Opinion

Kudos to the local RCMP. While it happened over a week ago, I think the Jan. 4 incident on Main Street Bonnyville deserves to be revisited. It was in the early afternoon hours of Jan. 4 when local police were called to a residence on 51a Street. They had received a call from an individual who was concerned for her own safety. According to the caller her boyfriend had consumed high quantities of drugs and alcohol over the past few days and had a history of problems regarding his mental stability.

The past century saw a sea of technological changes that transformed how people live, everything from the automobile and air travel to radio and television, while others transformed the world, from the development of the atomic bomb to space flight t

How do we define freedom? Does it have something to do with the amount of geographical space we are permitted to roam around in? Is it about doing whatever we want to do, whenever we want to do it – regardless of the consequences? What happens when o

She was called the Christmas angel, and she was a story that broke your heart.

To the Editor: In the last few months, I have looked at my C.P.P. statement and was shocked. I think if people saw the numbers comparing an MPs pensions paid by us versus C.P.P. pensions, it would get people moving.

Albertans remain in a state of shock. The betrayal they feel as they contemplate the scandalous abandonment of democratic principles held by once-trusted politicians will not heal quickly; nor should it.

In the report in the Dec. 16th issue of the Journal regarding photo radar, a couple comments really stand out and need to be looked at anew. 1.

This job isn’t always easy. Sometimes, it seems we reporters can do no right. I immediately assume any call that comes in must be a complaint, for rare is the time that someone calls to say thanks or good job.

What the heck is going on in the Alberta Legislature? Like many other in the province, I was completely taken aback when Danielle Smith and eight other Wildrose MLA's defected and joined the Conservative Party last week. Now while many out there are sorting through the rubble trying to figure out why it happened and what the repercussions will be, I find myself asking a different question: How could they do this?

Reading local children’s letters to Santa for this year’s Christmas Greetings section certainly put a smile on our face and put us in the holiday spirit.