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Smith is squandering Alberta’s future

Posted on October 16, 2025

Today is a good day to say a hard “NO” to Premier Smith regarding pipeline expansion. Her petulance and bullying are wearying. Talk of carbon… Read More »

Landowners lament land loss due to Hwy 3 twinning

Posted on October 16, 2025

RE: Highway 3 twinning project paves the way for a better future (Insight Magazine June 2025) & Highway 3 food corridor grows wider by the… Read More »

Housing crisis should be front and centre in federal budget

Posted on October 16, 2025

I’ve not only seen how the housing crisis has deeply affected our community, I have and am still living it. As a handicapped 49 year… Read More »

Choose wisely in municipal elections

Posted on October 2, 2025

Vamini Selvanandan Municipal elections are upon us, and with them comes another opportunity to exercise our democratic right to vote. Elections remind us that we… Read More »

Plowing up the prairie: Will history repeat itself?

Posted on September 26, 2025

If you like space and the sense of spaciousness, you’ll like prairie grasslands. There isn’t the grandeur of a mountain peak, the sheltering aspect of… Read More »

Re: Canola or cars? Canada can’t save both

Posted on September 11, 2025

Just read the opinion “Canola or Cars”. I agree with all Doug Firby wrote except he forgot the most important detail why canola will be… Read More »

The risks of nuclear power plants

Posted on September 11, 2025

Recently I read in the Lethbridge Herald that Premier Danielle Smith was looking for feedback on nuclear power energy in the province of Alberta. I… Read More »

Immigration crisis demands immediate action: Minister Schow

Posted on August 21, 2025

“The federal government has lost control of sustainable immigration in Canada. Despite promises from Prime Minister Mark Carney to restore sustainable levels, Canada is on… Read More »

Free speech has limits – especially on a public stage 

Posted on August 7, 2025

Let’s be honest—Canadians aren’t intrinsically nice. But we do pride ourselves on being polite. Here in the Great White North, rudeness is a serious character… Read More »

Reader appalled by Premier Smith’s reaction to Jasper report

Posted on August 1, 2025

In true authoritarian style you attacked the message and the messenger of the Jasper fire report. The report was commissioned by the municipality and independently… Read More »

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