Opinion

Players on the Pontiacs knew long in advance the back-to-back games against the Grande Prairie Storm this past weekend would be possibly the most important hockey of the season.

To the Editor: County of St. Paul council has decided to close the administration office for lunch hour but has made no mention of an office hour adjustment that is currently from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

This is not an attack of the new Lac La Biche County Council. It’s more of a written head-shake.

The issue of affordable housing has risen its head yet again, with the dilapidated state of Sun Country Village’s trailers again coming to the attention of the St. Paul Journal.

A recent report released by the Lakeland Catholic School District (LCSD) documenting students' accounts of bullying points to the trend that bullying is on the decline in schools in the area.

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.