Opinion

Residents should take the time to look at the publicly available background material on (the remuneration review). The recommendations of the Council Remuneration Committee were discarded in favor of supporting the view of one recent council member.

Put the salary increase to a vote. The Opinion piece in this week's paper nails it!

Although I appreciate and benefit from modern communication, including social media and other advanced technologies, I’m not a proficient user like some many others, mostly those much younger than me.

Not related whatsoever to the pandemic, the 17 small cities in Alberta (not Edmonton and Calgary) are moving further into debt with perhaps few taxpayers paying much attention.

“The three-point hike in Alberta’s corporate income tax rate is estimated to result in an investment loss of $1.1 billion to Alberta — and an employment loss of 33,700 jobs.

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.