Opinion

Canada must play to its strengths to gain prominence as a global trading partner

While there is no such thing as a perfect garden, you can maximize yield and beauty by weeding, providing enough water, mulching, and controlling garden pests. You have transplanted your seedlings and planted the rest of your garden.

Flying WestJet these days is akin to accidentally meeting your first love years later and realizing how much you once had in common. Yet how far you’ve grown apart.

Congratulations and much appreciation go out to the group of people who organized the Pride Picnic in Lion’s Park last Thursday. They did it on short notice and with little money. I would also like to recognize and support the work that the St.

A mayor, reeve and councillors are all called councillors within the Alberta legislation.

As a nation, we must return to encouraging, celebrating and rewarding hard work

Canada Day is happening this Monday. People across the country will gather for concerts, barbecues, fireworks and parties. But what exactly are we celebrating on Canada Day? There’s a lot worth celebrating about Canada, of course.

Every month when I prepare to write an opinion piece, my first thought is to go on a rant about any one of many issues that I’m upset about. It is the easiest place to go. I have to choose optimism and hope versus complaining.

The Canadian economy has always been a steady source of national reporting. It’s important news.

Borrowing and going into debt is like cocaine for municipal politicians. It provides a short-term high—usually a new shiny building—with consequences in the future, often after the term of office of those who built it.