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By Marco Navarro-Genie,Senior Fellow, Frontier Centre for Public Policy,Courtesy of Troy Media. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is in some trouble. A recent opinion survey put the Opposition NDP and its leader Rachel Notley ahead of the United Conservative Party [UCP],…
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Residents in communities across Canada are urged to get counted in the 2021 national census in May. Every five years, Canadians expect canvassers or a Statistics Canada envelope at their door. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has eliminated the door-to-door campaign…
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Richard Froese Are the new tightened health restrictions in Alberta working to stop the spike of COVID-19 cases in the third wave? Updated restrictions were announced May 4 by Premier Jason Kenney that many people say are too tight. Other…
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Jeff Burgar What if they held a war, and nobody came? Saying is so old we can’t really remember how it goes exactly. Bringing it up to date, what if oil went to $100 per barrel and nobody wanted to…
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Jeff Burgar It is usual practice in journalism to report things behind the scenes if an “authority” lets their name stand. An engineer may say a bridge is so old it may fall down at any moment. It isn’t up…
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By Shawn Whatley,Senior Fellow,Macdonald-Laurier Institute,Courtesy of Troy Media. When it comes to health care, Canadians only seem to care about one thing: Are we better than the United States? As long as we “beat” the U.S., we remain smug about…
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Chris Clegg Alberta has another political party hell-bent on independence. To be fair, that’s not entirely true. While many of its party members do beat the drums, the Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta will give that decision to the voters…
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Pearl Lorentzen Years ago, I went out for dim sum with a group of Vancouverites of Chinese descent in Vancouver’s Chinatown. It was fun, but if I had poor emotional well-being going into it, I would have felt worse afterward.…
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Richard Froese When will the restrictions end for the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s a big question everyone asks and waits for an answer. Many feel like prisoners who have lost our freedoms since the pandemic started in Canada in March 2020.…
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Chris Clegg I believe we live in the greatest country in the world. Still, one should never rest on their laurels and realize there is room for improvement. Allow me to explain. Too many Albertans can’t seem to understand that…
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Jeff Burgar People say this will be one great big driving and camping summer in Alberta. Backed up demand, people sick of being cooped up and isolated, and the issues surrounding travel out-of-province and out-of-country. It isn’t just in Alberta.…
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Joe McWilliams As a rule, I take a dim view of hero worship. It can lead to bad things; maybe at best it is just silly. Fun, probably, but looking at it from the sidelines, it does seem pretty goofy.…
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Chris Clegg What is the most important job an MLA can do for you? Is it not to represent the wishes of the people who elected him/her? Last week, 15 Alberta UCP MLAs, including Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Loewen, decided…
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Richard Froese Volunteers serve valuable roles in any community. Their special week is coming up. National Volunteer Week returns April 18-24. Communities and citizens will get an opportunity to thank and honour the valued volunteers who reach out to make…
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