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Canadians continue to answer the military call
Posted on October 22, 2014This week, Canadian forces once more took the fight to Islamic militants as six Canadian fighter jets flew out of CFB Cold Lake to battle… Read More »
Pronouncement carries whiff of illegitimacy
Posted on October 15, 2014The province’s recent announcement of a modernization for St. Patrick’s Elementary School and W.R. Myers High School as part of a smorgasbord of infrastructure dollars… Read More »
South left without a cabinet voice
Posted on October 8, 2014Southern Alberta is in a unique position politically. In Lethbridge, we have a pair of Progressive Conservative MLAs in Lethbridge West’s Greg Weadick and Lethbridge… Read More »
Franchise fees beg tough questions with taxes
Posted on October 1, 2014For those of us that might not be well versed in the minutia of municipal revenue sources, it should come as little surprise that the… Read More »
Restricting message does not serve public
Posted on September 24, 2014Carefully crafted statements are what we have come to expect from many levels of government. It is akin to a corporate communications department at a… Read More »
Bow River bid shows CPCs still don’t get it
Posted on September 17, 2014There is always give and take between the media and politicians in playing the game of access. With media being banned from the CPC party… Read More »
Does business merger damage Canadian identity?
Posted on September 3, 2014Hell has officially frozen over. Tim Hortons, a cherished piece of Canadiana, has been swallowed by a Burger King, a U.S. fast food goliath. Burger… Read More »
Council setting wrong tone for medical marijuana
Posted on August 28, 2014On the surface, Taber council’s unanimous passing of Bylaw 9-2014 at their Aug. 18 meeting looks just like any of a dozen other bylaws passed… Read More »
Response to Ferguson protests questionable
Posted on August 20, 2014For the past week, many have had eyes focused on the St. Louis, Mo. suburb of Ferguson, where clashes between protestors and police following an… Read More »
Is Orange the new Red with latest scandal?
Posted on August 12, 2014Readers Digest Canada released a survey in 2013 of the most trusted and mistrusted professions.Toping the list of most trusted were jobs like firefighters, pharmacists,… Read More »
‘War to end war’ leading us to peace
Posted on August 7, 2014In August, 1914, angered by the actions of the Central Powers, British writer H.G. Wells dubbed the First World War "The war to end war."… Read More »