Opinion

Since starting a five-day-a-week workout routine that necessitates getting out of bed at the unseemly hour of 5:30 a.m. and stumbling, bleary and dejected, to the gym, I've learned some things.

Congratulations to Norm Noel for winning a majority of votes in the Town of St. Paul byelection on Thursday. Noel will fill the vacant councillor’s seat and will be a welcome addition to the council table.

I know what you're thinking. This isn't a New Years resolution thing.

During my interview for the position of reporter for The Bonnyville Nouvelle, I was told I would be reporting for a small town, northern newspaper. My response was that Bonnyville was anything but small or northern.

Four candidates for Town of St. Paul council defended their views to a large and curious crowd at the Rec. Centre Multi Purpose room on Wednesday at the forum sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the St. Paul Journal.

Dear Editor, I read with some surprise your fawning and uncritical review of Ann Coulter’s latest book, Demonic: How the Liberal Mob is Endangering America. Ms. Coulter is not simply a benign political commentator.

Ok, I get it. You don't want to leave the building. It's cold out. You are in your pyjamas. You have to work the next morning. You'd rather just stay inside and wait out that annoying fire alarm, which is likely to be false anyway.

With the Christmas season come and gone, it’s back to normal in St. Paul and area, but for some of the politically correct, opposing Christmas continues year-round.

Impaired driving is a societal scourge that cuts off lives prematurely and devastates families.

The Christmas season is a time to show our friends and families just how much we value and cherish them.