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Joe McWilliams Every six weeks or so, the reporters here have to wrangle something for this space. You’d think it would get easier with all the practice, but it doesn’t. I seem to be running out of things I haven’t…
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By Krystle Wittevrongel,Public Policy Analyst,Montreal Economic Institute,Courtesy of Troy Media. In 1950, Canada faced a difficult choice between the desire to be a leader in the development of nuclear energy technology and the fear that such technology would bring the…
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Richard Froese When plans to open up Alberta from COVID-19 restrictions were announced in June, Premier Jason Kenney had one phrase to describe it. He called it a plan to have “the best summer ever” when restrictions dropped on July…
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The municipal elections that will occur later this year [Oct. 18] present you and your neighbours with a golden opportunity to discuss the future of your municipality amongst yourselves and with your local candidates. It is an ideal time to…
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By Franco Terrazzanoand Kevin Lacey,Canadian Taxpayers Federation,Courtesy of Troy Media. Here we go again! Ottawa’s budget watchdog is on the trail of another big taxpayer boondoggle in the making with the federal government’s latest gun policy. First, a Liberal government…
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Richard Froese Summer is almost half over as people enjoy more freedoms. Life in Alberta is mostly back to normal after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted three weeks ago, on July 1, Canada Day. Many people are taking advantage of that…
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Commentary – An unpredicted happening

Jeff Burgar The late Ray Tallman, of Grouard, made good predictions. Definitely much better than this lowly writer. At least twice a year, and usually more often, Ray would let us know what coming months would bring in weather. Actually,…
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I am going to stop buying and reading the South Peace News. There is so much right-wing content that I have lost all faith in your editorial fairness. Every week there is another letter [commentary] from some BS ‘conservative’ bafflegabbing…
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Jeff Burgar Nobody ever had us answer a poll wanting to know what our favourite lake is in Alberta. But then, nobody asked us what we love about British Columbia either! Forgive us for being biased against our sister province,…
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Pearl Lorentzen Recently, I realized that my pat answer to the salutation, “How are you?” is “Busy, but good.” I also realized that often I mean “busy, and good,” as I find a certain level of busyness fulfilling. At other…
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Chris Clegg We should not begrudge our friends at the other end of the lake [Slave Lake] for lobbying to secure better health services. Whether you live in Slave Lake, High Prairie, McLennan, Donnelly, Falher or Peace River, it is…
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By Alexandre Massaux,Research Associate,Frontier Centre for Public Policy,Courtesy of Troy Media. The debt in Canada’s Prairie provinces has grown colossally during the COVID-19 pandemic, just as debt has in the rest of Canada and around the world. At the end…
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Richard Froese Albertans can celebrate more than Canada Day on July 1. It’s when COVID-19 restrictions will be eliminated by the government. After nearly 14 months of people having to social distance, sanitize their hands and periods of so-called lockdowns,…
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Joe McWilliams I came across a sheet of paper on the way home the other day. Picking it up [I’m a compulsive litter cleaner-upper], I found it was a handout for a Grade 9 science quiz. The unit was astronomy,…
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