Opinion

The Editor, Looking back on the year, it is increasingly clear that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s priorities are no longer the priorities of Canadians.

It was a TV commercial that briefly caught my attention, unlike most of them. I may not have grasped the entire concept, but the gist of the message was that by joining up, you might win $5,000 a week for life. That was clear enough.

We’re in the idea phase of the province’s plan to twin Highway 39. Adding two lanes to a pre-existing highway sounds easy enough, but the logistics of laying 240 km of dual-lane pavement can prove quite mind-boggling.

The World Junior Hockey Championship tournament has come to an All-Canadian-Picture-Perfect-Finish. Canada wins the gold medal in the game we call our own.

The snow just kept falling with no sign of letting up. Sitting in my favorite chair with a good book I could take in the beauty through the picture window without giving too much thought to the immense task of snow removal that awaited everyone.

In late December, Edmonton Police Service arrested four Mexican drug cartel members and seized rifles, a handgun, a sawed-off shotgun, body armour, and ammunition. They also seized cocaine, methamphetamines, oxycodone, and cash.

The Editor, Eliminating the long form census was a costly mistake and it’s high time Parliament fix it and restore it by passing Bill C-626.

The Editor, In his recent letter to your newspaper, Gerry Ritz seemed caught in a time warp and full of invective. He's entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts.

All Things Considered

There have been several opinion pieces, occasional editorials and a number of letters being written to editors lately touting the supposed need to rid the world of fossil fuels to power our industries and homes in favour of renewable resource-driven