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When Sherlock Holmes was trying to solve the mysteries of The Sign of Four, he retreated to his cocaine habit, calling it his seven-per-cent solution.

The Gazette’s photographers captured another winning year in the Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association’s 2015 ATCO Photographic Awards.

“The art of taxation consists of plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least hissing.” – Jean Baptist Colbert (c.

When you are travelling out and about our fair city, engaged in your daily activities and interactions, would a reasonably informed bystander say that you are a kind person? Or, might that impartial observer see you as a reasonably hand drawn facsimi

I have long believed that Canada has truth in advertising laws, designed to protect consumers from spurious claims that otherwise would be issued by unscrupulous companies or other organizations.

Having a 1968 MA degree from Dalhousie University, I regularly receive that institution’s alumni magazine. The next issue may arrive in a plain brown paper wrapper.

Over the past 17 years working in various communities in Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, I have had the privilege of meeting many members of our nation’s police force.

Remember that catchy fun tune by Simon and Garfunkel called the 59th Street Bridge Song? You know the one: “Slow down, you move too fast, you’ve got to make the morning last … ba-da-da-da-da-da-da, feelin’ groovy.

I’m currently reading Brent Rathgeber’s excellent book Irresponsible Government: the Decline of Parliamentary Democracy in Canada, which describes the methods that Canadian prime ministers have used to consolidate power in the Prime Minis

With the advent of the new year, the potential for change is ever present.