Opinion

Vamini Selvanandan | Special to the Fitzhugh The healthcare system is tasked with saving lives and improving the health of populations and individuals.

Dear Editor, I lost my right arm on October 18, 1944, while serving with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment in Italy. I was staked at a farmhouse that had a children’s treehouse located nearby. In the treehouse was a sniper who kept shooting at our boys.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] There are few subjects more incendiary or complicated than the Israeli-Palestine conflict, and with emotions high right now, one must be careful when communicating about this issue.

Ann Thomas | Special to the Fitzhugh Welcome to your Jasper Seniors Society News column, which appears every two weeks courtesy of the Jasper Fitzhugh. At our meeting held on Monday, Oct. 2, your new executive was elected.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Canada almost never makes global headlines, but when it does, it’s usually for nonsense such as our prime minster wearing blackface or truckers laying siege to Ottawa.

Another school year has started and across our province, hundreds of thousands of students will return to our schools.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Jasper took the plunge last week with the launch of its new transit system, which includes both a regular bus service and a yellow school bus.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Hiking is undoubtedly one of the major pleasures of Jasper National Park, and few other destinations can compete in this regard.

As a librarian responsible for the book inventory, I have the interesting and entertaining task of reading advertisements for older and new books, as possible additions for our local book collection.

Summer is whizzing by! When Danielle Smith was first elected Premier, she wasted no time getting to work on fixing longstanding issues in Alberta’s health care system.