Opinion

We have all been guilty of disregarding the simple life lesson not to judge a book by its cover. What if that cover was a hijab, though, and underneath it was another human just like you?

All this regional effort undertaken in the past several years continues to bode well for Alberta and those elected officials who oppose such efforts of collaboration will need to answer to their electorate across all of Alberta.

"As more doses become available, particularly of vaccines more easily handled, we’ve no doubt we’ll soon have our own local sites including pharmacies and doctors’ offices."

‘Are we all turning into a bunch of two year olds?', or ‘We are all in this together until someone else receives a benefit before I do – then, it's every man for himself!’ I couldn’t decide which would be a bette

"There is always more to every story and we shouldn’t forget that just because we are all tired and frustrated because of the pandemic."

"I for one would rather stake my economic interest in industries that bring multi-generational economic returns than trade it off for a transient industry that diminishes future economic opportunity."

"While Alberta might take a bit of an immediate hit at the prospect of its departure from Canada, it also might not."

"Free enterprise has accomplished a lot of great things and elevated our standard of living, but the best results come when it’s combined with a strong social safety net and proper government limitations."

"The table is set in Canada for determined, effective measures to rein in the Google/Facebook abuses of power and to stand up for local news. But these latest events in Australia show we need to speed up the process."

"We are in the ninth inning of this pandemic. Wearing a face mask may be an inconvenience, but can’t we collectively keep up our vigilance for a few more months?"