Opinion

World Water Day was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro.

If you hear the sound of medals clacking against one another, it’s not your imagination, it’s just the Bow Valley’s Paralympians returning home with truck full of gold, silver and bronze in tow.

Since the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, we have all learned a great many things. We learned to bake bread, sew masks, use videoconferencing not only to get through our workday but also to maintain connections with friends and family.

In recent years, social media comment sections have shown that some topics can be polarizing issues. It is important to express viewpoints – and not just those that an individual believes – it is equally vital to do so in as courteous manner as one would expect to receive themselves.

There is no greater issue in the Bow Valley than affordability. From the soaring cost of food to the accessibility of modestly priced housing, the valley – and the entire province and country, for that matter – there are no easy or quick answers.

COVID-19 is essentially over in Alberta. At least according to the latest removal of public health restrictions from the province that has the mask mandate gone in all but high-risk areas such as public transit, continuing care places and Alberta Health

EDITORIAL: The UCP’s provincial leadership review is about six weeks away and Jason Kenney is in full-on save his job mode.

If you listen closely, you may be able to hear the faint sound of future trains pulling into stations in various spots across the Bow Valley. Then again, anyone in Banff was likely traumatized by train whistle years ago, but the potential of the

Racism kills and it has no place in a healthcare system tasked with saving lives.

Alberta can soon get ready for its best February and March ever. The Feb. 8 announcement from Premier Jason Kenney all but closed the door on the province’s handling – or bungling – of the COVID-19 pandemic.