Signs, signs, everywhere a sign.

Can we talk about the new signs that adorn the east and west entrances of our town? 

“Adorn” might not actually be the right word—that term usually applies to things which make something more attractive. Regretfully, Jasper’s new entrance signs do the opposite—like giving Beyoncé a bowl cut.

These shiny new guideposts are the limp handshakes of greeting signs, the equivalent of welcoming guests to our home with a stale fruitcake. Well meaning, perhaps, but awkward and lifeless. Glendon, Alberta, which has a three storey-high pierogi to introduce folks to town, can’t believe how bland our new signs are.