Opinion

Dear Editor, Democracy in Alberta? A government system is not a true democracy when a government can make any law, regulation, do anything it wants to without regard to what its citizens believe, think or need. That again is the Alberta of today.

Liberal MLA Laurie Blakeman struck a victory for inclusion last week, when MLAs passed Bill 10, which made it mandatory for school boards to accept a gay-straight alliance in any school where students requested one.

Last Monday afternoon, our little family grew by one. Well, actually it temporarily grew by three when my husband and my dad found three young puppies wandering on the road.

“It's such a rich area.” “We don't really see poverty here.” “People in this area have a lot of money to spend.” Since I've arrived in the Lakeland region I can not count the number of times I've heard these phrases or similar ones.

Many people were willing to give Premier Jim Prentice the benefit of the doubt, that he was the “real deal” as one local PC candidate hopeful called him, with a leadership campaign that cast Prentice as the white horse riding in to save the beleaguer

Every so often, we are all confronted with the fact of aging.

To the Editor: Premier Prentice has now stated publicly, as pertains to Alberta's impending budget imbalances, that firstly, 50 per cent of provincial spending currently goes to public sector wages and benefits, secondly, that Alberta's public servic

To the Editor: Through the pages of the St. Paul Journal, I would like to express sincere thanks to the entire St. Paul Jr. B Canadians organization for a most enjoyable 2014/15 hockey season.

It started out as a way to shine the spotlight on the most passionate, hockey-driven communities, and has turned into a search for the most broken-down, decrepit arenas in the country. I am not too sure what is the contest really about anymore, and I don't think I am alone.

What a whirlwind of a month it has been for the Lakeland. A month full of news. A month full of controversy.