Opinion

Jim Parsons, Rihanna and Steve Martin headline the voice cast of Home, an adventure where a young human girl, Tip (Rihanna), and misfit alien (Jim Parsons), Oh, work together to reunite Tip with her mother (Jennifer Lopez), and to reverse Oh’s mistak

Dear Lac La Biche POST editor: The premier wants to gouge people with a Health Care Premium, and more tax’ s. 2,000 Health Care jobs cut. NO new teaching staff. Redford slashed $28 Million Dollars a month in Royalties to support a bonus of $2.

Last week, the province announced it would be changing the weight of provincial diploma exams from making up 50 per cent of a student’s grade to 30 per cent. Overall, the move is one that several people support.

To the Editor, Spring is sprung and the smell of election is in the air. The province’s dependence on resource revenue and fall of the price of oil has led to much discussion as to the state of Alberta’s finances.

On Sunday, 154 registered community members voted in favour of creating a Catholic school district in Lac La Biche County.

Alberta Health Services has announced it will return to a region-based system of governance this summer.

It was a blustery, thundery night on March 14. Not that we knew, because we were shut into a tiny office with windows the size of postage stamps. It had started as a reasonably normal Saturday. Rural reporters, as you may be aware, don't really get days off. I had just come back from doing a few interviews at the Music Festival. Luke had stopped by a 100th birthday party. And Alex was on his way back to the office from Rich Lake, photographing horse-and-wagon teams.

Covering the Peewee A provincials this weekend brought back some memories from my minor hockey days. I have distinct memories of each of my four trips to provincials (one in Alberta, three in Nova Scotia), and I'm sure the kids who participated in the weekend's Peewee A provincials made some of their own as well. None of my memories include winning a gold medal, but I learned a lot about the game—and life.