As many Canadians were focused on whether our neighbours to the south were going to go over the 'fiscal cliff', with worry about how poor American decision-making and governmental bickering would impact our own economy, a forgotten-about piece of legislation has now come into effect and will impact many job-seekers in the country.

With the arrival of 2013, the PC government of Premier Alison Redford is becoming an increasingly beleaguered body, plagued by scandal real or alleged, and facing several investigations into the ethical conduct of the party and the premier herself.

Taber does not own a National Hockey League franchise, nor will it ever.
The fact remains, however, the 113-day NHL lockout did have a profound impact here in southern Alberta.

The latest recommendations by the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (AEBC), which handed down newly proposed constituency boundaries last month, certainly has had local politicians feeling like they got a lump of coal in their stockings.
Be it MP Lavar Payne, Taber Mayor Ray Bryant or Municipal District of Taber Reeve Brian Brewin, all of them have voiced their concerns and dismay over the proposed constituency boundaries, thinking perhaps the AEBC should have been put on Santa’s naughty list.