Opinion

From the sound of it, Premier Jason Kenney’s cut-a-cop approach to trimming the provincial budget isn’t going over well in rural Alberta. “It’s a money grab,” says Brooks councillor Bill Prentice.

Canadians leave the practice of politics to politicians and politicians leave voting to the voters. Politicians do their best to influence the choice of politicians but voters make it.

On Friday night, École Olds High School held its annual academic awards night. It's a reward for all the hard work students have undertaken — and in the case of Grade 12s, for a whole 12 years of schooling.

This is in support of the letter by Dick Stauffer in the Sept. 10 edition of the Olds Albertan. For the past two years, things seem to have deteriorated in terms of irresponsible spending of public funds and here are some of my thoughts.

Amongst all the facts, figures and recommendations the recently released MacKinnon report came up with regarding Alberta’s financial future there was one simple analogy that summed up the dreadful bloat that’s endemic within our public services.

The Kenney government has announced another step in its $2.5-million Public Inquiry Into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns launched earlier this summer. Last week the government said it has set up a website, AlbertaInquiry.

Re: “Curriculum panel has high stakes," page 24, Sept. 3 Gazette. Not surprising it’s political since Mr. Kenney and his minister of education, Adriana LaGrange, are not supporters of public education.

“Canadians are overtaxed” is such a cliché conservative talking point that is grossly oversimplified.

Jason Kenney’s war room tactics in defending the oil and gas industry strayed into dangerous territory last week.

Alberta takes the federal government that Ontario and Quebec give it and as campaigning begins for the October election, the odds favour Justin Trudeau.