Opinion

My sleep is precious to me, so it’s still incredible to recall that I once had a part-time job as an overnight security guard.

There has been lot of talk about headshots in hockey of late (myself included). Both players and coaches have been penalized or criticized for their part in the delivery of headshots.

Colonel David Wheeler's decision to support the City of Cold Lake's bid for the air weapons range's assessment should be applauded. The City has been struggling to find a way to increase its cash flow for several years.

A memorial for the victims of the Tucson shooting spree took place on Jan. 12 and with the sombre ceremony came a voice of sense, a call to cease and desist with political acrimony that came in the wake of the Jan. 8 shooting.

Last Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of the catastrophic, 7.0 magnitude earthquake which hit Haiti at 4:53 p.m. local time, in which an estimated 316,000 people were killed, and 1.5 million Haitians were left homeless.

Very little is known publicly about a vote that took place at the Bonnyville Fire Department Dec. 21 that resulted in the ousting of fire chief Steve Wojcik and deputy chief James Sharun.

It has been a long road, literally, from Northern Ontario to northern Alberta. But that's the path this lifelong journalist has taken to end up as the new publisher-in-training here at the Bonnyville Nouvelle.

A recent vote of non-confidence at the Bonnyville Fire Department's Dec. 21 meeting has led to more upheaval within an already divided department.

I think the most non-Ukrainian thing about me and my pure Ukrainian heritage on both sides is my food preferences.

Of all the periods to fall apart in, it happened in the third period of the gold medal final at the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships. Up 3-0 heading into the third period, Team Canada was poised to take the gold. But somehow they faltered.