Opinion

I'm not the most experienced driver, it's true but even I am aware of some basic fundamentals that some drivers in the area seem to have forgotten. On Friday night, I was driving home from a friend's place near Glendon around midnight.

Everyone can agree that Highway 63 is one that needs to be twinned, but since an April 27 accident that claimed the lives of seven people, calls have become even more strident for action on this infrastructure project.

If there’s one thing the playoffs for any sport reveals to us, it’s this: the amount of passion and emotion running through athletes’ bodies can be paramount, sometimes even reducing them to tears.

One year goes by in a blink of an eye. When that year is a maternity leave, the blink of an eye involves exploding diapers, banging a wall and cursing while an infant screams in the background, beating up monsters at 4 a.m.

A tragic head-on collision this past Friday on Highway 63 between Edmonton and Fort McMurray, near Wandering River, killed seven people, including two children and one woman who was six months pregnant.

I used to think Saskatchewan had the worst highways.

In a little over a week, my younger brother will be loading up our parents' truck and heading west – just as I did about two years ago, also as a fresh post-secondary graduate.

In a way, it's ironic. After spending so many hours covering the election that ended last week and researching the issues, it was the very day after the election ended where one of those issues abruptly became very personal.

Shayne Saskiw, MLA for Lac La Biche – St. Paul – Two Hills, spent months campaigning for the recent win at the doors and community halls across the constituency.

Albertans have spoken. They elected another PC majority government with a Wildrose official opposition. Locally, voters chose Wildrose candidate Shayne Saskiw with 47 per cent. Including votes for NDP and Liberals, 58 per cent of Lac La Biche – St.