Opinion

By Heather Ryan As is reported elsewhere in the Albertan, earlier Olds town council passed a bylaw to borrow $10.

Vaping and vaping deaths have been in the news recently. Over the past few months there has been at least 19 deaths in the United States that can be linked to the electronic cigarettes also known as vaping. A "vaper" or electronic cigarette, a.k.a.

I hope I'm wrong. I hope the vast overwhelming majority of scientists around the world who are convinced by all the data that indicates a rapid acceleration to a natural warming cycle that will destabilize the world as we know it, are wrong.

If you live in Olds, Bowden, Didsbury or Carstairs chances are your newspaper was delivered by a carrier. Our delivery force offers a vital service in a timely, efficient manner. We have carriers of all ages and all walks of life.

I hope I'm wrong. I hope the vast overwhelming majority of scientists around the world who are convinced by all the data that indicates a rapid acceleration to a natural warming cycle that will destabilize the world as we know it, are wrong.

By Chuck Blanchard When I was a kid I used to play cowboys and Indians and sometimes I played the Indian and sometimes I played the cowboy. Does that make me a racist? When I was in school I had the opportunity to sing a song as if I was an Indian.

Now that we are in the season of “back-to-school” I am reminded of some of my dad’s tales. Like so many of his generation he first attended a rural school, riding on horseback across the hills of southwestern Saskatchewan.

Re: Education questions abound, p. 25, Sept. 17 Gazette. I am writing in response to George Thatcher of Trochu who in a recent letter to the editor made some statements that I found rather misleading.

The tribute paid on Sept. 20 to Bowden residents Larry and Shirley Adams was well deserved and underlines the importance of involvement in one's community.