Opinion

Acting in haste and repenting at leisure is one of those all-too-human foibles most of us have succumbed to at some time or another. But usually its less than welcome effects just come home to an eventual roost for the lax individual responsible.

By Helen Ries and Becky Rossi A combination of better medical care and good lives in the community mean longer life expectancies for individuals with a developmental disability. That's good news.

If there’s one thing adults can probably all relate to when remembering our formative years, it’s that being told not to do something as a teenager often instilled a nearly irresistible desire to go ahead and do exactly just that anyway.

It is politically uncertain when the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will be completed and how much it will cost – in dollars and constitutional and political damages.

So we finally received some much-needed rain, and the Rocky Forest Area’s wildfire danger was last week brought down to “low” from “high” while the fire advisory was lifted as of Wednesday, May 30.

The updating this month of Alberta Occupational Health and Safety laws for the first time in 40 years is welcome news for workers across the province.

We would like to thank Don Harrison for his excellent commentary in the Innisfail Province on May 15 regarding respecting the nesting of the birds on Dodd's Lake.

It’s too early to celebrate. The $7.4 billion oil pipeline expansion from Edmonton to Burnaby B.C. isn’t built yet. It’s true Kinder Morgan Canada is a willing seller, for $4.

Regarding the story on pet chickens in the May 22 issue of the Innisfail Province, what is the big deal with having chickens in your backyard? They are not noisy.