Opinion

This past weekend I was extremely fortunate to be involved with the Olds College Centennial Community Celebration.

As Calgary and large tracts of southern Alberta start the recovery and cleanup from the largest and most expensive natural disaster ever seen in this province, residents in West Central Alberta can be ever so thankful that their communities have been

I was travelling recently with three friends in a motorhome on Highway 22 southeast of Sundre, when we were involved in an incident that resulted in all of us, vehicles and all, mired in a muddy ditch.

To the residents of Bowden and surrounding area: On Jan. 17, 2013 Bowden lost a lifelong resident, Don Poynter.

The Senate is a valuable parliamentary institution - don't abolish it, “reform it!” Over time we bastardized the senate by letting it deteriorate into a partisan cesspool.

Olds College has been celebrating its 100th year in education and training for the past several months. “The College” has a special relationship with the community of Olds and vice versa.

The Redford government says its $50-million plan to bring family care clinics (FCCs) to 24 communities is great news for Alberta, bringing up-to-date, 24-hour-a-day health-care services to many residents.

Editor: I want to write about how Canadian companies should be ashamed and should have their corporate tax breaks taken away for not hiring Canadians. This is a stain on our economy, thus we can't move forward or out of the depression.

As the Senator spending scandal continues to dog Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative government this week, the calls for the outright abolition of the Red Chamber have, not surprisingly perhaps, grown louder and louder.

Some people see change as a threat. Other people prefer to pretend that change doesn't exist. But those who adapt best see change as an opportunity to make things better.