Opinion

Filling potholes in Alberta's northeast: Highways and healthcare

If we get right down to it, the word ‘tips’ stands for “To Insure Proper Service.” I cannot tell you how many times I have paid for poor service simply because that is what Canadians do. But the more I ponder the social norm of tipping, which is predominantly a North American custom, the more I am over the whole social contract of it. 

Will the party rally or rebel around her?

Participating in your community and donating your time is a valuable way to help shape a better environment for everyone, and Lac La Biche residents are doing just that.

I think we learn a lot from the change that is forced on us by the natural world. We learn that nothing stays the same and that things must change for them to be new. 

A famous face that filled TV screens for over a decade was recently booted off the airways. With over a decade of hosting Canada's number one news cast, Lisa LaFlamme will be missed by many.

Each pen that has found its way into my collection, I believe has its very own unique journey with a past and an uncertain future...

Culture can be easy to miss when you are surrounded by people living the same way as you, but I was reminded of how unique a Canadian wedding may seem by wedding guests arriving from abroad... I say embrace the traditional, put your own spin on it, and remember culture is how we do things around here too.

I managed to escape contracting the COVID-19 pandemic for over two years… but my turn finally came last month.