Editorial and Letters

Last week, some 400 chiefs of First Nations communities met with Prime Minister Harper and a number of cabinet ministers. The fact that the meeting actually occurred is good; whether or not change came out of it is still to be determined.

Letters are welcomed but please limit them to 500 words or less and sign with first name, initial, surname, address and phone number; only name of writer and city or town will be printed. Letters to third parties are not accepted. The Camrose Booster may edit  for length, clarity, legality, personal abuse, good taste, public interest and availability of space.

If you are not a subscriber, I suggest that you go to a newsstand and buy a copy of the January/February issue of the Prairie edition of Gardens West. Its cover will look familiar to a Camrosian because it features a picture of the Canadian Northern Historical Society’s Railway Museum located here. And that’s not all.

At the beginning of 2011, a hockey story dominated the sports news. It was about promising star player Sidney Crosby’s double concussions which subsequently kept him off the ice for the rest of the season, left him unready to play when the 2011-2012 season opened and, to this day, an uncertain future because of physical brutality allowed – even claimed by some to be essential – in the game.

I liked Governor General David Johnston’s new year’s message to Canadians for two reasons: first, he complimented Canadians for their generosity, a characteristic he has observed as he and his wife travelled across the country; second, he called on Canadians to continue to show generosity toward one another, saying the gift of giving is ingrained in Canadian society.”

Letters are welcomed but please limit them to 500 words or less and sign with first name, initial, surname, address and phone number; only name of writer and city or town will be printed. Letters to third parties are not accepted. The Camrose Booster may edit  for length, clarity, legality, personal abuse, good taste, public interest and availability of space.

Each time I am in the Camrose Composite High School (which is not often), I am pleased with what I see. Last week was no exception when it was again my privilege to attend the ceremony to induct four new nominees to the CCHS Wall of Fame – three former students and one former faculty member. They were Douglas Bieber, Dr.

Time spins around and already there are plenty of reminders that Christmas is less than six weeks away.

Christmas holidays mean different things to different people. Some of us greet with the words “Merry Christmas” in deference to the Christ(ian) component of Christmas; others of different faiths wish “Happy Holidays” as an alternative.

Family violence is abhorrent. You don’t like to talk about it; I don’t like to talk about it. Yet, we must not turn our backs on  the many victims, especially children, who are dangerously trapped; nor can we shrug and ignore the fact that some victims have been silenced forever because they have been killed.