Opinion

The kicker — and this is where it really hurts — is there are no assurances that after this $70-million project is built that the odour issue will materially improve. 

It is with a mixture of astonishment and fear we watch children riding their bikes and playing on the storm pond in back of our home.

As much as everyone was there to enjoy themselves, there was also a serious undertone to the evening: the Okotoks Food Bank is breaking usage records.

Love the deer, squirrels, rabbits, birds and beauty of nature living in Okotoks.

Assessments are just about the most misunderstood aspect of local government, often getting taxpayers riled up for absolutely no reason.

The bigger cities can have their higher rankings, as well as their crime and congestion, and we’ll carry on knowing that what we’ve got here is second to none. 

As I sit here and ponder the future of our beautiful province and what it will mean for our next generations, I feel sad and regretful. 

No, we don’t want a freeway, but it would be helpful to have arterial roads that are not constant stop-and-go traffic. 

The administration will always want more funding and more programs and more staff, and it's council's job to say "no" when residents can't afford it. 

With household budgets under pressure, this wasn't the year for Okotoks to add 14 staff positions.