Opinion

"It amplifies self-consciousness, and especially confines people to a time constraint that forces a scripted presentation, rather than any spontaneous, and real, feelings."

"Just because you feel healthy and are showing no symptoms is no guarantee you are not spreading COVID19."

"It may only have taken a minute for Ryan but it would have taken the senior all day."

"The only way forward for our province is for the public sector and the business community to demonstrate mutual respect for the important role that each play in Alberta."

"My friend regularly walks the Red Willow Trail, and having experienced similar near misses, she now walks, not on the trail, but beside the trail, to hopefully avoid an accident."

"Underfunding schools will put many amazing educators under such stress that they will need mental health leaves and have an impossible task of overfull classes with many diverse needs that will be impossible to support."

"While the press and our public health officials are keeping us mindful of the precariousness of our situation, we need to continue to make a determined societal effort to restart our economy and community living by using our common sense," writes columnist Alan Murdock.

"Raising a pride flag on city property is itself a political act – symbolic of taking a stand on the side of LBGTQ2S+ people – not a happy photo op to help us feel good about ourselves!"

"St. Albert council's final decision on Riverbank Landing wasn't a message that our city is unfriendly to developers, but rather that dense developments need appropriate locations."