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Editorial – Of course, you should return the shopping cart

Mac Olsen The ‘nanny state’ should not be required when it comes to returning a shopping cart to its rightful owner, or better yet, the user shouldn’t be taking it off the retailer’s property in the first place. The title…

October 9, 2018 · by Admin2015 ·

The View From Here – Universities abdicate their responsibilities by failing to defend free speech

Tom Henihan It is remarkable how many Canadian universities have to have their hand forced in order to behave with moral courage and intellectual honesty. It is not just remarkable that they behave in such a defensive, and cowardly manner…

October 2, 2018 · by Admin2015 ·

Commentary – A strong Canadian identity shouldn’t need defending

Tom Henihan The Canadian Conservative Party house leader, Candice Bergen, recently stated that the party will place special emphasis on defending a “strong Canadian identity” during the fall session of Parliament. Because politics abhors a vacuum but runs primarily on…

October 2, 2018 · by Admin2015 ·

Editorial – Could you live on $75 of groceries per week, Coulliard?

Mac Olsen Philippe Couillard, Leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec, should be taken to task for saying that a family of three in his province could live on $75 worth of groceries per week. Couillard made that statement during…

October 2, 2018 · by Admin2015 ·

The View From Here – Our sense of social community should always be inclusive and never elite

Tom Henihan There are many definitions of the word “community” but the Oxford dictionary offers one that is most commonly understood as defining social community: “A particular area or place considered together with its inhabitants,”i.e. ‘a rural community’ or a…

September 25, 2018 · by Admin2015 ·

Commentary – Are you a FOMO addict?

Jeff Burgar Mark Zuckerberg, boss of Facebook, connives. He schemes. His entire company is a engine of psychotic destruction, wrecking weak minds. Sitting before an investigation in Washington, he lied through his teeth after admitting Facebook was broken. Yes indeed,…

September 25, 2018 · by Admin2015 ·

Editorial – 5G Internet service for urban centres should not displace rural Canadians

Mac Olsen Rural residents in the Peace Country should take notice of a federal proposal to provide 5G Internet service to urban centres, because we stand to lose substantially if it proceeds. The Edmonton Sun had a story about this…

September 25, 2018 · by Admin2015 ·

The View From Here – A universal national, school nutrition program is long overdue

Tom Henihan Napoleon Bonaparte famously said “an army marches on its stomach.” As a military man, Napoleon knew that the most courageous and able soldiers, capable of prevailing over the most formidable adversaries, could always be defeated by malnourishment and…

September 19, 2018 · by Admin2015 ·

Commentary – Total handgun ban won’t make society safer

Mac Olsen Once again, there are calls for a total ban on handgun ownership in Canada – but don’t believe for one moment that this will eliminate gun violence and tragedies from occurring, or that their use in armed robberies…

September 19, 2018 · by Admin2015 ·

Editorial – Beware the ‘Soldiers of Odin’ and other groups proclaiming their ‘humanitarian’ causes

Mac Olsen A far-right group in Edmonton is masquerading as a legitimate, charitable organization that takes care of the poor and the homeless. Hitler and the Nazi Party used a similar tacit during national elections in Weimar Germany in the…

September 19, 2018 · by Admin2015 · 2

The View From Here – Just because John A. Macdonald was Canada’s first does not mean he was an exemplary prime minister

Tom Henihan The recent dethroning of John A. Macdonald, both of his statues and stature has predictably caused some heavily contested arguments. Obviously, in this era of Truth and Reconciliation, what Macdonald represents to indigenous Canadians is abhorrent as it…

September 12, 2018 · by Admin2015 ·

Commentary – Why fall is my favourite season

Callie Hermanson “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” – Anne of Green Gables. I look forward to fall every year and here are some reasons why fall is my favourite season: There are many…

September 12, 2018 · by Admin2015 ·

Editorial – Protective nets for all indoor hockey arenas should be mandatory

Mac Olsen I find myself agreeing with a Quebec coroner regarding the need for protective nets in hockey arenas, to reduce the risk of deaths from pucks. On Sept. 4, the National Post published a story by the Canadian Press…

September 12, 2018 · by Admin2015 ·

The View From Here – Always wishing to impose restrictions, the federal Conservatives vote to ban birthright citizenship

Tom Henihan With all the pressing issues here in Canada and internationally the best the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada policy convention could do to grab headlines is to pit unborn children against unborn children. The present law dictates that…

September 5, 2018 · by Admin2015 ·

Commentary – No reason to hide under the bed

Chris Clegg In a Peanuts cartoon years ago, Linus is reading a newspaper. He tells Lucy, “I never realized the world was in such sad shape.” “What are you reading, the front page?” asks Lucy. “No, the movie ads!” says…

September 5, 2018 · by Admin2015 ·