Opinion

Amidst reassurances that the Didsbury Fire Department is rebuilding in its personnel and methodology, a review of the published report that was commissioned to guide the correction of deficiencies raises a number of questions about its content and it

I’ve noticed that advertising for Christmas begins earlier every year. The tradition was to hold off the season until after Remembrance Day. There used to be a public outcry otherwise.

In the latest example of carbon-pricing confusion, the C.D. Howe Institute recently published a report that describes the federal carbon-pricing plan as "cost-effective" -- while noting evidence that the overall policy mix is anything but.

As baseball legend Yogi Berra famously declared: "it felt like déjà vu all over again.

BY Michael Wolfson The tornadoes that recently hit the Ottawa area can't be blamed specifically on global climate change.

Exactly 100 years ago Sunday, the First World War ended, and Remembrance Day services began. Since then, through the decades, sadly, we've seen veterans of the First World War, the second World War and the Korean war pass away.

Kudos to the Sundre Community Van! I have seen it over the years and didn’t really pay much attention to it. Now that my eyes are failing and I have given up driving, I gave them a call. The volunteers that run this van are outstanding people.

Depending on the benevolence of private interests to deploy infrastructure that serves the common good has left Sundre firmly embedded in the digital dark age.

Some cultures revere their elders as pillars of family and community as well as great sources of wisdom with a wealth of lifetime experience to draw from. Yet all too many people in the West, it seems, dismiss them as a societal burden.

As Family Violence Prevention Month is recognized in Alberta in November its message that all family members should and must be safe and secure in their daily lives is a year-round message well worth heeding.