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Jeff Burgar Getting rid of homeless people is quite easy. Buy them a bus ticket to another province. Watch them ride away. Keep your fingers crossed they don’t get off the bus once they are out of your sight. Of…
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Chris Clegg As we head into a provincial election soon, it is time to reflect on the past performance of Lesser Slave Lake MLA Pat Rehn. Rehn made one big mistake early in his term and it cost him. When…
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Jeff Burgar I was reading the Province of Alberta Inspection Report on the City of Chestermere. Just outside of Calgary, Chestermere is now “under administration.” This usually means while it might still have a city council, every decision made by…
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Richard Froese Three months are already in the books in 2023. My, where does the time go? Churches celebrate Easter this weekend as a time to reflect on life. Students will also start spring break and have one week away…
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Pearl Lorentzen My uncle’s funeral was planned on the Saturday after writing this regional. He died in January, since then I’ve been grieving and thinking about grief. This is not my first tango with grief, so each stage brings up…
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Jeff Burgar It is often said, it costs two to three times more to get a new customer as it costs to keep one you already have. You don’t have to be in business to appreciate this makes a lot…
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Chris Clegg As adults we like to share our wisdom with youth. Many adults claim we never made mistakes. The youth of yesterday were wiser than today, we claim.Nothing could be farther from the truth. We all make mistakes. Perhaps…
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Chris Clegg Three weeks ago, this newspaper called on local municipal councils to join the Community Rail Advocacy Alliance. The Town of High Prairie and Big Lakes County have since joined.The alliance is stressing the importance of access to railroad…
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The election run up is officially on!I got my first text asking if I wanted to volunteer. Then I got a phone call asking me which party leader I would like to be the next governor of Alberta. Spend some…
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Joe McWilliams Westlock Cops!That’s the name of a song written years ago by former Slave Lake resident Arif Ansari. He had a couple of encounters with the RCMP traffic patrollers on Hwy. 2 or Hwy. 44. I thought it was…
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Richard Froese Winter is winding down and warmer days are ahead.Spring returns March 20 and the daylight hours are getting longer as daylight saving time started March 12.It also means that trade show season in the region starts.Trade shows promote…
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The Justin Trudeau government will stop at nothing to control what Canadians see online.Conservatives in the House of Commons and the Senate have fought and tried to amend the Liberal Internet Censorship Bill C-11 to narrow its scope and fully…
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