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OPINION: Alberta wins with two strong parties

OPINION: Alberta wins with two strong parties

Alberta’s next provincial election is set for May 2023, about six months from now.
OPINION: A Guide to Fresh Holiday Greens

OPINION: A Guide to Fresh Holiday Greens

One of the most classic Christmas smells is that of rich, earthy evergreen boughs, usually from the family Christmas tree. However, if you're like the majority of Albertans, you'll be hanging your ornaments on an artificial tree this season.
EDITORIAL: Taxing times

EDITORIAL: Taxing times

Everybody is feeling a big pinch these days. Inflation, spreading like a wildfire, is burning through the economy and residents’ pocketbooks, leaving economic ashes in its wake.
LETTER: Support for Premier Smith

LETTER: Support for Premier Smith

Danielle Smith? I imagine I'm like a lot of Albertans who weren't quite sure what to think about our newly appointed interim Premier.
OPINION: Accountability —whose list are you on?

OPINION: Accountability —whose list are you on?

In 2006 as the chair of a parent council at our school I was invited to a simulcast across the province by a speaker named David Irvine . David spoke about how to raise accountable children. I took five pages of notes and reached out to Mr.
EDITORIAL: The vice

EDITORIAL: The vice

Those paying even casual attention know the Alberta government is awash in cash. In fact, the black ink is oozing out of the province’s pores, to the tune of a $13 billion-or-more surplus for 2022-23.
OPINION: Governance Models Often Flawed

OPINION: Governance Models Often Flawed

Edmonton's Mayor Amarjeet Sohi is correct on one thing: the Edmonton Police Commission has too much power The commission members are volunteers and not accountable to the Edmonton elected officials.
LETTER: Coyotes taking over Mission neighbourhood

LETTER: Coyotes taking over Mission neighbourhood

Not safe to walk in Mission! We have always been aware that we live on a wildlife belt and understand that man encroaches on nature.
LETTER: Council, spend our money wisely

LETTER: Council, spend our money wisely

It is so nice to see that our elected city councillors are putting their best foot forward and their best efforts to keep pace with inflation and the impending almost six per cent increase in our St. Albert property taxes.
LETTER: Thanks for kindness and quick thinking

LETTER: Thanks for kindness and quick thinking

On Friday Nov. 25, 2022, as a friend and myself were having coffee at the LeCreme Cafe an elderly lady with a cane was noticed from the windows of the cafe struggling to walk on the ice (it was raining).
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