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Alberta needs to ditch the CPP

Posted on July 6, 2024

Dear Editor: The Alberta Pension Plan (APP) is good for Albertans! It is constitutionally guaranteed that a province may withdraw from the Canadian Pension Plan… Read More »

Canadians need to turf Trudeau

Posted on June 6, 2024

Dear Editor,  It is sickening to see our PM fly to the 80th anniversary of D-Day. He will have a speech about the brave men… Read More »

Heroes of Normandy remembered on 80th anniversary

Posted on June 6, 2024

Dear Editor,  Death struck deeply into those who waded ashore on June 6, 1944, struggling to quickly move from their landing craft to the sand… Read More »

Every effort needed to combat climate change

Posted on May 31, 2024

I am a concerned Canadian citizen. We can’t afford NOT to take climate action. New research published in the journal Nature concludes that the cost… Read More »

RE: Focus on far-right extremism (May 16 edition, Dr. Amy Mack)

Posted on May 31, 2024

Dear Editor, Says Dr. Amy, folks are struggling, and are angry, they now need a new target, referring to the Coutts border dispute. It seems… Read More »

WHO overreach in upcoming pandemic treaty

Posted on May 23, 2024

Dear Editor: The World Health Organization is meeting beginning May 27 until June 2 to initiate new regulations for Public Health Emergencies of International Concern,… Read More »

No Trans-Mountain without Trudeau

Posted on May 9, 2024

 About six years ago the federal government spent $4.5 billion taxpayer dollars to keep Trans-Mountain alive. About a year later, our MP, Mr. Motz, wrote… Read More »

Feds nosing into provincial powers with Pharmacare

Posted on May 2, 2024

Once again the Liberal/NDP government pushes into a jurisdiction that does not belong to it. Health is provincially controlled, but now the federal government is… Read More »

UCP failing to preserve Alberta democracy

Posted on May 2, 2024

More and more, we see paternalistic policy from the UCP. I know many who would benefit from the national pharmacare program: diabetics who cannot afford medications… Read More »

AWARE group sounds warning about water issues

Posted on April 25, 2024

We all need water. But will it be available for everyone this summer?  Last year in Alberta, several agricultural states of emergency were declared across… Read More »

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