Opinion

Over the last few months, we have noticed an increase in nuisance traffic in Centennial Park.

Some stores have started to pull their self-checkout machines, and I am not on board. I mean, sure – they’re awful.

Re: "RCMP commend public help," p. 1, March 12 Gazette. I would like to comment on the March 12 Mountain View Gazette article.

The ending on Wednesday (March 13) may not have been what the Mountain View Colts and their fans were hoping for, but it's clear that we can all be proud of these young men who gave it all they could against a very strong opponent.

Buyer beware – that should really be the 2019 provincial election tag line because as Albertans we are definitely being bamboozled by one roadside political sideshow or another.

At its core, Jason Kenney’s cultivated image as a perfect leader for our times reminds me of the Stepford Wives of Ira Levin’s 1972 satire about a town where the men have made their wives so perfect and compliant that they are like robots.

“Now a promise made is a debt unpaid,” wrote Robert Service in his Klondike poem, The Cremation of Sam McGee. I couldn’t help thinking of that admonition as I followed up on a purchase of a toy bulldozer collection for my late father.

Each and every time Premier Rachel Notley listens to Justin Trudeau’s latest monotonous mantra about how he is steadfastly protecting Canadian jobs she must feel decidedly nauseous.

"There's a sucker born every minute," 19th-century showman P.T. Barnum reportedly said. In fact, the notion predates Barnum -- and is just as applicable in the modern era. Con artists take advantage of our default desire to trust.

With the 2019 provincial election campaign just around the corner, the ruling New Democratic Party and the official Opposition United Conservative Party (UCP) are already starting to square off on key issues.