Editorial

Editorial - Growing Pains

During Tuesday evening’s Village Council Meeting in Valemount, Councillor Peter Reimer raised the concern over the high amount of traffic on Highway 5, especially north of the Village past Canoe and up to Blackman Road.

Highway 5 is already a main arterial route, and as the Village grows the risk factor for traffic incidents rises. Read more

Glorious and… a lot cheaper than other countries

I don’t know about you, but there’s something that stirs my heart when I see an array of troops travelling down the highway. Perhaps it’s because we don’t get the chance to see this very often, maybe it’s just the visual representation of the strength and protection we have in our military, or maybe it’s just nostalgia from watching old movies. Read more

Editorial - At what age do we become accountable?

Last week 19-year old Skylar Prockner was sentenced as an adult for the murder of 16-year-old Hannah Leflar. Previous to the conviction and sentencing, a ban was in place forbidding the disclosure of Prockner’s name because the crime had been committed while he was a minor. Read more

What role are you, really?

Growing up I often heard, and myself have used the phrase “There are leaders and there are followers”. I’ve come to realize that the saying is perhaps not wholly accurate. Read more

Editorial - Look behind the curtain

“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!” 
- The Wizard of Oz

 Nearly every one of us is familiar with that comical moment in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy’s little dog Toto pulls back a curtain to reveal a man manipulating a number of controls. Read more

Majority doesn’t always rule

As Canadians and westerners in general, who base the functioning of their societies on democracy or majority rule, we are increasingly seeing a trend toward a different style of governance, and one, in my opinion, that we should be concerned about. Read more

Oh the joys of election time

I have a confession to make. I really don’t like election time. Even before entering the world of running a newspaper, I have found election dialogue to often be too negative and antagonistic than is necessary.  Read more

Involuntary volunteering

I know, the title of my editorial appears to be a contradiction. While the root of both words comes from the Latin “voluntaries” which means “voluntary; of one’s free will”, the prefix “in” at the beginning of the word “involuntary” signifies “not”. Read more