Opinion

Last week the unimaginable happened. A good portion of a town in northern Alberta burned to the ground. Photos and video footage of Slave Lake show the devastation of the town, with people's homes and many livelihoods having gone up in flames.

I meet many interesting people and hear many interesting stories in my job as reporter but every once in a while a story will reach out and touch you in a special way. On May 10, I saw the obituary for Lieutenant Colonel Howard Cook.

Hundreds of local area Grade 12 students are preparing to graduate this spring, whether that includes cramming for exams, performing in a school play, or finishing off the year playing a favourite sport.

Surprised? Yes. Shocked? Not at all. The much-anticipated Conservative Party majority is here, and it’s here to stay for at least four years, barring some unforeseen change in federal politics.

I have a solution to the housing crisis unfolding at Sun Country Trailer Park. It’s so simple; I have no idea why I didn’t think of it before. Many of us have old tents and camping gear laying round in our basements.

To the editor, I would like to express my dismay at what the Sun Country residents are going through, after reading the article on May 3 about the court order to evict them. My husband and I were looking for a home to buy a year and a half ago.

Volunteers make a community worth living in, and this past weekend St. Paul and area’s volunteers were out in force making this a better place to live.

This past week a healthy sized crowd came to the St. Paul Rec Centre to hear from three federal election candidates, Brian Storseth, Lisa Grant, and Rob Fox.

Rev up your democratic engines, people of Bonnyville (and surrounding area), it's nearly time to vote.

May 2 could be the most important federal election in recent times. In the one corner are three parties that have been in opposition to the government for the past several years.