Opinion

'I would love for all the wild-tempered people in St. Albert to walk a day in another's shoes.'

'Distressingly, the curriculum has become a high-stakes political football, with Alberta’s children and its future set to become casualties.'

'For decades, Canadian conservatives have been saying and doing things that would have destroyed their careers if they lived in the American Bible Belt.'

'Instead of standing back and waiting for somebody else to take on the challenge, Yakemchuk saw herself as the somebody who could affect positive change and went for it.'

'Education is non-existent, and the manner in which several St. Albert seniors have been confronted appears more appropriate for major crime.'

'I hope our council leads on this issue and doesn't pander to the loudest voice in the room.'

'We have much more to offer than an impressive clock tower and industrial-sized wheat rods.'

'We need to rebuild trust, hope, and empathy. Fighting that virus could be child’s play in comparison.'

'We cannot have a misguided system that puts newspapers at risk at a time when the public needs trusted sources of information more than ever before.'

While political involvement has been an incurable and deadly feature of the pandemic, there is an effective preventive cure against vote-seeking hubris as COVID-19 enters the endemic phase.