Opinion

Terror struck home last week, as we watched a gunman attack the very symbol of Canada’s democracy in Parliament Hill last Wednesday. And while tragedy struck for Cpl.

I first heard the news over the radio. The fragmented words crackled as I waited at a red light on the eastern side of main street – the same spot the CBC kicks out on me each day. I heard the words one at a time, separately – gunman . . .

This past weekend, a collection of the region's best business minds packed into the Centennial Centre's field house for an evening of celebration and appreciation as the Bonnyville and District Chamber of Commerce and the Cold Lake Regional Chamber o

This isn't going to be easy for either of us, Bonnyville. But I'm just going to come out and say it. I'm leaving you. The past four-plus years have been amazing – I've learned so much about you. I've got to know your friends.

If there's one issue that always seems to rile people and which everyone has a horror story to one-up the other, it's in the field of health care. This is not surprising, as good health is of paramount importance to all of us.

As October rolls around each year, I find myself looking at pink hearts. I see the heart in houses and vehicles across the town and my own, and I remember. Time marches on and some memories fade, but others last forever.

I am writing in response to the story Event to promote solar panels over oil and gas; "Panels Not Pipelines" speaking tour urges shift to renewable energy (Oct. 14, Lac La Biche Post).

On the heels of yet another serious motor vehicle collision in the region last week, local RCMP issued this subtle but telling statement, “Bonnyville RCMP have noticed an increase in the number of motor vehicle collisions in the detachment area and a

For the best part of a year now, a storm has been brewing in the Middle East and over the course of the last week the Canadian government has taken the difficult, but in my opinion necessary steps to help quell that storm.

Canada is again at war, as last week, MPs opted in favour for the country’s third combat mission in less than a decade – this time, targeting the crimes and atrocities of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (known as ISIL).