Check It Out: Our justice system is broken
An actual report by police read: Intoxicated Canadian man arrested while driving a Barbie Jeep to get a slurpee. It's a bizarre report, but today's reality is equally bizarre.
Letter to the Editor: Articles about the Peck family
I accidentally found the articles written about the Peck family. I would never have expected such a wonderful response to my grandmother’s wedding accessories.
REMEMBERING WHEN: The little food critic
Growing up, we had a food critic living in our house whose discriminating palate could rival the most powerful critic at The New York Times.
Pop 89: Disarming Words
In the name of free speech, Charlie Kirk went from campus to campus, raising questions, provoking debate, in a style that was, as he himself admitted, often aggressive…
Check It Out: This level of theft is not normal
In the middle of a bank robbery, a bank customer with no arms shouted out to the armed robbers, “Don’t shoot! I’m unarmed.”
Pop 89: Dignity is the Point
Dignity. That's a word that's dropped out of the cultural vocabulary these days. However, ever since my tentative and sporadic return to my childhood religious tradition…
Check It Out: A look inside another church fire
Here’s a riddle for you. Q: What did the firefighters say when the church caught on fire in a small town? A: Holy smoke!
Letter: Old school photos
I read with great interest your report of the donation of a popcorn machine to the Oyen Museum, the donor being Eric Chrysler.
REMEMBERING WHEN: We were cool. What happened??
Back in high school, we either thought we were cool or were desperately trying to be. In reality, we were just a bunch of insecure, awkward kids entering adulthood…
Pop 89: A Distance Measured in Stories
I have been driving. A lot. Last Saturday, it took me fourteen hours to drive from Cortes Island on the west coast of BC to the Okanagan, where peaches fall from the trees in the summer heat.
Check It Out: Why is western Canada being used as the sacrificial lamb?
A farmer said, “If partially sighted people want the right to drive combines, I’m not going to stand in their way.”
Education negotiations update: Minister Horner
President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance Nate Horner issued the following statement about contract negotiations with the TEBA and the ATA…
A better vaccination approach
The province should protect its citizens from COVID-19 and other infectious diseases by leveraging a help-thy-neighbour morality rooted in rural Alberta, the NDP’s health critic says.
