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UCP government caused teachers’ strike

Posted on November 13, 2025

Three important problems directly leading to the teachers’ strike are exclusively of the UCP’s own making. Firstly, they brag about attracting new people to Alberta… Read More »

Potential cuts to foreign aid ill-advised

Posted on October 30, 2025

In his address to the nation on October 22, Prime Minister Carney said he would cut wasteful spending and make unprecedented investments in Canada. We… Read More »

Smith is squandering Alberta’s future

Posted on October 23, 2025

Today is a good day to say a hard “NO” to Premier Smith regarding pipeline expansion. Her petulance and bullying are wearying. Talk of carbon… Read More »

Housing crisis should be front and centre in federal budget

Posted on October 23, 2025

I’ve not only seen how the housing crisis has deeply affected our community, I have and am still living it. As a handicapped 49 year… Read More »

Landowners express mixed opinions about twinning Hwy 3

Posted on October 16, 2025

RE: Highway 3 Twinning Project Paves the Way for a Better Future (Insight Magazine June 2025) & Highway 3 food corridor grows wider by the… Read More »

Plowing up the prairie: Will history repeat itself?

Posted on October 2, 2025

If you like space and the sense of spaciousness, you’ll like prairie grasslands. There isn’t the grandeur of a mountain peak, the sheltering aspect of… Read More »

Re: Canola or cars? Canada can’t save both

Posted on September 18, 2025

Just read the opinion “Canola or Cars”. I agree with all Doug Firby wrote except he forgot the most important detail why canola will be… Read More »

The risks of nuclear power plants

Posted on September 18, 2025

Recently I read in the Lethbridge Herald that Premier Danielle Smith was looking for feedback on nuclear power energy in the province of Alberta. I… Read More »

Danielle Smith: unbelievable explanations of grossly bad ideas

Posted on September 4, 2025

On August 1, with minimal announcement, the Alberta government enacted new rules ending public disclosure requirements for the Premier, for Cabinet ministers, for deputy ministers,… Read More »

Free speech has limits – especially on a public stage 

Posted on August 15, 2025

Let’s be honest—Canadians aren’t intrinsically nice. But we do pride ourselves on being polite. Here in the Great White North, rudeness is a serious character… Read More »

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