Opinion

Re: ìTrial underway in Sundre assault caseî by Dan Singleton, Jan. 10.C. S. Lewis once wrote: ìI would not condemn a dog on the basis of what I read in the newspapers.î Wise man.

The price of getting into power for the federal Conservatives has produced another blow on their historic right-of-centre social policy roots.

I am writing in regards to your recent article in the Gazette, ìTrial Underway In Sundre Assault Case.î I view this as a very disrespectful and distasteful article since the case is only underway and not even half done.

It would be easy to dismiss the ambitions of Paul Pettypiece's Forth Junction Heritage Society project for Central Alberta as over the top and unachievable. Certainly, the scope of the plan is enormous.

Dear Editor: With the three per cent increase in property tax and water rates I think the council and mayor are dumping increase debts on the backs of the taxpayers.

January is a month of second chances. It's a time to reflect on the past and ask what will we do differently in the new year.

It would be easy to dismiss the ambitions of Paul Pettypiece's Forth Junction Heritage Society project for central Alberta as over the top and unachievable. Certainly, the scope of the plan is enormous.

The upcoming Alberta Property Rights Task Force open house at the Olds Cow Palace on Wednesday, Jan. 11 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. is not just for Alberta farmers and landowners.

Oh how I tire of the use of the twisting of true statements to convey distorted impressions! I tried an experiment this week. I handed a dear lady, a staunch supporter of the CBC, a copy of Blake Richard's Wild Rose Report that had just come in.

On the face of it, the province's new impaired driving legislation, Bill 26, is clearly unjust. Canadian law says an impaired driver is someone who registers a blood-alcohol level above .08. The new law will mean drivers who blow between .05 and .