Opinion

Dear editor, I want to make it as a passenger rail developer and bring the concept of passenger rail to millions of citizens and visitors of Alberta. Do I think these things are possible? Yes, as this is my goal. There is so much we can do in Alberta, and so many goals I wish to take on once a passenger rail travel system is complete.

Dear editor, It’s time to poop or get off the pot, as our drama teacher Prime Minister just announced an election this past weekend. We’ve been walking the walk and talking the talk for the last few years, and now it’s time to push the envelope and make sure Canadian voters understand the premise.

Time continues to fly by as we get ready to bid another summer farewell. Even with the pandemic, I got to be somewhat active and enjoy at least some back-to-normal living this year.

While various institutions and businesses have announced mandatory vaccine policies in Alberta – including the organization that oversees the Calgary Flames and Calgary Stampeders – no such mandate has been made by the provincial government, as of press time. In fact, Premier Jason Kenney has gone in the other direction, suggesting such documents possibly violate the Health Information Act.

Considering the amount of borrowed money the Trudeau government has showered upon virtually every interest group beneath the hot Canadian sun, it’s hard to imagine anyone’s getting the shaft. But dig deeper and you’ll discover one group is indeed going to pay big time for this seemingly endless deluge of free cash that’s been handed out under the somewhat convenient cover of fighting COVID-19.

To almost nobody’s surprise, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dissolved parliament and called a snap election on Aug. 15, meaning Canada’s voters will head to the polls Sept. 20 to elect a new batch of MPs – and possibly a new governing party in the House of Commons.

After a surge in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, the Alberta government has decided to finally listen to what health-care specialists have been cautioning, and backtrack on its plans to lift its few remaining pandemic-related restrictions.

Dear editor, It is so sad that those who choose to not get vaccinated can still affect the rest of us. If only we could be in control of our own health.

Dear editor, As the municipal election approaches, Rocky View County residents would be wise to consider the County's current debt and the abject failure of the current council to do anything about it.

I recently read the most stressful life events include the death of a loved one, divorce, major illness or injury, job loss, and moving. Although I have been lucky enough not to experience the first four of those unfortunate events in my 22 years to date, I recently moved into my first apartment and man, was that an experience.