Opinion

I’ve been thinking of the nature of competition lately. Right from childhood, a hot-headed streak of competitiveness has held me captive.

Caroline Parke is a freelance writer from northern Alberta who wanted to share a memory or two with Lac La Biche POST readers. We offer her this space for some reflection. Enjoy the read.

There is no doubt that schools in big cities and urban environments are capable of producing some incredible thinkers and achievers.

As I wrote out the date “February 14” a number of times of the past week, once being on the cover of this issue of the St.

After a visit from PC leadership hopeful Jason Kenney to St. Paul on Jan. 28, and following Wildrose leader Brian Jean’s announcement that he was open to uniting the right, the St. Paul Journal asked how readers felt about the idea.

We hoped it couldn’t happen here, but we were wrong.

Use your right of way There aren’t many in life things that really fire me up, which actually makes writing a column sometimes a little tricky. But, everyone has their pet peeves, and I’m no different.

Nearly 30 years ago, a number of people got together in St. Paul with the aim to provide a women’s shelter to the community. In 1991, the current shelter, called the Columbus House of Hope, was created, which, at that time, was funded for 11 beds.

To give credit where credit is due, it takes a lot of chutzpah for a political leader to embark on a listening tour along the lines that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking on with his cross-Canada town halls.

In the summer, I got increasingly irritated by an image I saw being shared on social media – a picture of beautiful sun-dappled trees was labeled “This is an antidepressant,” while a picture of a Prozac pill underneath it was labeled, “This is sh - -