Opinion

National Aboriginal Day on June 21 became a full week of events in St. Paul and Saddle Lake, beginning with ceremonies in St. Paul and area schools, and ending with the vibrancy of Saddle Lake’s annual powwow this past weekend.

If ever there was a time where I’ve really noticed how my husband and I have a very clear reversal from what many might consider more traditional “roles,” it’s been the past few days.

It took just a couple days to physically transform the Jaycee ballpark into a top-notch concert facility, and within a few hours on Saturday night, the field was filled with thousands of people, ready to enjoy a night out, celebrating a whack of loca

Occasionally, I will hear people laugh about the Town of St. Paul motto – “A People Kind of Place,” and scoff that it’s nothing of the sort. Sure, in St.

Property taxes are a sore subject every year in municipalities as wide and varied as the City of Edmonton to the Town of St. Paul to the Village of Vilna.

Typically, it’s the white-out, ice falling from the sky, windy blizzard conditions that make Albertans think of dangerous roads, with most people in the routine of leaving the house a few minutes early when it’s cold out to arrive at a location on ti

The Wildrose party has found itself facing some turmoil of late, after a couple of missteps put the party in the news for reasons leader Brian Jean would much rather have avoided.

When I first met my future husband, my Bosnian friend took one look at him with his pink shirt, short-short rugby shorts and his faux-hawk (a style he still insists David Beckham stole from him), and said, “You can just look at that guy and tell he’s

Plastic bags clog waterways and landfills. They choke wildlife and ocean life, and while they break apart into ever-smaller pieces, they do not bio-degrade, contaminating soil, waterways and oceans and entering the food system when eaten by animals.

Between the hoards of caterpillars crawling on the trees, buildings, and roads lately, and the billions of mosquitoes that are nipping at everyone’s ankles, this year might be one of the worst I remember for putting up with nature’s most annoying pes