Opinion

Last Wednesday night, the provincial election brought out the worst in St. Albert. Or perhaps the event brought the worst out to St. Albert.

These three like a sunny location and warm soil, at least 18 C, in order to germinate properly. Plant or transplant around the third week of May, depending on the weather forecast.

A UCP canvasser visited our home a few weeks ago. He greeted us politely, introduced himself, and said, ‘I am guessing from the sign on your lawn that you won’t be voting for us’. We agreed; he bade us farewell.

As a citizen who has exercised my democratic right to vote, both provincially and federally for over 45 years I have come to understand some basic truths about electioneering and voting which I think are important for all to contemplate.

Election season and as soon as signs go up, they are vandalized. It's typically the NDP signs that get knocked over or defaced while other signs are standing untouched nearby.

I’d like to give a huge shout out of appreciation to the St. Albert Walmart. We had family evacuated from the Entwhistle/Evansburg fire in which the tireless efforts of both the fire department and volunteers saved their home.

The wildfires currently ravaging Alberta come at a tricky time, namely right in the middle of a provincial election campaign. Premier Danielle Smith and Public Safety and Emergency Services Minister Mike Ellis both have to wear two hats right now.

2023 may well go down in history as an international year of militant strikes. In Canada it will have been largely triggered by our public servants. Federal government workers in Ottawa picketed at Parliament Hill for the right to work at home.

Our longing and our discontent can guide us to our best possible future. Long time life coach and entrepreneur, Mary Morrissey, encourages us to notice our longing and our discontent.

It’s tax season in Canada again. That makes it a good time to take a look at how the tax system actually works in Canada.