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Tragically, there would be no ambulance to chase in the hunt for eight-year-old Tori Stafford. By the time her small body was finally found, hidden under a pile of rocks, there was no need to rush to hospital.

“The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.” – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV’s Finance Minister Here we go again.

In 1950, the year I was born, the Government of Canada had total revenues of approximately $1 billion and a total debt of also $1 billion.

I once wrote a letter to the Gazette pondering a scenario in which each of us had to keep our waste on our own property. Whether it be exhaust fumes, packaging, retired “goods” or excrement, we had to take responsibility for it.

There are only two sovereign governments within Canada: the federal government and the various provincial governments. Yet, over this past year, we have seen various challenges by the third level of government to this authority.

Opportunity often presents itself in unexpected ways. For me, opportunity came in the form of a part-time job when I was in Grade 11.

Historical legacies are extremely controversial in both Canada and the U.S. these days.

It is no secret politics have become increasingly polarized; from St. Albert to Parliament Hill and beyond.

The upcoming Quebec provincial election will have Canada enter another period of uncertainty with the federal-provincial relationship of our country. Quebec politics is perhaps unique to North America.

Drip, drip, drip. No, that’s not the sound of glaciers melting but instead is the disturbing noise emanating from the relentless evisceration of what once was proudly called "The Alberta Advantage.