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Alberta joins in the race to the bottom by ditching PATs in schools

In a giant leap backward, Alberta education minister Jeff Johnson recently announced his plans to scrap the Provincial Achievement Tests

All of the good, the bad, the ugly and the moving

As I mentioned in my first column which appeared in the inaugural edition of the Lacombe Express, my girlfriend Lisa and I recently

City council makes right decision

Lacombe City council was faced with a difficult decision at its May 13 regular meeting.

Reader pleased with Lacombe Express

I wanted to send a huge welcome to the Lacombe Express, on the publication of their second newspaper issue.

Blackfalds resident upset with town

Blackfalds is ‘not’ intended for seniors. 1.) The basic monthly water and sewer costs are twice as high as in Red Deer or in Lacombe.

Reflections on Mother’s Day

Being a mom is a tough job. Moms clean up the most disgusting of messes without a word of complaint

Rethinking Lacombe’s waste management practices

Lacombe has over 4,000 homes and hundreds of businesses that generate thousands of tonnes of waste annually.

What’s wrong with hospital rankings?

The CBC’s Fifth Estate recently produced an investigation on the quality of hospitals in Canada, called Rate My Hospital

Citizens sound off

Lacombians certainly care about how their City is run.

Citizens urge public participation in Solid Waste Roadmap talks

Further to the subject of solid waste changes and in response to a couple of letters to the editor in the April 18 issue