Opinion

I’ve been idling through a new autobiography by Dick Van Dyke, best known for his antics in Mary Poppins and other Disney productions. Dick received five Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy Award, and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995.

With the added warmth this past week perhaps spring has finally arrived? The streets are down to the rubble; grit and small bits of gravel hugging the curbs, a few scattered papers and crushed cans that evaded the recycling bins.

Following is a letter sent by the Olds Historical Society to various businesses and others in the community: On behalf of the board of directors of the Olds Historical Society, we would like to thank you for your support of Olds' local heritage.

As if Canadian authorities did not already have enough concerns on their plate.

As the snow continues to melt away — along with the memories of what seemed to be an endless winter — the once pristine blanket of white leaves behind in its wake no shortage of trash that had been hidden from view over the past many months.

The Notley government’s decision to declare May Sexual Violence Awareness Month is a great step for residents in every community in this province.

With United Conservative Party (UCP) members meeting in Red Deer this weekend for the party’s founding annual general meeting, the stakes for the party couldn’t be higher.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Key Towing & Storage from Red Deer for involving us in the “slow down and move over” rally on March 7.

Pursuing my trade of journalism, I have spent a career practising detachment: hanging my opinions and feelings on the newsroom coat rack, grasping both sides of the story and bearing witness to tragedies – war, murder, suicide, automobile fatalities