It took a tragedy, but a splintered family has found its way home.
Recently, my father-in-law was killed in a car accident south of High River and it was devastating  loss for the Ross clan.
Don Ross owned Ross’s Bakery in High River and he was well known for his Scottish treats and his decadent donuts. However, he was even more well known as the character with the crazy cowboy hats singing karoake at the Beef ‘n’ Brew or uncovering only treasures he could love at the Salvation Army.
Everyone in the High …

I’m not sure which event appeals to me more, but both are worthy of mention for next week.
We will start off with the return of Daylight Saving Time on Sunday, March 14 at 2 a.m. This is when we set our clocks back one hour and enjoy a little more daylight at the end of our work day. I love this day as it also proclaims that winter will be done soon and we can get ready for a beautiful spring season. On the weekend I went for a walk …

Proposed changes to the provincial electoral boundaries will severe traditional ties within the foothills region and should be revisited.
A report released by the he Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission showed substantial changes to the Highwood and Foothills-Rocky View ridings. The latter of the two has only existed since 2004 and will be realigned and folded into a new riding, Carstairs-Rocky View.
There are some sound decisions in the new proposal including returning Turner Valley and Black Diamond to the Highwood riding — they were removed in 2004 and put in Foothills-Rocky View. …

Dear Editor,
Reading Gwynne Dyer’s article in the Western Wheel has once again induced a state of disbelief that a freelance writer with his qualifications can get away with such shabby journalism.
Dyer’s use of half-truths and his misunderstanding of facts suggest that he is either the dumbest man on the planet or he thinks his readers are.
If you didn’t know any better, you would think that Phil Jones was guilty of commenting about trying to keep “flawed” research from being published in notable science journals. You might also think that only …

There are some bombs going off, but apart from that the election in Iraq on March 7 is a model of its kind. There are more than 6,000 candidates for the 352 seats in parliament, and the country is flooded with foreign observers who will monitor the process. Unlike last time, no major group is boycotting the election and nobody knows who is going to win it.
Iraq has come a long way since the Sunni-Shia civil war of 2005-07, when 3,000 murdered people were being found in Baghdad each month. …