Opinion

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.

You might think that you have the right to express your opinion without government censorship or punitive action against you for holding an unpopular or politically incorrect viewpoint in Canada - but you'd be wrong.

It was likely a thoughtless action, not intended to cause serious injury.

It will be a game permanently etched into Canadian hockey fans’ memories, and a game that will be referenced over and over again by hockey pundits whenever Canadian hockey teams play on the international level in decades to come.

This time of year, we all struggle to pay our bills, clear off the credit card debt from the holiday and get our finances in order before tax season arrives.