Opinion

A new provincial initiative aimed at improving the training, testing and oversight of all motorists, including those in the commercial trucking industry, is both welcome and needed in Alberta.

By Mary L'Abbe The long process of updating Canada's Food Guide and reforming nutrition labelling will soon become a reality. And that's good news.

Republican supporters have suddenly become indignantly self-righteously outraged by what they claim to be a lack of civility from the left.

The Town of Innisfail has taken responsibility and apologized for what happened to a family cat named Mikey, and council should consider compensating the Piesse family by changing the cat bylaws.

The variety of more than 100 vehicles including plenty of vintage models displayed at the Sundre Pioneer Village Museum during the Canada Day celebration seemed right at home. We cannot think of a more perfect location to host a car show in Sundre.

With recreational cannabis use set to become lawful across Canada in four short months, the long fought battle over the legalization of pot is nearing its end.

Since I began to study politics and then to write about it, there have been 10 prime ministers, nine Ontario premiers and nine Alberta premiers that I have interviewed or written about. Five decades ago, a politician rarely lied.

Heartless? Insensitive? Cruel? Incompetent -- obviously. There are a lot of adjectives to describe the inappropriate and incorrect actions of the former peace officer who participated in the recent capture and euthanasia of a resident's cat.