Braid: Council craziness, and hints of an Edmonton Olympic rescue
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Varcoe: 'As a Canadian, it sickens me' โ frustrated oilpatch eyes less spending as discount ...
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Keith Gerein: Oil price crisis a 'real and present danger' to NDP's survival
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Opinion: Alberta needs a better way to fix our roads
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Varcoe: Alberta can't have oil 'racing out of the ground at $10 a barrel,' says ...
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David Staples: Downtown residents upset about more crime and disorder
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Opinion: Forcing Church out of medicine will worsen palliative care
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Opinion: The Democrats exceeded expectations in U.S. midterms
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David Staples: Krause leads fight against Americans who have landlocked the oil sands
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Watch: Vivian Krause crusading against landlocking Alberta oil
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Elise Stolte: Amazing what hope can do. Lubicon Lake persistence ends a dark chapter for ...
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Opinion: Sherwood Park blast shows online hate is selective
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Opinion: The First Nations are the first entrepreneurs
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Columnists Opinion: Ban on abusive doctors would help survivors trust again
When a person is ill or injured, their primary concern should be healing. They shouldn’t have to worry about whether they’ll be sexually abused by their health provider while they’re receiving care. -
Columnists Nick Lees: Time is now to support $15-million campaign to build Edmonton hospice facility
The number of Albertans dying each year will double over the next 10 to 20 years, said Dr. Donna A. Wilson, a University of Alberta faculty of nursing professor and researcher. -
Energy Varcoe: Keystone XL joins Trans Mountain stuck in pipeline quagmire after new setback
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. A judge puts the brakes on a vitally important piece of energy infrastructure for the oilpatch, Alberta and Canada. -
Columnists Opinion: On Nov. 11, remember the fallen but also these things
As we near the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, we might take time to ask: What is it that we remember on Remembrance Day? The typical Remembrance Day ceremony takes place around a cenotaph and includes state officials (politicians and military officers), ecumenical religious figures, and often the mother, father, or spouse of a lost soldier; sometimes, too, a soldier scarred in conflict, though the injury must be obvious: hidden injuries are insufficiently illustrative for the occasion. -
Politics Keith Gerein: Crusading MLA Robyn Luff presents no-win scenario for Notley
A week ago, few people knew her name. Today, is the talk of Alberta politics, particularly in NDP circles. -
Columnists David Staples: Did the Earth move for you? Irene Cheng's team can measure it from ...
The breathtaking change in computer science can be seen in the shifting focus of University of Alberta computer scientist Irene Cheng over her career. -
Columnists Opinion: Lessons in global cooperation from the Spanish Flu, 100 years later
This month, Canadians will mark 100 years since the end of the First World War – a grim anniversary not just because of the lives lost, but because of lessons that went unlearned before we fell into the Second World War. -
Columnists Opinion: Tuition freeze won't leave institutions in the cold
A recent Edmonton Journal editorial was right when it said the Alberta NDP is committed to students. By freezing tuition and indexing future increases to the consumer price index, we hope to take the guesswork out of the biggest investment of their lives.
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Columnists Opinion: U.S. mid-terms just returned democracy to America
Call it a wave, tidal or rogue. Call it a riptide, an undertow or a cross current. Deny it, defy it or dismiss it, there is a simple truth to the outcome of Tuesday’s U. -
Energy Varcoe: A 'watershed moment' as Imperial gives green light to $2.6B oilsands project
Imperial Oil Ltd. received a treat on Halloween with the long-awaited approval by provincial regulators of its new Aspen oilsands project. -
Columnists Opinion: Political intervention undermines our universities
In the past two years, we have seen the government of Alberta, in effect, create unions out of the province’s post-secondary faculty associations (without votes of their members), and prescribe limits upon the compensation of post-secondary leaders. -
Politics Keith Gerein: NDP child welfare bill a promising start, but province must stay the course
The fall sitting of the Alberta legislature is now well into its second week and the NDP government has already introduced seven new bills of various shapes and sizes. -
Columnists Opinion: The killing of Jamal Khashoggi shouldn't surprise those paying attention to Saudi Arabia
The fact the gruesome killing of Khashoggi took place in Turkey of all places is astonishing because Turkish President Erdogan is no friend of Saudi Arabia and sees that country as a direct enemy of Erdoganโs own scarcely concealed wish to increase his political image throughout the always volatile Middle East region. -
Columnists Braid: MLA Robyn Luff's job action stiffs the taxpayer
In the rich history of Alberta legislature upheavals, nothing matches former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith’s floor-crossing with nine of her MLAs on Dec. -
Local News Elise Stolte: 'Can't keep getting angry.' Riders desert Edmonton Transit, go back to driving
Daniel Huber was such a dedicated transit rider, he let his driver’s licence lapse. No more. He was standing on a curb on St. -
Politics Keith Gerein: Fall session offers hard lessons on when, and when not, to remain silent
For some politicians, silence is often golden. For others, it’s deafening. If you’re wondering which category United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney falls into, it’s definitely the latter. -
Energy Varcoe: A high-stakes oilpatch tug of war leaves Notley government stuck in the middle
A rift is emerging in Canada’s energy sector between some of its most powerful players over what should be done to deal with the colossal price discount for Canadian oil. -
Columnists Opinion: Hold energy industry responsible for clean-up costs
Albertans have had a long-standing and mutually beneficial bargain with the oil and gas industry. Basically, the deal was, the companies can take Albertans’ resources, practically for free, but in exchange, they’ll create high-paying jobs for Albertans.