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Agriculture sector must remain key election priority
Posted on May 16, 2023Alberta farmers represent less than one percent of Alberta’s population yet contribute billions to Alberta’s economy directly, as well as through exports and supplying value-added… Read More »
Time to ensure a provincial carbon tax never returns to Alberta
Posted on May 10, 2023There’s bad news, good news and hope for the future. The bad news is Albertans are paying more to drive to work, heat their homes and to buy groceries, thanks to the latest federal carbon tax hike. The good news is Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government has almost neutralized that pump… Read More »
Private school funding is out of whack
Posted on May 3, 2023Imagine if Elon Musk said that the state of California should help fund his private planes and helicopters because he still pays taxes for state… Read More »
Grocery executive profits while Canadians struggle with inflation
Posted on April 12, 2023The executive board of Loblaws Companies has approved a 10 per cent pay raise, after referring to grocery mogul and billionaire president of Loblaw Companies… Read More »
Indian Act again under attack
Posted on March 28, 2023Political attacks on the Indian Act are back in the news, and that is a good thing. However, Canadian politicians, including First Nation politicians, need… Read More »
Are Canadians ready to ‘ditch the switch’ with Daylight Saving Time?
Posted on March 22, 2023Quite honestly, why do we still have daylight saving time? We can’t think of any rational purpose that it still serves in a modern society… Read More »
Conservative wildlife management through the decades
Posted on March 15, 2023Editor: In the 1970s and early 80s Peter Lougheed created Alberta’s first government departments for protection of the environment. As part of this, he hired… Read More »
Drag has always been mainstream
Posted on March 15, 2023From Japanese Kabuki, to Greek and Roman theatre, and Shakepeare’s Elizabethan stage, despite claims that drag performance is a trend on the rise, the history… Read More »
The time to overhaul NORAD is now
Posted on February 28, 2023For many, NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command) conjures up old Cold War nostalgia, complete with DEW lines and SAC bombers hovering just outside Soviet… Read More »
New editor makes return to weekly newspaper chain
Posted on February 22, 2023By Trevor Busch Sunny South News “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” That tired old chestnut is still rather apropos as… Read More »