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Jeff Burgar This coming federal election, we are predicting with a great deal of confidence, most of Alberta will vote for the federal Conservative Party. Why the confidence you ask? Well, call it just a gut feeling! Or past experience!…
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Joe McWilliams I was talking to a guy at a Team Alberta volleyball selection camp the other day. We were watching the players go through tests of their foot speed and jumping. The vertical jump test particularly interested me, as…
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Richard Froese Spring has sprung, the grass is riz – well almost! Spring returned March 20 – early in the morning – officially at 3:01 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time. After very little snow in winter 2023-24, the past winter with…
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Chris Clegg The plight of High Prairie Lawrence Apartments owner Cameron Munro brings into question just what the role of municipal governments – all governments for that matter – should be. Munro is asking for a three-year tax break or…
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Jeff Burgar Four Lesser Slave Lake governments are supporting their MLA, Scott Sinclair. He was bounced out of the United Conservative Party several days ago. UCP, led by Premier Danielle Smith, just doesn’t want him in their midst anymore. Sinclair…
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Richard Froese The right to vote in an election is a great freedom in Canada. People can vote for elected representatives at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. Winning candidates are elected by the people for the people. Voters want…
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Chastin Martel March has officially begun! It is the month when winter makes the transition to spring. Spring begins on March 20. Although, with Alberta, it could snow at any given moment. Spring is a time when the air outside…
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Jeff Burgar The boss in our office noticed someone filling out a purchase order. The order was for some items not available locally in town without a long wait for a special order. “Make sure you don’t buy anything made…
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Chris Clegg Last week’s regional commentary in this space prompted me to start thinking. Actually, better called inspiration. Slave Lake Lakeside Leader editor Joe McWilliams was reminiscing about his time in the news industry. Both of us have spent over…
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Chris Clegg High Prairie town council is selling the log tourist booth. Years ago, it was moved from the campsite on the east end of town. It housed the Visitor’s Information Centre (VIC) for many years. It was a place…
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Richard Froese A helipad at a hospital is a vital service to enhance healthcare and emergency response in life-saving situations – and save lives!STARS air ambulance has been providing service to the High Prairie and Big Lakes County region for…
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Richard Froese Everyone wants and needs to be loved, valued, appreciated and respected. Love was celebrated with two special days in February within one week – Valentine’s Day Feb. 14 and Family Day Feb. 17. Sometimes it seems that love…
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Jeff Burgar U.S. President Donald Trump is a bit wacko. Many are saying so. Actually, people have said this about Trump not just for years, but for decades. Business dealings. Failure to pay his bills. His breaking, if not the…
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Jeff Burgar Maybe Canada is just a crowd of people. Our only common interest is we live in a country that, on a map, has a border marked clearly. But it is a border not defended by any army, Arctic…
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