Opinion

The love of a good book is something that’s taught at a young age. It’s something kids learn when they share in the reading of a bedtime story with their parents, and it's a love that is fostered when they’re encouraged to read as they grow older.

The recent snowfall has been a blessing for Marmot Basin and Jasper’s winter enthusiasts, but it’s also been a nightmare for the surrounding highways.

Flu season is upon us, and this year the H1N1 strain has reared its nasty little head yet again. This vicious strain of influenza attacks the young and healthy more viciously than other strains.

Dear Editor, We would like to take this opportunity to thank the people who stopped to help extract myself, my wife and granddaughter from our truck. It was on its side and in the ditch 40 km east of Hinton on Dec 9.

Dear Editor, I have agonized over this; researched every scrap of information, read and studied the Maligne Lake Situation Analysis and the Maligne Tours Conceptual Proposal, twisted, probed deep, way down into my “I love Jasper National Park, local

Dear Editor, Thank you to John Strugnell and Jodi Hawkins for a wonderful evening and at the play A Christmas Carol. Such a treat to have a wonderful meal and real live theatre. So great to see the acting talents of so many.

Thoroughness is key to a successful budget process. There is always something to add or cut, but what’s important is deciding which is which. On Tuesday, council approved an interim operating budget for 2014.

Dear Editor, No to a hotel!! We were at Maligne Lake two springs ago. We saw harlequin ducks, eagles and swallows in the river leading from the lake. The harlequin in particular need fast moving mountain streams to breed and raise their young.

Tis the season of overindulgence and merrymaking.

Dear Editor, One thing that is clear from the recent state of political scandals is they stem from a lack of transparency and accountability in government: people don’t know what their government is doing and the government is not held responsible fo