Opinion

Editorial As the physical cleanup from the June 2013 floods in southern Alberta wraps up over the coming weeks, residents will no doubt be glad to put the disaster behind them and hope that nothing similar happens again for many, many years to come.

There has been a series of incidents recently with a similar pattern. A male member of the public firstly acts in an illegal way (e.g.

There are still Good Samaritans around. Sunday, July 28th, as we were driving south on Highway 22 towards Sundre, we had a flat tire on our car and a young man stopped and insisted on changing the tire for us.

It disturbs me to know that a common phrase is being used through social media to acknowledge “first world problems”.

About 25 years ago while covering provincial court for a Calgary newspaper on a decidedly unsettling Monday morning, Judge Hubert Oliver had decided enough was enough.

Affecting far too many young people, including right here in West Central Alberta, bullying is one of the great downsides of the education experience in Alberta in 2013.

A notice to anyone who knows a clean-cut man in his 30s or 40s with short, dark hair who drives a black, sporty, two-door car. This man was at my moving/yard sale on Friday, July 26, with two children (a boy and a girl between eight and 12).

A few years ago while writing columns for another newspaper I received a letter from a reader who called this scribbler an “unabashed Liberal” in Canada's Tory heartland. He was correct. I am a proud Liberal.

As a farmer who uses (Highway) 2A to move farm equipment, I also have concerns with the concrete medians, which I believe many other farmers do too.

I would like to thank Olds College, (Olds) United Church, the RCMP and Rev. Terry Allan for the kindness and prayers. This, to one, is precious. Olds College, Marcus, April and to all the community, I thank you from my soul and heart.