Opinion

Hats off to Olds for reducing its energy consumption during Earth Hour—between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. on March 23— by 8.9 per cent compared to the same one-hour period one week earlier on March 16.

Webster's Dictionary defines community as a unified body of people.

“Volunteering is on the decline.” “Young people are disengaged.” “People are abandoning community.” I heard versions of these same concerns while delivering workshops last week in three very different communities.

The death of former premier Ralph Klein over the weekend marks both a loss for Alberta and the passing of an era.

MP Blake Richards likes to say that he and the Conservative Party support our farmers. The facts say otherwise.

Following the screening of a documentary focused on the Lauridsen family's concerns over fracking on and around their property in Rosebud (for the full story, look to next week's Mountain View Gazette) some of the roughly 40 people in attendance aske

It's not often that people think of alcohol as a serious health problem.

Do small favours for people. My father offered me this advice before I moved to Alberta from Manitoba to pursue my career in journalism. Do this and you'll have an easier time asking others for favours when in need, he added.

Editorial As the Alberta government prepares to release a budget widely expected to be full of bad news this week, physicians and teachers remain locked in bitter disputes with the Redford Tories.

With the Redford government set to table its new budget on March 7, residents and municipalities in West Central Alberta can be excused for being anxious about just how bad the news may be.