Opinion

There it was – another posting from a long-time business in Airdrie announcing the shutting of their doors. The Roxy Theatre, Airdrie’s original and only movie theatre, was officially closing.

Is the plan overly ambitious? It certainly feels like it. Alberta’s reopening plan is much more expedited than neighbouring British Columbia, which is aiming to loosen all public health restrictions by Sept. 7

Re: "Column: Canada is not genocidal," Rocky View Weekly , May 25 I am appalled the referenced column made it past the editors. Perhaps it was printed to bait people into responding. Well, here I am – a fish on the hook.

You’ll notice some new content in this week’s edition of the Airdrie City View. With this issue, our newsroom is excited to launch a trio of new features, which we aim to produce monthly.

Bow River Member of Parliament Martin Shields’ recent speech in the House of Commons certainly resonated with our newsroom – so much so that we decided to transcribe it and include it in this week’s issue (see pages 7 and 10).

For such a genocidal country, we’re a remarkably decent sort, here in Canada.

It is interesting to note that the learned inhabitant of Airdrie has stated that he'd avoid anyone wearing a mask because "they are admitting to either knowing they are infected or cannot be trusted to know their own health status." I submit that this gentleman does not actually know his own health status, since he can have the COVID-19 virus and still be asymptomatic.

Bow River Member of Parliament Martin Shields, whose constituency includes the easternmost communities in Rocky View County, recently spoke about the plight of weekly newspapers in the House of Commons.

The wait is almost over, as I am scheduled to get my first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on June 1.

Wearing them does not mean people are either infected or unsure of their health status, as Mr. Tennant thinks, because the simple fact is that viruses are invisible and infections take time to develop.