Opinion

Last week while driving on a backroad near Bowden a magnificent sunrise revealed itself from the east. I stopped, took a few photos, and then leaned heavily against my car. For several long minutes I stood and reflectively gazed.

So the dust has settled and the unofficial numbers are in after voters elected members of the House of Commons to the 43rd Canadian Parliament.

Life is about to become more expensive for the average Albertan. With a consumer protection cap removed, insurance rates are inevitably going up substantially.

Heads have popped off across our province in the wake of last Monday’s election results. Things didn’t go the way many had hoped, and now the winds of separation have caught a grass fire of indignation.

Life is about to become more expensive for the average Albertan. With a consumer protection cap removed, insurance rates are inevitably going up substantially.

The Alberta government has announced that it will be joining B.C. in a proposed class action lawsuit aimed at recovering some of the costs associated with opioid additions faced by residents.

Hell hath frozen over. Today this scribbler, a proud lifelong Grit, will sing the praises of Premier Jason Kenney.

Re: Charity funded Thanksgiving lunch at JD’s Place Restaurant and Pub in Didsbury on Oct. 14 for food bank.

NOTE: BYLINE ON THIS COMMENTARY IS: Danielle Klooster Heads have popped off across our province in the wake of last Monday’s election results.

Re: “Turning out responsible citizens," page 25, Oct. 1 Gazette First of all, I do not question whether the private schools are doing a good job of producing “responsible citizens.