Opinion

The Drowsy Chaperone…I had no idea what I was in for. Boy was I surprised. This year's Olds High School play is an amazing collection of talent, entertainment and beauty.

Most of us gamble from time to time – whether at cards, bingo, casinos or the lottery. And it's not a problem, unless we become compulsive gamblers and lose so much that it ruins our lives.

With the bite of early winter nipping here and there it's time for the scribbler to look a bit harder at the finer points of the season.

It's doubtful Munir Adam has ever heard of the Energy East pipeline. Likely he's never even heard of some far-off place called Alberta.

Dedicated Sundre and area pioneers who decades ago laid the groundwork for the town's hospital are no doubt proud, as would be those who are no longer with us.

Many pro-industry supporters bemoan what they consider to be pesky regulations that serve nothing more than to merely hamper business. But these rules are in place to protect people as well as the environment.

On Aug. 19, 1942, men of the 14th Army Tank Regiment (Calgary Regiment Tank), many recruited from the central and southern Alberta area, took part in a raid on the coast of France centred on the town of Dieppe.

Change is inevitable. Technology makes some things obsolete as something bigger (or smaller) and better comes out replacing the old. They no longer fill rooms.

I am fairly certain that Donald J. Trump, the president-elect of the United States has never heard of Mountain View County, Alberta, and may never.