Opinion

Yes, the baseball, golf and outdoor soccer seasons are coming to an end and the nights are starting to get a little longer, as the cool fall breeze begins to blow in.

The Alberta judicial system took a huge step in the right direction this past week sentencing Branden Chailler, an 18-year-old Edmonton man, to 26 months in prison for killing his family's dog.

They’re creepy and they’re crawly and they sometimes have four, six, eight, or more legs. They’re simply gross and I really don’t like them.

Alberta's energy watchdog, the Market Surveillance Administrator (MSA), has indicated electricity providers in the province are “signaling” each other to keep prices up. Surprise, surprise.

Well, it has to be said, the fighting in Syria, as sick and disgusting as it is, seems to be unavoidable without intervention by outside forces.

This past week, Japan came out and made some dire announcements about the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant, which was damaged during the earthquake in 2011 – and that’s saying something.

One of the biggest differences I have noticed since making the move from Ontario to Alberta is the overabundance of available jobs – they're everywhere! Just flip through the back of the Nouvelle and you will see pages and pages of job advertisements

Hello once again Bonnyville. For the past three months, I've been having major withdrawal symptoms, symptoms that just so happened to clear up this past weekend as the world finally welcomed back the Barclays Premier League.

Dear Editor, We are very disappointed that the MD of Bonnyville Council would even consider a major change to LUB 14. This is not a clarification, as Reeve Ed Rondeau and CAO Ryan Poole are trying to lead ratepayers to believe in the media.

As we enter the final month of summer for 2013, we're reminded to not only take advantage of the beautiful, natural environment we're privileged to live amongst, but to also preserve that beauty for those that will come after us.