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One of the ‘Page Sages’ always seems to have a snarky comment when you really don’t want to hear one.But, to be fair, sometimes they make a lot of sense. Sometimes, indeed, they do include some tidbit of wisdom that…
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A nice chuckle from the Smoky River FCSS Facebook page.“I don’t care what people think of me. At least mosquitoes find me attractive!” Sick and tired of polls?The Pages likes his statistics and kind of fancies himself to polls. Here’s…
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What’s a French Fries’ best friend!Test Kitchen Insider’s ‘Ask Sarah’ columnist has declared it is Heinz ketchup!“After testing, we can confirm Heinz really is the best,” she writes in her June 23 column.This thick, glossy ketchup had the best balance…
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The Page is still scratching its head over one item at the “lightning tour” by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith last week.The item happened at the High Prairie portion, and just happened to tie in to what was already written before…
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The Page came across this interesting tidbit in the Aug. 4, 1912 Grouard News.“There is some talk about town of having the name Grouard changed to Slave Lake City.”Obviously, this did not occur!Slave Lake, of course, changed its name to…
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The Page was shopping last week when approached by a merchant. He was a bit peeved. His rant went something like this:“Why do people park in the handicapped parking stalls when they aren’t supposed to? Where are the Town’s peace…
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From the political sleaze department, which never ends.Reported recently was Alberta Premier Danielle Smith talking about the referendum proposal. She is quoted on CTV News as saying, “If there isn’t an outlet, it creates a new party!”What! It appears there…
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Your columnist here read his copy of last week’s newspaper. The front page story headline “Experts meeting to discuss crime, homeless problems” brought a good laugh.If you have not seen it yourself, you can read it on smokyriverexpress. com or…
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One day the wife asks her husband for peace and quiet while she cooks dinner.The husband took the batteries out of the smoke detector! Town of High Prairie senior peace officer Alan Bloom submitted his retirement notice to the Town…
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Are flags flying at half-mast in your community?They were in High Prairie in front of Town Hall last week. Why?Well, without any ado, the Town office decided those who fought in The Battle of Vimy Ridge in World War I…
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Welcome to Canada’s latest federal election, which has all the thrills of watching an autopsy! Nice to see some local people winning a lot of loot lately.Kevin Berge picked up his $100,000 winnings from the Full House Lottery Loyal draw…
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This statement is supposed to have originated years ago with American statesman Adlai Stevenson. Stevenson was the United States ambassador to the United Nations between 1961-65, when he died. The statement was used to describe Stevenson in some quarters. We…
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A father decides to take his seven-year-old daughter to ‘Take a Kid to Work Day’. They arrive and everything is going well for about 10 minutes before the little girl starts to cry.“What’s wrong,” asks the gathering crowd trying to…
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The Page – March 19, 2025

The Page was in an accident last week! He got steam-rolled!Not by some big machine – no, no! – but by that annual event we know as a birthday!Remember as child when it seemed like it took years for birthdays…
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Years ago, one of the self-proclaimed “smartest guys in the universe” said the best way to deal with Russia was to “make them our friends.”His reasoning, from wherever the thought might have originally come, was based on the idea it…
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