Opinion

Chances are you've seen or heard some sort of promotion about the value of shopping locally — especially with so many of us in gift-buying mode now.

How did a proposal to help desperate people ever become so controversial for so many? The UN’s non-legally binding Global Compact for Migration signed by 164 countries including Canada — which follows on the heels of the 2016 resolution to adopt the

Local author and longtime Olds Albertan contributor Alice Cundiff died Dec. 11. She was 83. Alice’s stories began gracing the pages of the Albertan shortly after the paper launched in 1993. Her stories ran the gamut – often sprinkled with humour.

Searching for a perfect gift — whether for a person’s birthday or at this time of year, more likely than not for Christmas — is no easy feat.

Well, we just found out recently that we will be grandparents! That’s a new chapter in life for the whole family.

Young people across Alberta often make good use of the opportunity to work part-time, both for gaining valuable employment experience and for bringing in a little pocket money.

In the late 1960s when I was a novice newspaper journalist, the Christmas Eve edition of the Calgary Herald had as its lead editorial the Bible passage of Luke 2: 8-20.

It was a kids' Christmas play of years gone by. A Silent Night. Mary and Joseph centre stage in the spotlight. A manger and baby Jesus asleep on the hay.

Christmas has finally arrived once again, and on behalf of all the members of Our Lady of Peace parish, I wish you a very Merry Christmas. I hope all your Christmas dreams come true.