Opinion

“We’re not planning to lose the election,” Rachel Notley said last week. “But as long as I am re-elected in Edmonton Strathcona, I’ll be in the legislature.

Recently I read a letter to the editor from a Bragg Creek resident ("Bighorn Country an opportunity," p. 23, Dec. 11 Gazette) about why a park in our backyard will be good for us.

Statistics Canada data indicates 25 per cent of Didsbury households live below the poverty line, with housing costs exceeding 30 per cent of household income.

I would like to believe that climate change is not happening and is not caused by human activity, which releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

I have noticed the huge influx of chocolates and decorative cookies on store shelves as the festive season rushes past. The residents at the seniors’ lodge where I work are prone to offer boxes of chocolates, thin wafers and tiny puff pastries.

Canadian motorists who still believe that driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs is no big deal should probably think again in light of tough new legislation that has come into effect this month.

Mountain View County council has approved several amendments to the public events bylaw, including regarding community consultation. The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

“We’re not planning to lose the election,” Rachel Notley said last week. “But as long as I am re-elected in Edmonton Strathcona, I’ll be in the legislature.

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