Opinion

With the long and hard-fought battle over Bill 6 – the Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act – at a milestone with new rules and regulations now in place, Alberta farm communities are moving forward under new the legislation.

Maybe the oil and gas sector should take a page from the postal workers' playbook and implement rotating strikes. Look how fast Ottawa jumped to the pump on the postal file. Screw with timely arrival of Canadian gifts at Christmas? No sir.

By Eric Bohm and Ivan Wong Nearly half of Canadians aged 65 and over experience osteoarthritis in their knees.

Sundre residents who receive a monthly gas bill can expect to see a whopping $10 reduction this December. Of course that number, which represents an average, might fluctuate a bit depending on a household’s overall consumption rates.

Newly-introduced legislation aimed at modernizing family law in Alberta is both welcome and long overdue.

For more than 30 years, the Innisfail Christmas Bureau has channelled the community’s willingness to ensure a better Christmas for children, people with disabilities, seniors and often people living in isolation.

On Oct. 2, as suggested by the (Didsbury) mayor in the previous council meeting when she refused to hear concerns because they were not on that day’s agenda, I submitted a delegation to the town office.

I’ve been writing Christmas letters, long handwritten ones. Usually I type a generic newsy epistle into my computer and print multi copies onto pretty seasonal paper. I leave lots of space for personal items of interest.

There are two familiar faces back on the streets, in the schools, stores and cafés of Didsbury. Colin Creighton is back on the staff of the historic Zion Evangelical Missionary Church (ZEMC) as the lead pastor.