sundre Round Up's Oct. 11 editorial “Anti-vax movement based on lies” I don't think they (anti-vaxxers) are willfully ignoring the science. I think they fall into two categories — either they have been duped by shysters or they are shysters.

Claiming that small businesses largely make up the economic backbone of a community — and arguably the country as well — is no exaggeration. Without small- to medium-sized enterprises, people would largely have no jobs.

Teaching the young minds of today how to think should be a paramount pillar of the educational system.

When anti-vaxxers rail against vaccinations as poisonous, autism-inducing concoctions of death, they willfully ignore enormous past proven successes as well as thoroughly debunked junk science upon which the movement is largely based.

Much has been written in recent years about income inequality and the (apparently) growing gap between the rich and the poor. The focus on income is understandable. It's a measure that resonates with the general public.