Opinion

When Albertans elect MLAs to represent them in the Legislature, they do so with the hope that those same elected officials will conduct the government's business with integrity and openness.

When Albertans elect MLAs to represent them in the legislature, they do so with the hope that those same elected officials will conduct the government's business with integrity and openness.

Brian Sutter is a man who loves heroes. The head coach of the Innisfail Eagles is also a passionate man who loathes all notions of losing. And last week he lost big time, as did millions of other Canadians.

A few months back, I met a single mom who was busy raising a very large family. We started spending time together, and one day we were chit-chatting and the topic of Christmas came up.

While the Town of Sundre's new two-year budgeting cycle has some redeeming qualities, it is an ill-conceived plan that makes it practically unnecessary to hold municipal elections in 2017.

The effort by Alberta's Tory government to walk the tightrope between supporters of Gay Straight Alliances (GSAs) and those who are leery of them has now literally made the government -- and by extension, the province -- a laughingstock.

Dear Editor Local member of Parliament Blake Richards couldn't have been clearer when he said that "all Canadians deserve the same rights to accountability and transparency.

Right from the start Kerry Towle was an enigma in politics. She began her political career as an MLA for a provincial political party that had its base with policies that were so right wing it made traditional conservatism look positively Grit.

Bigfoot encounters can be unnerving. Just as in the case of UFOs and ghost experiences, those who have them often do not report them to friends and family unless they were also witnesses, or to information groups due to possible public ridicule.

The classic Christmas song, All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth seems to express an oft-repeated truth. In the lilting lyrics, the writer states, “So I can wish you merry Christmas.