Opinion

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” - Oscar Wilde Surveying the political landscape in our province, it is apparent we live in acrimonious times. Conflict sells and it’s good for ratings.

As a journalist and political junkie, watching the storm hovering over Premier Alison Redford and her conservative party, is something I live for. And while I feel for her, it had to happen eventually.

“Willkommen! Welcome,” says the sign as one enters Fredericksburg, Texas. The town with a population of 15,000 residents is a popular and famous German settlement in the US.

The PC Government recently tabled its 2014 Budget. It is this province's sixth consecutive budget deficit ($2.7 Billion) despite smashing the all-time record for annual provincial revenues ($44 billion).

You’ll have to excuse me if in the next eight weeks you see more photos and softer features in the Rocky View Weekly.

Here is some news that I would just as soon not remind you of. Life is not fair. Now you probably know that already.

There is an intense debate underway in Alberta over the curriculum in our schools and the recent radical changes being introduced by Alberta Education. Teachers, parents, students, academics, journalists, and many others are sounding the alarm bells.

“There is perhaps no better proof for the existence of God than the way year after year he survives the way his professional friends promote him.

I’ve entered that phase of my life where my close friends are either having kids or are trying for kids and I find myself very happy for them but also a little jealous.

An article in a local publication that I was reading with my morning coffee the other day, got me thinking. The concept of the column was that the decisions we make (whether they be big or small) change who we are and where we go in life.