Opinion

Re: ìPeaker plant proposed for former Champion hay siteî by Julie Bertand, Feb. 7.Thank you for the coverage in your Feb. 7 edition regarding Constellation Energy's potential development of a gas-fired power plant in Mountain View County.

The provincial government has announced the creation of a new committee that will look at ways of keeping more rural seniors in their home communities – benefiting those same communities, in turn, by helping to retain a very valuable human resource t

The CWB has been competing for global grain sales for 77 years. Now the CWB is ready to compete for farmers' business.

It's time we open up and talk about mental illness. “Suicide rates continue climb,” published in this week's Gazette, indicates the number of suicides in Alberta is on the rise.

There was an alarming happening on January 13 near Gleniffer Lake that but for the quick action of a farmer, could have contaminated our source of water.

Re: 'Sham' task force urged to repeal four land bills by John Gleeson, Jan. 17.

We want to take the opportunity to commend MVC Council for placing top priority on reviewing its Memorandum of Agreement (MOAs) with its municipal neighbours and taking active steps towards cooperation with the creation of a council committee to meet

Editorial Economy must be a top issue in upcoming election With the next provincial election now only a couple of months away ñ under new legislation, the vote must happen by the end of May ñ the PCs, Wildrose, Liberals, NDs and other parties are alr

The Wildrose Advantage is, of course, Leader Danielle Smith, the 40-year-old former broadcaster and business lobbyist.

The past week cast an interesting light on two Alberta opposition parties.