Opinion

Christmas wish lists are cute. The Season’s Greetings section in our local paper has been a favourite of the POST’s bosses for many years. “Santa, can you get my mom a butler?” Love it. “Dear Santa, I’m sorry I sometimes tell a few little fibs ...

I never realized how rude a complete stranger could be until I worked in retail, and the incidences of customers being ill-mannered doubled around the holidays.

It seems as though Alberta has taken another blow, the loss of more jobs in an already struggling economy.

Last week, General Motors (GM) announced they would be closing down one of their plants in my hometown in Oshawa, ON.

Dear Editor, I’m hoping our town, which includes the churches, can form more groups that accommodate individuals such as myself. We had a very useful and fun group through Alberta Mental Health.

A couple of weeks ago, I was working on an article about Operation Red Nose in Cold Lake, and learned about what the initiative offers to residents of the city.

Well, it’s been over a month since marijuana was legalized, and now the question is, can you really tell? We live in rural Alberta, so our population is smaller than the urban areas, and we have yet to see a pot shop open up in town.

Whether you like what he said or not, give Lac La Biche County Mayor Omer Moghrabi credit for choosing not to sit on the political fence.

Dear Editor, My name is Wanda Senecal. I’m a longtime resident of Bonnyville. My husband, Oscar, owned and operated a tire shop here for many years. Some of our grown family live and work here.

While the days are getting drastically shorter and temperatures are dropping, one of my favourite things about winter is the snow. It reminds me of when I was a kid, and I would spend hours playing outside with my friends in the cold.