Assisted suicide is murder. Period.

Earlier this month, the Quebec government tabled Bill 52, a right-to-die legislation in its National Assembly. Bill 52 clarifies the conditions necessary for patients to request and receive medical assistance to die. If the Bill becomes law, Quebec will allow terminally ill patients the right to request medical assistance to die. This right is...

Read More..

Tories sowing doubtful seeds

"Reformers believe that the duty of elected members to their constituents should come before their obligation to their party."

Read More..

It's time to retire Mr. Big

Over the past 20 years two major criminal prosecutions in this area have collapsed in a way bringing disquiet over police investigative procedures. Both involved the technique called Mr. Big – who arrived only after ordinary sleuthing was not working out.

Read More..

Let's get Jacked up for the election

As municipal elections approach for this fall, I’ve found the perfect solution to the decision for whom to elect as fearless leader. The answer, discovered by screenwriters across North America, may be key to meeting political and economic challenges: we need a mayor named Jack.

Read More..

Rise of women an ongoing phenomenon

Hanna Rosin’s The End of Men is not a book you’ll find on a women’s studies course reading list. That’s a shame, because it offers a strikingly different take on gender issues than what we’re used to.

Read More..

Sharing the road is a three-way street

As a kid I loved to ride my bike. It was my primary mode of transportation and it took me wherever I wanted to go. Riding bikes was a source of exercise, something we did with friends, but moreso, it was a symbol of pre-driving teen freedom.

Read More..

Suburbs are super for some

Suburbs like St. Albert have gotten a bad rap in recent years. Urban planners who advocate for “smart growth” and smaller, more walkable communities claim that suburbs are unsustainable, inefficient and wasteful, encouraging the polluting use of cars and rolling over prime farmland. Books, movies...
Read More..

B.C. voters acted out of self interest

Choosing and having a choice is at the very heart of our social system, or so we are told. The shelves of our grocery store are replete with products that we can choose to spend our hard-earned dollars upon; the television bombards us with images of consumer products we can buy. Yet, with this...
Read More..

Dead Island: Riptide review

I need to preface this review: I'm tired of zombies. It's been done. Let's move on.
Read More..