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About 20 per cent of Canadians deal with a mental health issue each year.

Personal freedom versus public good. It is a debate that has no end and is ultimately usually left up to lawmakers to resolve.

Low oil prices. Job losses. Volatile stock markets. 50+ club over budget. There is no shortage of headlines these days that might make many feel like getting out of bed and leaving the house every day is just not worth the hassle.

Like it or not, we live in a resource-based economy – a global, resource-based economy. Albertans are blessed by our fortunate geography sitting atop one of the largest oil deposits on the planet.

City taxpayers were probably a little wide eyed after seeing the bill for St. Albert 50+ Club’s renovation project.

Being stuck in an abusive relationship is emotionally destructive, physically dangerous, but often highly complex. Abused women, and also abused men, most often suffer in silence.

When it comes to crime, the fact that we often focus on the negative is understandable. For the most part, criminal behaviour has long reaching and sometimes devastating effects on families and individuals. St.

One week into the longest federal election campaign in our time and what do we know about the politicians who seek the highest office in the country? Honestly, not a lot we didn’t know about them before, but that shouldn’t come as much of

Nearly 60 per cent of Albertans over the age of 18 and 26 per cent of the province’s children are overweight or obese. Those are staggering statistics and damning indicators of our present and future health.

What a difference a year can make. Before oil prices started to plummet in June 2104, Alberta’s unemployment rate was sitting at an envious 4.