Opinion

The Bonnyville Healthcare Centre has become the envy of other hospitals in small town Alberta, which is a very good thing for local residents and the healthcare professionals who work there.

I have been intimately intertwined in the Bonnyville sports scene for some time now and one thing seems certain — Bonnyvillians support their local sports teams.

Driving to Cold Lake the other day, mentally cataloguing the changing colours of the leaves and wailing about the coming winter, it occurred to me that I was approaching the one year anniversary of finally, at the age of 27, getting my driver's licen

Our new premier is showing promise for education. Just after winning the PC leadership, Alison Redford restated her promise to return over a hundred million dollars cut from the provincial education budget.

What a Difference a Day Makes! On Monday, Oct. 3, Premier-Designate Alison Redford announced that the fall sitting of the Alberta Legislature would not occur. Rather, the next sitting would be scheduled for some time in the spring of 2012.

To the Editor: On July 14 of this year, our family received the kind of news that everyone wants to avoid, and it involved the dreaded word "cancer." My wife was diagnosed with a brain tumor which, when removed, was found to be cancerous.

Despite concerns that the province's resolution regarding the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR) would divide the riding, it seems the opposite has happened, at least a little bit.

When I first moved to Bonnyville back in March, the loneliness was crushing. Because I could not get a dog, I would wander the plant section of a local grocery store, looking for some sort of living companionship.

Twenty-six years ago, a writer named Elwyn Brooks White – or E. B. White, as he was widely known – died from Alzheimer's disease. Before his death, White wrote both adult and children's literature, including the novel Charlotte's Web.

Alison Redford deserved the big win, announced early Sunday morning, of the Progressive Conservative leadership race, but whether she deserves the problems facing the party is quite another matter.