Opinion

The best way to encourage people to do something like recycle is to make it as easy as possible for them. No one wants to spend any more time doing a tedious chore like sorting recyclable materials when they could be doing anything else.

Regarding the proposed Community Standards Bylaw and the town's request for feedback on it: My feedback is about the same as I sent in originally. It too was also put in the Olds Albertan as a letter to the editor.

When I was in high school, tuques were essentially the very antithesis of "cool." Many students would brave below freezing temperatures to avoid messing up their carefully crafted coif.

I spent 50 years in the newspaper business as a reporter, editor and publisher at weeklies and dailies in all four western provinces. Throughout my career I witnessed up close the disconnect between aboriginal people and the non-native society.

So we've reached the end of another year and what a year it has been! Canada and Alberta have seen a complete shift in the political atmosphere.

Wha, Wha, Wha. Do you ever get tired of the magpies or crows squawking in the morning? I do, as I am tired of farmers squawking about Bill 6. Some say it's because they weren't consulted in the process.

There likely aren't many ó if any ó places in Alberta, not to mention the whole country, that have not been impacted to some extent by the prolonged downturn in the price of oil.

Somehow, a significant number of Canadians seem to forget every year how to drive during the winter. Apparently, a few months of summer driving conditions completely wipe clean their memories of slippery, snowy roads and how to safely navigate them.

I've been looking for someone for several years and recently learned that she may be living in the Olds area. Her name is Becky and she was from Spokane, Wash.

Wha, Wha, Wha. Do you ever get tired of the magpies or crows squawking in the morning? I do, as I am tired of farmers squawking about Bill 6. Some say it's because they weren't consulted in the process.