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Appel: UCP shoots itself in foot at convention

Posted on May 23, 2018

Last week’s inaugural UCP convention in Red Deer attracted 2,600 attendees, making it the largest political convention in Alberta’s history. This is certainly a positive.… Read More »

Appel: NDP ignoring rural concerns

Posted on April 19, 2018

If the provincial election were held today, the NDP would likely be wiped out in rural Alberta, which is largely a result of their own… Read More »

Appel: Tory arguments against pot legalization don’t add up

Posted on April 5, 2018

With the legalization of recreational marijuana approaching across the land, the debate over its merits will no doubt resurface. The federal Conservatives remain staunchly opposed… Read More »

All Shook Up wows Raymond audience

Posted on March 29, 2018

Allison Billings Westwind Weekly News Raymond Playhouse Theatre preformed All Shook Up from March 14th to the 24th to near-sold out audiences. This fun-filled show,… Read More »

Appel: The NDP’s confused climate policy

Posted on March 22, 2018

Watching Alberta’s legislature vote unanimously in favour of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, it’s become quite clear if it wasn’t already that pipelines are the… Read More »

Appel: Stanley, Cormier verdicts show much reconciliation work needs to be done

Posted on March 1, 2018

There was a much justified outpouring of anger in the past few weeks with the acquittals of Gerald Stanley and Raymond Cormier, who were accused… Read More »

Appel: ‘Peoplekind’ is much ado about nothing

Posted on February 21, 2018

It was the gaffe heard around the world. At the Edmonton stop of his cross-country town hall series, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau interrupted one of… Read More »

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