All Stories

Jeff Burgar In over 50 years of various businesses in all kinds of communities, I can honestly say that not once did myself or any staff ever get a visit from anybody on any kind of economic development office.I was…
· by ·

Jeff Burgar Every other week, we hear or read another story how one government or department or community group wants more action on high-speed Internet.“We have to have it,” they say. “We are losing jobs and people all the time.”Politicians…
· by ·

Pearl Lorentzen The other day, I was talking to someone about their experience in counseling.They had recently been diagnosed with anxiety. Their first reaction was ‘I don’t have anxiety, I’m terrified.’ Then they looked up anxiety and realized that terror…
· by ·

To: Big Lakes County councillors: I was wondering if the county would be interested in donating land around the High Prairie area to build an RC airport, and RC dirt track, with one runway for land planes, and one runway…
· by ·

Chris Clegg In Peanuts, Peppermint Patty was told she could no longer wear her sandals in school due to a new dress code. It brought her to tears.“All I know is any rule that makes a little girl cry has…
· by ·

Chris Clegg Town of High Prairie Councillor James Waikle has opened a door many might have preferred to keep locked tight.At council’s July 26 meeting, they agreed to invite Alberta Health Services North Zone Medical Director Dr. Brian Muir to…
· by ·

Pat Rehn,MLA,Lesser Slave Lake I hope August is starting off strong for everyone in Lesser Slave Lake. August is a month full of all the joys summer can possibly contain and in a region as lovely as Lesser Slave Lake…
· by ·

Joe McWilliams Growing up in the B.C. Peace Country, wildlife was all around, but some animals seemed a lot rarer than they are now.For example, skunks and porcupines were unheard of. Other people might have had a different experience, but…
· by ·

I was watching Power and Politics the other night and Don Braid got his face on the TV and caught my attention when he was asking a question I have been asking myself: “What did Jason Kenney really do?”I have…
· by ·

Jeff Burgar Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich probably doesn’t think of herself as the “gift that keeps on giving.”Even so, people hitching themselves one way or another to her coattails just keeps on growing. Early on, it was just journalists.…
· by ·

Richard Froese Summer is already half over and students will be back in school in a few weeks.Most local school divisions resume classes the week before the Labour Day weekend.After three school years disrupted by COVID-19 restrictions, it will be…
· by ·

Jeff Burgar I’m not one of those people who pours a stiff drink before they “get down to some serious thinking.”I don’t light a smoke, or even take a deep breath. But I admit, I do what I call “calorie…
· by ·

Chris Clegg When United Conservative Party leader hopeful Danielle Smith speaks, it is difficult to take her seriously.After all, this was the traitor who jumped ship Dec. 14, 2014 to join the party in power under former premier Jim Prentice.…
· by ·

I’m writing to express my disappointment with the mayor and council [Town of High Prairie] over the recent fiasco hiring a CAO.The amount of public vitriol directed toward Sherry Poole is astounding coming from council members who are supposed to…
· by ·