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“Nullum crimen sine lege: there is no crime without law.” When governments establish policies, they do so with good intentions. When we evaluate them, however, we look at their outcomes.

What is this world coming to? – We are destroying our history by tearing down all of our historic monuments and attempting to erase any piece of history that someone, somewhere feels a name or place connotes bad memories.

This year’s municipal election has been full of issues for residents and candidates to debate. One of the biggest has been the building of the branch library, and another has been the disputes between members of our current council.

With numerous individuals declaring to run for a councillor position, or the mayor’s position, in St. Albert, I find myself being caught up in this political passion.

“A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.

Now that the Progressive Conservative and Wildrose Alliance parties have voted overwhelmingly to merge into what's being called the United Conservative Party (UCP), it's worth looking back at the history of Alberta conservatism and how the new UCP mi

There's more than a touch of irony at play when a party which swept to power on a wave of 'anyone but those Tories' is now desperately trailing these newly-rebranded Conservatives in the public's affection because of an oh-so-similar response – that

There is a saying about the U.S.A. amongst Latin America governmental leaders: ‘Beware, brothers, the wolf approaches the lambs.

Have you ever known anyone to be successful in a job interview by telling their potential employer that their current manager is terrible, that they are in trouble if they do not hire them immediately? The answer is most likely 'no', so why do our po

“I haven’t received anything negative over the past year. If Canada Post is hearing something … I’m not hearing anything in the mayor’s office.