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COLUMN: Blending the best of free enterprise and government action would benefit us

COLUMN: Blending the best of free enterprise and government action would benefit us

"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."
COLUMN: Canada needs to join forces with Australia to fight Facebook's blackmail

COLUMN: Canada needs to join forces with Australia to fight Facebook's blackmail

"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."
EDITORIAL: A race to the bottom

EDITORIAL: A race to the bottom

"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?"
LETTER: This is what we are teaching our kids

LETTER: This is what we are teaching our kids

"As I got closer, I saw it was an entire school class playing laser tag provided by a mobile laser tag service."
LETTER: Thanks to everyone who helped us in our time of need

LETTER: Thanks to everyone who helped us in our time of need

"There are still many non-believers of the seriousness of COVID-19. Even some people in my household were skeptics. Then it hit our entire family of five like a hammer after New Years and we had no idea how we contracted it."
LETTER: Who best represents St. Albert?

LETTER: Who best represents St. Albert?

"Last Sunday was a gorgeous brilliant blue-sky Alberta winter day and after viewing the map in the Gazette featuring the new 9 km freshly groomed cross country trails."
LETTER: Give me hope

LETTER: Give me hope

"Let it be contagious and affect every single soul"
LETTER: There is only one side to the mask argument: wear it outside or inside – according to the guidelines

LETTER: There is only one side to the mask argument: wear it outside or inside – according to the guidelines

"No, not all subjects are up for grabs with one opinion or option as good as another."
LETTER: Thanks to Ken Allred for column on coal

LETTER: Thanks to Ken Allred for column on coal

"I have hope for future generations to inherit a better world, not only a better Alberta."
LETTER: Uplifting and welcome snow sculptures

LETTER: Uplifting and welcome snow sculptures

"They're hysterical!"