Opinion

Newly-released statistics regarding firearm-related fatalities in Canada, particularly involving young people, point to a real and growing need for more to be done to prevent such incidents.

A disturbing trend is developing whereby people cry foul and attribute any unpleasant experience to racism. Just like the old fairy tale about the boy who cried wolf, others will begin to ignore legitimate claims.

I am writing this in response to the Pink Shirt Day advocates. Our daughter Dalyce went to high school in a small rural community in southern Alberta. She took kindergarten to Grade 9 in a different school and transferred to the high school.

It was brought to the Province's attention the newspaper may have violated its own Letters to the Editor policy with the omission of names in a March 28 letter, which was attributed to the Citizens for Innisfail (CFI).

While I am not surprised at the requests by the Citizens for Innisfail committee to gain more information on the personnel matters from the Innisfail town office, I was very surprised at the council reaction.

I know that Olds has a lot of gardeners who are just getting the bug now to go to work on their gardens. I have food for thought when you decide what to plant. I come to the garden alone while the dew is still on the roses.

Oh, bother! With the weather warming up, black and grizzly bears have begun to rouse from their long winter slumber.

Some migrants and refugees who made the arduous trek to the United States — many at great peril to their lives — have begun to cross over the border into Canada in fear of our southern neighbours' new administration.