Opinion

Research says well-rested children and youth do better in school. Healthy sleep improves memory and attention, so kids are better able to learn.

There’s a saying that everyone believes in free speech. That is, until they’re confronted by a controversial position they are vehemently opposed to, of course.

With the province’s agriculture industry facing ongoing pressures both in Canada and internationally, any support that Albertans can give to the vital industry here at home is welcome.

In the southwest corner of the Didsbury Cemetery is the grave of Mennonite missionary Edmund Chatham who came to Alberta when his lungs were failing him and died of tuberculosis in 1900.

News last week that Tami Gardner was leaving her position as Olds Regional Exhibition (ORE) executive director was stunning.

Alberta is down right now, but we’re not out. We still can’t move our bitumen, oil or natural gas to market as easily as we would like. We are at odds with the federal government and British Columbia on key files.

Arguably among Sundre’s most appealing features is the local network of paths and nature trails, many of which feel almost completely isolated without a single building in sight despite never actually being very far from home.

Re: "Where there's smoke, there's fire," page 25, July 2 Gazette. The author seems to assume that the recent wildfires in Alberta were started by natural causes. It’s certainly possible, but it did seem a bit early in the season for thunderstorms.

There’s a saying that everyone believes in free speech. That is, until they’re confronted by a controversial position they are vehemently opposed to, of course.

With the province’s agriculture industry facing ongoing pressures both in Canada and internationally, any support that Albertans can give to the vital industry here at home is welcome.