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Pearl Lorentzen In the non-fiction section of the library, a book grabbed my attention. It is called Awkward: The Science Behind Why We’re Socially Awkward and Why That is Awesome by Ty Tashiro. After I checked it out, I had…
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Keeping the cost of living low has always been a priority for Conservatives. However, as the Liberals double-down on their tax increases, the cost of living continues to be a major concern for Canadians. Life costs more, work does not…
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Chris Clegg In Peanuts, Charlie Brown is writing his pencil pal. “Did you have a nice summer? Mine could have been better, but it could have been worse. For me, that’s good!” There is a lot of truth in that…
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Jeff Burgar It likely doesn’t need to be argued that when it comes to traffic safety, slower speeds reduce accidents. That’s pretty well the argument in Slave Lake, which is in the process of cutting speed limits in most of…
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Joe McWilliams The skeptics are saying – predictably – that the Town of Slave Lake’s lower default speed limit is nothing but a cash grab. Is it? You would have to look into the motives of each councillor and senior…
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Chris Clegg Last week in this publication we published a survey conducted by the Montreal Economic Institute-Ipsos showing that a majority of Quebec residents favour advancing the development of fresh oil and gas pipelines aimed at suppling Europe and Asia.…
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Richard Froese Well, summer holidays are almost over and it’s back to school next week! Parents can have a valuable role to support their children and schools. For children who struggle with subjects like reading, writing and arithmetic, parents can…
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Richard Froese Alberta has a wealth of art, culture and history. In fact, the province has so much of them that September is designated to celebrate the diversity of cultures. Culture Days returns from Sept. 1-30 as an opportunity to…
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Jeff Burgar A decade ago, the Province of Alberta was hot to trot on local governments across the province. As the Boy Scout motto goes, they wanted those local governments to “Be Prepared.” In this context, the preparation was to…
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Jeff Burgar The ancient Latin saying “Si vis pacem, para bellum” was often quoted through history. Even before Romans there were Greeks, and Chinese saying the same. Plus, recent histories in France and America. Up to and including the popular…
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Pearl Lorentzen People need plants to survive. Not just to eat, but for the oxygen. A BBC Science Focus article says, in a year one human breathes about as much oxygen as seven or eight mature trees produce. Humans are…
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Chris Clegg My, how things have changed! On Aug. 9, Big Lakes County council agreed to provide regular written reports for meetings and conferences they attend. How much detail will be in those upcoming reports remains to be seen. But…
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Chris Clegg The last few weeks I have heard several complaints from citizens and merchants. I arrived in High Prairie in 1988 and I have never witnessed this specific problem to be so bad. Three times within an hour last…
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