Articles Archive for November 2009
Opinion »
Green is kind of a big deal now. The environmental steward movement has gone local, national, global… and individual. It is hard to keep up!
Community »
By Sheri Monk
Wayne Elhard was the centre of attention at an appreciation evening in his honour Nov. 21. Organized by Leader businessman Watson Shircliff, the informal event was fittingly called Beans and Jeans. Bill Boyd, Minister of Energy and Mines, was also in attendance.
Community »
By Debbie Hintz
Recreation director, Leader
Where has the year gone? It’s the end of November and before we know it, the end of the year will be here and we’ll be celebrating 2010. Wow! Time flies when you’re having a good time!
Community »
By Sheri Monk
Most Fox Valley residents are hoping the worst is over and that the streets will be quiet after an ongoing ordeal.
The problem? A handful of young hot rodders tearing up the newly-paved roads which escalated into an eventual conviction of one man who went too far trying to take back the streets.
Tom Hitchen, his wife Kathleen and their two young children moved to Fox Valley from a town outside Calgary in February of 2007, and Tom says he noticed a problem right away.
“The things we saw go on, …
Opinion »
When a community with a well-balanced commercial mix is targeted by a mega-corporation intent on wrenching market share away from businesses already established there, baneful events are certain to follow.
Sports »
By Dorian Geiger
If Canada did not have enough Games hysteria happening in the form of the upcoming Vancouver Olympics, there’s more — Toronto has landed a successful bid for the 2015 Pan American Games.


