Opinion

It is almost that time of year again: the time for flowers to bloom, birds to sing, and kids to be free for the summer.

These are exciting times for our country — Canada’s 41st general election did not turn out to be the sleepy event many thought it would be.

Well spring has not sprung but we do have a federal election happening that will surely warm things up. I did manage to catch an hour of the leaders’ debate, and all-in-all it’s the same old same old.

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Okotoks’ town councillors can’t afford to wait to study a regional water pipeline from Calgary. The Town has enough water licence capacity from the Sheep River to accommodate a population of about 27,000 people.

After watching the mindless, petty bickering that kick-started another federal election, I wonder what the average Canadian thinks of Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton and Gilles Duceppe? It is difficult to see their reasoning for forcing an unnecessary

I can remember vividly as a child. It did not matter how frigid the evening, if there was a winter storm my dad would be bundled up from head to toe cleaning the lengthy driveway with his Toro snowblower.

I don’t think the author of that saying meant snow showers. Oh my, we got a dump of snow on Saturday, eh! I felt so bad for all the work put into our inaugural First Saturday event. It was not a nice day to be out at all.

The state of EMS service in the Foothills is a classic case of, “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

If you have an issue or a story idea for the paper get in as soon as possible because the Western Wheel office may be under quarantine for the next six weeks. The staff at the Western Wheel did not make it through this prolonged winter unscathed.