Opinion

Last week I found myself engaging an old acquaintance of mine on Facebook who had an enormous positive influence on my daughter Darlana during those often-turbulent teen years.

On my recent visit to my home in the village of Ettington in England I noted that the village store had for sale a booklet that provided photographs and lifestyle accounts of the lives of the men of Ettington who had died during the Great War of 1914

In response to Bryan Goulding's commentary in the Province on Aug. 12, claiming the "New Taxi Bylaw unjust and disturbing", I find the arguments made by Mr. Goulding were just that – unjust and disturbing. Mr.

Sometimes well-meaning and necessary actions to protect the public interest run into a brick wall called political partisanship.

Alberta's drunk driving penalties are missing the mark.

With all the very justified concern over our landfill mess, there has been somewhat of an oversight into a locally operated business basically being run out of town.

I would like to offer my opinion regarding O-NET and the general negative views that have been discussed around Olds over the last 12 to 18 months.I was one of the first users signed up about two years ago.

A recent call by Wildrose Olds-Didsbury-Three-Hills MLA Bruce Rowe for the province's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP) process to be “de-politicized” is right on the mark.

My real holiday is on. And it's not to some exotic resort in Mexico. No, the scribbler has packed his beat-up old SUV and has headed out along dusty old trails in search of long forgotten locales in remote parts of both Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

As years go by we often forget why organizations were formed or why they continue to be a necessity in the community. Nutrition for Learning (NFL) is one of these organizations.