Opinion

Re: Recreation and Culture survey It is disappointing, but not surprising, neither council or town administration has contacted me in regards to this matter. Their governance model views community through the lens of winners and losers.

I opened my Facebook account and scrolled to this question: “do you remember your best friend from high school?” That was a writer’s prompt if ever I heard one. Childhood friends were sometimes hard-won for a quiet, studious wallflower.

If history is any indication — and generally, it is — internet giants are not about to take meaningful action any time soon to deploy high-speed broadband internet infrastructure in rural areas.

Morning after morning for the past eight weeks, Mountain View County residents have woken to unseasonably rainy, cold mornings. It has been more than 100 years since Central Alberta had a year without summer and two centuries since winter in July.

Canada is losing the food safety optics game against China. While Canada has demonstrated many times that its food safety record is outstanding — in fact, one of the best in the world — none of it matters now.

By Aaron Wudrick We all wanted Kawhi Leonard to keep playing basketball for the Raptors. We wanted him to stay so badly that even Canadian politicians got into the polite pleading.

The recent Western Premiers Conference in Edmonton saw the provincial leaders discuss everything from resource development to health-care provision.

“Announces plan to invest $361 billion on renewables and create 13 million jobs by 2020.

On the Friday of the July long weekend, I came down the hill and approached the traffic lights. From the time I first stopped for traffic at 3:50 p.m., until I crossed the intersection it took 20 minutes. I imagine it got worse around 6 p.m.

The highlight of my Canada Day was the play The Valiant Five, presented in the gazebo. It was an excellent presentation of history by five very talented women, spearheaded by former Olds resident Mary Hays.