The Page hates to remind everyone, but the daylight hours are now getting shorter!
That’s right! Less daylight and summer has barely started!
This year’s summer solstice occurred June 21 at 2:24 a.m. Now this big rock we live on tilts away from the sun meaning less hours of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere.
The Page has heard from more than one source there are not as many campers on the roads this season.
Times are tough and the first industries to suffer are recreation and restaurants. There is simply not as much disposable income as there was years ago because it is getting more and more expensive to live.
Here’s hoping for better times in the future!
Barely a squeak last week when the CBC announced it will no longer carry NHL games on the boob tube.
It will be the first time since 1954 (72 years!) Mother Corp is not broadcasting games.
It also means no free NHL games on TV. Each customer will have to pay to watch their favourite team.
Years ago, the CBC lost a bidding war to carry games. Hockey was the CBC’s most-watched program and its largest revenue generator. Since the CBC gets most of its moolah from John Q. Taxpayer, there was no need to get into a bidding war, or even trying to run the CBC like a business.
Must be nice to operate a company like that!
The Page must comment on the decision of Sundre Rodeo organizers to cancel its parade.
In case you did not hear, the parade was cancelled because of a pro-Alberta independence float and the decision to allow or not allow it in the parade. To keep it short, things got very nasty. Social media threats and more!
How ridiculous!
The Page is all for free speech but to use a community event like a rodeo parade to promote a political agenda is foolish. In the case of the pro-independence issue, why put parade organizers in the uncomfortable position of having to make such a decision?
Lost in all this is parade organizers would also have not allowed a Stay in Canada float. It goes both ways.
Organizers of community events should not be put in difficult positions.
Events like rodeo parades are supposed to build community, not tear it down.
Biggest whopper of a story heard last week?
Local governments might be asking the Alberta government if they can put a two cents per litre tax on fuel bought locally to pay for a new Rec-Plex!
What you hear at the coffee shops!
The biggest difference between men and women?
Men gather all the facts and have an intelligent debate before arriving at a logical conclusion that will benefit all mankind.
Women gossip!
Big news from the east!
The M.D. of Opportunity decided June 8 it is shrinking its council.
Members on council will be reduced to nine from 11 and electoral divisions down to five from seven. The map is being redrawn following a major land transfer to a local First Nation. The federal government officially designated lands in Peerless Lake and Trout Lake as an Indian Reserve March 23, 2026.
Therefore, the wards of Peerless Lake and Trout Lake will be removed along with the two councillors.
The Page finds this interesting. Trout Lake’s councillor, Leo Alook, has served since the 1980s. When The Page arrived in High Prairie in 1988, Alook was serving on the old I.D. Nov. 17 Central advisory council. At that time, the now current Big Lakes County was comprised of Red Earth Creek, Loon Lake, Trout Lake and Peerless Lake before splitting. Many will remember Alook.
Don’t forget to attend Canada Day festivities at Joussard and McLennan July 1.
Please see details in this newspaper.
Catching any of the World Cup soccer games in TV?
What a spectacular show! There is nothing like fans gathering to cheer for their country! Far more intense than cheering for a club team!
The good news is Canada is getting better! We are producing better players and are far more competitive on the world stage.
Amazing fact about the World Cup? Seven of the nine most populated countries on Earth are not at the event including the top two: India and China! Kind of ironic, isn’t it?
The Page has noticed many sad, sad people in town the last week or so.
It is difficult to tell who is more depressed: the teachers or students as summer break occurs.
The Page used to go to school in the summer and sit on the steps, hoping the teachers would show up and open school.
And if you believe that one . . .well!
The Page heard there was a change in policy at a local businesses.
Apparently, the manager insisted all employees be called by their last name.
Until a man named Jack Darling was hired!