Opinion

When the Olds & District Evergreen Centre asked me to do a photography show for a date in November about country grain elevators, I was immediately hesitant. Yes, I had literally thousands of good shots.

Now that 2018 has come to a close, it's a good time to look back and reflect on the best 10 movies to be released this past year. Number 10: Halloween A sequel that ignores all the previous ones and picks up 40 years after the original 1978 classic.

Reading the all too often sensationalized headlines churned out on a daily basis by major media outlets around the world, one could be forgiven for hiding in a fully stocked bunker in anticipation of a cataclysmic worst-case scenario.

The price of oil does not appear to be recovering to anywhere near pre-crash levels. Not any time soon, at any rate.

The year 2018 will certainly go down in history as a memorable year for Red Deer County. Much of our work involved collaborating with our municipal neighbours through new plans known as Intermunicipal Collaboration Frameworks (ICF).

Well Penhold, another year has come and gone. The year 2018 was one full of new challenges and important decisions for your town council.

In the day, Alberta became a place for Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau to fly over on his way from Ottawa to Liberal constituencies in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland.

At this time of year we reflect on what was and, more importantly, on what will be.

Voters will be called on twice in 2019 to decide who will lead Alberta and Canada forward over the next four years. Who comes out on top during the spring provincial election and the summer/fall federal election remains to be seen.