Opinion

Talk of an election is in the air, as several MLAs have announced they will not be re-running, while locally, four people are vying to win the nod to be the PC candidate for the Lac La Biche-St.

I don’t claim to be many things, but I can confidently assert that I am an NFL football fan. During the football season, if there is a game on, chances are I will be watching it.

Of the many departments that fall under provincial and federal government control, there are always a few that stand out as being paramount to meeting the basic needs of Canadian society. Education is clearly one of those needs.

The other day, I lost my parenting composure for a moment, and I handed down probably more discipline to my four-year-old son in a quick five minutes than he gets in an entire month.

When shooting deaths and injuries of RCMP take place, it rocks the entire nation. Nearly 10 years ago, four Albertan Mounties were shot and killed when they walked into a hut located on a property in Mayerthorpe.

I don’t often think of myself as being anything other than Canadian. Every so often, someone will ask me a question about where I’m from, or my ethnic roots, and I remember that my skin is brown, my roots, East Indian.

Once again a community has been left reeling after yet another senseless act of violence. This past weekend two officers with the St. Albert RCMP detachment were shot inside a casino while confronting a suspect about a stolen vehicle.

With the threat of the implementation of a potential Provincial Sales Tax (PST) looming over Alberta and its near 4.2 million residents, new Premier Jim Prentice went public last week with a promise he may not be able to keep.

Sometimes we undervalue the time we give of ourselves to spend with others. During the festive season, the residents of Sunnyside Manor (where my mother resides) have been treated countless times to entertainment that is top notch.

With the price of a barrel of oil dropping almost as quickly as you can say ‘Keystone XL Pipeline', those of us with ties here in oil-rich northeastern Alberta could probably be forgiven for harbouring at least some concerns over the alarming downtur