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Alberta leads in job growth again: Minister Schow

Posted on December 11, 2025

Once again, Alberta is leading the nation, adding 28,700 jobs in November 2025. This is more than half the total number of jobs created across… Read More »

Reflections on dignity and survival

Posted on December 8, 2025

I write today not to point fingers, but to bear witness. Too often, systems answer stigma with control instead of care. I write to affirm… Read More »

Alberta has a lot to be proud of

Posted on November 27, 2025

This year, Albertans have a lot to celebrate.  Our province has been growing at an unprecedented pace. People are coming here because they want a… Read More »

UCP government caused teachers’ strike

Posted on November 13, 2025

Three important problems directly leading to the teachers’ strike are exclusively of the UCP’s own making. Firstly, they brag about attracting new people to Alberta… Read More »

Potential cuts to foreign aid ill-advised

Posted on October 30, 2025

In his address to the nation on October 22, Prime Minister Carney said he would cut wasteful spending and make unprecedented investments in Canada. We… Read More »

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 »

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