Opinion

Are you using COVID-19 as a motivator to set some positive health goals? Have you started a new good habit lately? Public health experts around the world are sounding the clarion – we need to accept responsibility for our personal health and si

The residents of the Bow Valley have always welcomed our fellow Albertans to our communities and the surrounding provincial and national parks within which we live with open arms.

When Premier Jason Kenney and Minister of Education Adrianna LaGrange stood in front of a podium this week and announced that school children will return to normal classroom learning in the fall, nothing could be further from the truth.

Our local emergency fund does not have a deadline and we will continue to make grants as funding is available for that purpose.

Alberta Transportation should consider immediately posting no-parking signs along Highway 1A next to popular day use and trailhead sites. There should also be enforcement of this regulation before someone gets hurt.  

Creating healthy public policy is at heart a non-partisan activity, based on evidence, a sense of fairness and a long-term view.