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Chris Clegg If you talk to average Joe or Jane citizen, you will find most care very deeply about their community. Many are involved in their children’s sports, arts or culture groups in one way or another. Some coach while…
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By Patricia Makokis,Contributor,Courtesy of Troy Media My husband and I grew up in families that hunted wild game, mainly moose, for our primary meat source. So, it is no surprise that our children grew up hunting and eating wild game.…
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Jeff Burgar There are organizations, like clubs, military, businesses and schools and such, where it is a real asset to know one’s way around. Meaning, it probably is a bad idea to let a 25-year-old write specifications for a new…
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Richard Froese Summer is over and it’s back to school for students! It seemed that the summer of 2021 was mostly back to normal and busier after events were cancelled in summer 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions. Just look at…
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By Peter Jon Mitchell,Program Director,Cardus Family,Courtesy of Troy Media. Wedding industry vendors are reporting a boom in bookings, or at least south of the border according to the Associated Press. Couples who waited out the pandemic are booking their big…
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Chris Clegg The Sept. 20 federal election is already being called “the election nobody wants”. Except, of course, for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal party. And who can blame him? Many people cannot name the Peace River –…
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Jeff Burgar So what does a writer like myself do for a holiday? What do I do after after a steady stream of newspaper copy, week after week, month after month, and year after year? What do I do for…
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By Franco TerrazzanoFederal Director Canadian Taxpayers FederationTroy Media Canadian politicians like Chrystia Freeland see tax competition as a “race to the bottom.” But for the rest of us, a global tax cartel will mean an inevitable march toward higher tax…
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Richard Froese Businesses struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it seems that chambers of commerce in small towns are facing a similar situation. Many businesses closed for a while and some went out of business. Now it’s starting to hit…
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Pearl Lorentzen In a discussion about a homeless shelter in Slave Lake, someone mentioned the old adage – ‘you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.’ I’d already started this regional with the same adage.…
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Mark Milke and Lennie KaplanCanadian Energy CentreTroy Media Want to know why Canadian oil and gas gets so little respect from anti-oil and gas activists? It’s not because Canada’s main energy sector is somehow a miscreant on measures of carbon…
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Jeff Burgar Last week, we commented on a real estate “boom” happening in many small cities and big towns across Canada. It’s all due to sky-high home prices in some places, combined with business and government willing to accept “work…
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Chris Clegg Regular readers of my commentaries know I am a huge Peanuts fan. To escape the doldrums and anxieties of life, I pick up a book and read Charlie Brown. I can read the same comic strips 100 times…
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Peter StocklandTroy Media In recent weeks I’ve written sharp criticism of journalistic performance on a variety of issues. It’s true that at the institutional level, corporate providers of the ceaseless information that floods our waking hours too often resemble a…
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Jeff Burgar A recent news report says the city of Lethbridge is one of many small cities and big towns across Canada seeing jumping home prices. “We’re only a two-hour drive from Calgary,” says a Lethbridge real estate agent. He…
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