Opinion

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.

Another week brings another plan from Premier Rachel Notley to bolster the province’s ailing oil and gas industry.

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.

Canada's framework for interprovincial trade is patchy at best. While Canada has signed on to free trade agreements with countries around the world, there are significant barriers to the free flow of goods and services within our own borders.

With everyone recently talking about their plans for Christmas dinner, I had sparks of images, like fireworks.

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.

This guy is walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can’t get out. A doctor passes by and our guy shouts up, “Hey you! Can you help me out?” The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down the hole and moves on.

Recognizing that the past year was not exactly a period of unprecedented booming economic prosperity for the province, including Sundre, there nevertheless remains plenty of room to celebrate with optimism for the future.

The closure of the Sundre Recycle Centre is a done deal. Last week, the local council stood firm in its decision to cease operating the facility as of Dec.