Opinion

When you're growing up on a military base, heroes are mostly the guys wearing combat fatigues. The base I grew up on was CFB Greenwood, N.S.

With obesity among residents of all ages continuing to be a health concern in Alberta and across Canada, the Canadian Medical Association has put out a call for government action.

As two of the key drivers of the provincial economy, the agriculture and energy industries are equally important to the well-being of communities across the province, including in West Central Alberta.

Dear Editor The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #105 would like to take this opportunity to thank the community of Olds for the wonderful support of the poppy campaign. This has been our best campaign. To date, we have collected in excess of $21,000.

Dear editor The federal Conservative government will forgo a surplus this year and instead borrow money to pay for income splitting and other new tax measures, according to its own fall economic update.

They go by many different names, Sasquatch, Yeti, Timber Giants, Wild Man of the woods, Yowies, and as many as 100 others, yet their very existence (or not) has split scientific opinion on exactly what they are.

Mark down Nov. 10, 2014 on your calendar. It was a momentous day for elected officials in both Innisfail and Penhold.

As two of the key drivers of the provincial economy, the agriculture and energy industries are equally important to the well-being of communities across the province, including in West Central Alberta.

With just over 40 days until Christmas, the Innisfail and District Christmas Bureau is getting ready for a challenging year. With skyrocketing food prices, many families will not be able to provide gifts or a special meal for their children.

The Arlington Hotel in Red Deer was haunted. That fact was driven home to me when I was fighting the City of Red Deer to save the city's oldest building from the wrecking ball, a fight that was ultimately unsuccessful.