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Crop insurance increase to drive up food costs

Posted on March 13, 2023

Dear Editor,  I find it extremely curious (and not in a good way) that while the UCP are using windfall oil revenues to issue “affordability”… Read More »

‘UFOs’ shot down over U.S. and Canada

Posted on February 23, 2023

Editor: Strangely and sadly, what humankind may need to brutally endure in order to survive the very-long-term from ourselves is an even greater, non-humanoid nemesis… Read More »

Memories of the past 80 years

Posted on August 2, 2022

Dear Editor: I was born July 29, 1942 during the horse and buggy days as I remember my parents joining seven other threshing groups taking… Read More »

From Protest to Appreciation

Posted on July 8, 2022

From Protest to Appreciation I am a fortunate man with a history of “fortuosities.” As a youth I received vaccinations /inoculations for smallpox, diphtheria, poliomyelitis,… Read More »

EMS services severely strained in Alberta

Posted on May 13, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a strain on the provincial healthcare system, and the first responders at AHS Emergency Medical Services have witnessed it firsthand.… Read More »

Stirling Mayor’s Monthly Message

Posted on March 31, 2022

March 2022 Did you know that Stirling has a bowling alley? A delegation from the Lions Club attended Council this month to inquire about the… Read More »

False truths at the centre of Russian invasion of Ukraine

Posted on March 24, 2022

Yesterday, Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Today, Western countries fiddle while Ukraine burns. Why? Are we so afraid of a mad creature (I cannot call… Read More »

A warning around slashing healthcare and education

Posted on March 17, 2022

Our friends in southern Alberta need to be warned about what these reformers are planning with their promise of a lot more privatization of healthcare.… Read More »

Response to last week’s Letter to the Editor

Posted on March 4, 2022

I read Mr. Visser’s Letter to the Editor in the Feb. 23 edition. I strongly agree with his perception, especially that “freedom brings with it… Read More »

Russia invading Ukraine shows similarities to past events

Posted on March 4, 2022

In my Letter to the Editor last week, I addressed the topic of freedom and made a statement: “We don’t know what freedom is until… Read More »

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