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April Fool’s Day on April 1 is always a fun time for newspapers and other media to play jokes. Weekly community newspapers always take advantage of the years when April Fool’ Day falls on the date of publication. Back in…
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I was shocked March 13 while watching Gold Rush when Yukon gold miner Tony Beets said people who retire are already dead but they don’t know it. I like watching Beets do his thing. There is no doubt his wish…
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“What if you gave a party and no one came?” A common lament. An old saying that probably goes back to when Gronk and Zag were enjoying a feast of rabbit in their cave. The problem was, in the next…
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Editor’s note: The following is a letter March 9 from farm organizations to federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister to Heath MacDonald. We are farm organizations which together represent Canadian farmers from coast to coast across conventional and organic production of…
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I recently interviewed Michelle O’Neill and Janice Nowochin, the owners of BWorthy Bra Boutique in Slave Lake, for my series of articles on International Women’s Month. It was a nice interview, and to me, it felt like a conversation. I…
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It is time for a change – in more than one way! Spring officially starts March 20 at 8:46 a.m. Mountain daylight time. Yes, it was also a time to spring ahead – changing our clocks to daylight time (commonly…
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Snoopy is on top of his doghouse writing the next literary gem when Lucy appears. “This is a pretty good story,” she tells Snoopy. “But how does it feel to know that no matter what you write, it will never…
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This winter, in our minds at least, has been one of the worst for driving we can remember. Worst in just about every way imaginable. Freezing rain with sand and muck tossed up by every vehicle in front or heading…
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Alberta has a long history in Canada as a leading province, joining confederation Sept. 1, 1905. Agriculture, forestry and the energy industry have significantly contributed to the economy of Alberta and Canada. Over the past several decades, Alberta provincial governments…
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Peace River is The Land of 12-Foot Davis, McLennan is the Bird Capital of Canada, Falher is the Honey Capital of Alberta and Manning likes to call itself The Land of the Mighty Moose. Fairview is Heart of the Peace,…
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I write in regards to the front page picture on last week’s paper (Volume 64, Number 7). How sad it is to see two hockey players fighting on the front page. I’m sure out of all the photos you have…
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If you sit on your hands and do nothing, we all know what gets accomplished! Sweet tweet! Recent efforts by Big Lakes County and the Town of High Prairie in developing an economic strategy is a step forward, but only…
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I read some expert said it was impossible to teach somebody to be a tennis star once they were past age eight or nine. He might have said even a few years younger. Interestingly, around nine years is a common…
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It is often said that children and youth are the future of a community. They have so much potential to grow to become leaders and contribute to society as adults. Sadly, many young children and teens don’t get that opportunity…
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My best friend sent me reels on Instagram the other night, and it made me laugh so much, until I saw this one video that says, “Nine people were killed in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.” “B.C.? As…
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