It’s a tale of two types of leaders in Alberta, Peter Lougheed and Rachel Notley versus Ralph...
Author - Brenda Schimke
Opinion-influencers fail at leadership
My dream job was to become a radio talk show hostess, a high profile and powerful opinion...
Free services from RCMP Ottawa
Sgt. Jamie Day of the Three Hills RCMP was in attendance at the Delburne village council meeting on...
No friend of rural municipalities
Of the three levels of government, federal, provincial and local, local municipal governments are...
Business licence fee to remain the same
The business licence fee will remain at $10 for 2023 following a unanimous motion at the regular...
Discrimination—in the eye of the beholder?
One thing I know, I was completely ignorant about the systematic discrimination of our indigenous...
Delburne dog park gets lighting
Delburne village councillors learned at the Oct. 11, 2022 council meeting that an $800 solution has...
Election legitimacy matters
Liz Truss was voted in as the new Conservative leader in Britain and automatically became the prime...
Rage farming, a right-wing phenomenon
Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC), was rightfully upset when far...
Praise for work of Parkland Regional Library
Unanimous approval was given for the Parkland Regional Library 2023 proposed budget, which included...
The Quebec playbook, is that what Alberta’s economy really needs?
Why do Albertans want to be Quebec? We have so much more going for us yet Premier Jason Kenney and...
Village helps fund medical clinic to keep it open
Councillors confirmed they had received positive feedback for their decision to approve a $75,000...
Canadian constitutional monarchy, the best of the best
For over 70 years Queen Elizabeth II had committed her life to the service of all peoples of the...
Populist peril when elected
Pierre Poilievre won the hearts and minds of the vast majority of conservative party members to...
Health care delivery shows UCP’s arrogant ignorance
Twenty-two years of Alberta Health Services (AHS) and the promise of efficiency, effectiveness and...
More measures necessary to promote traffic safety
Delburne village Coun. Cathy Faulk raised concerns about traffic safety at the intersection of 23...
The temperature, she’s a rising
It started in a small way with the arrival of Premier Ralph Klein, a ‘folksy man of the people’. He...
Long odds for a united party
It’s little wonder the UCP government has spent more time fighting and scheming amongst themselves...
Substance versus bombast
Three female UCP leadership candidates, Leela Aheer, Rajan Sawhney and Rebecca Schulz, want the...
No friend of women
Danielle Smith, leadership candidate for the UCP party, seems to be parroting Jason Kenney’s...
Property owner’s plea
Ken and Margaret Minifie-Cloutier presented their case to the Delburne village council on July 19...
A fool’s errand
Once again, the Canadian Constitution takes a bite out of Dr. Brian Day’s 11-year pursuit to...
Protecting consumers
For those who believe in the efficiencies of markets and the need to eliminate government...
Stakeholder capitalism
The importance of our civil service and government institutions has been under relentless attack...
Golf cart bylaw would not supersede provincial law
A possible bylaw to allow golf carts on village streets was resolved at the regular Delburne...
Work in progress
Canada Day, a day we come together to celebrate just how fortunate we are to live in a country with...
Those who need it
The gasoline tax holiday is a winner for drivers and very popular but who doesn’t like government...
Market in the Park coming
Plans for the Market in the Park on July 1 are coming together, said organizer Amy Ritchie in her...
Spinning the truth
Jason Kenney may be on his way out, but his agenda is still alive and well. This past week, Justice...
Health care in crisis
Pre-pandemic, the argument was that running a parallel private health care system along with a...