Opinion

Shout-out! We live in High River. We reside in Sunshine, one of the last areas allowed in after June 20. On a Sunday evening, after yet another day, another weekend of exhaustive cleaning, a white minivan pulled up in front of our home.

Editorial As it has been for decades, the oilpatch remains the biggest economic driver in Alberta, generating more revenue than any other industry, creating jobs and funding heath care, education and other social programs.

I would like to comment on the Mountain View Gazette headline of Aug. 6 “$32 million lawsuit levelled against Mountain View County, Munro and Good.” As of today, Aug.

It was more than three years ago when the scribbler interviewed Amanda Lindhout.

They say home is where the heart is. During the past 15 months, I have discovered this to be a genuine truth in my life.

Editorial As the physical cleanup from the June 2013 floods in southern Alberta wraps up over the coming weeks, residents will no doubt be glad to put the disaster behind them and hope that nothing similar happens again for many, many years to come.

There has been a series of incidents recently with a similar pattern. A male member of the public firstly acts in an illegal way (e.g.

There are still Good Samaritans around. Sunday, July 28th, as we were driving south on Highway 22 towards Sundre, we had a flat tire on our car and a young man stopped and insisted on changing the tire for us.

It disturbs me to know that a common phrase is being used through social media to acknowledge “first world problems”.

About 25 years ago while covering provincial court for a Calgary newspaper on a decidedly unsettling Monday morning, Judge Hubert Oliver had decided enough was enough.