Our View

I had the opportunity to listen to a new CD, Life In Color, over the weekend, which was written and performed by five young men from Okotoks who call their band FX of Grace.

Teachers are asking for their hours to be accounted for and that seems reasonable considering everyone knows being an educator is never a 9-to-5 job, but with that accounting must come accountability.

There’s a fine line between being a hero and becoming a victim. Last week an unsuspecting grocer tackled a masked and armed robber who had just demanded the drug Oxycontin from pharmacy staff at the Okotoks Sobeys.

Okotoks town council can no longer delay a decision on the fate of its controversial population cap. In his year in review Okotoks Mayor Bill Robertson stated council will make a decision on the population cap sometime in 2012, likely in the fall.

Municipalities often earn attention when there is animosity between the two, but they also deserve a pat on the back when they find common ground benefitting their taxpayers.

Provincial achievement tests have evolved into something they were not meant to be and they should be replaced with a new mechanism to assess learning.

Okotoks town council is debating a non-residential tax increase which would impact local businesses, but council must tread carefully to ensure its decision does not stunt economic growth in the community.

A proposed Foothills landfill in has galvanized the residents in the Hamlet of Blackie, but a decision should be easy for Foothills MD council.

A proposed partnership among local municipalities to fund a state-of-the-art training facility for foothills firefighters is a worthwhile venture.

Discussion regarding impaired driving laws in Alberta is not only about tougher penalties for those caught above the 0.08 legal blood alcohol limit, it could come down to whether or not Albertans support lowering the limit to 0.05.