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Canada didn’t start current trade war
Posted on March 27, 2025The “Trump is not to blame” letter in the March 20 Westwid Weekly News illustrates a disturbing trend seen in social media of deflecting blame… Read More »
Rein in federal MP raises
Posted on March 6, 2025Did you know MPs give themselves pay raises every year in April? And not a peep from anybody, let alone the Conservative opposition. We should… Read More »
Albertans can’t afford Nathan Neudorf
Posted on March 6, 2025Like many Alberta residents, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read MLA Nathan Neudorf’s remarks to the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce in the Lethbridge… Read More »
Poilievre transformation politically expedient
Posted on February 27, 2025Pierre Poilievre (Brokenitis) has spent the last two years telling us, unendingly, how dysfunctional and broken Canada is. Now he wraps himself in our flag,… Read More »
Unfit to be prime minister
Posted on February 20, 2025In 2024 Mr. Poilievre showed three stark examples of unfitness to be prime minister. The first was at the funeral for Brian Mulroney. All other… Read More »
Trump’s 30-day tariff threat
Posted on February 20, 2025For the past two weeks all President Trump ever talked about is punishing Canada, Mexico and China over the 25 per cent tariffs. I am… Read More »
Does not play well with others
Posted on February 6, 2025An arsonist who was an incorrigible pyromaniac, well-known for setting fires, threatened to start a large fire in a community which had 14 firefighters. They… Read More »
Be a good citizen – get involved
Posted on January 16, 2025I remember recent calm, warm feelings over Christmas as I attended several community events. It helped me feel, at least in our local world, that… Read More »
Evolving beyond coal
Posted on December 12, 2024Recently, a community gasping for air voted in a non-binding referendum to approve open pit coal mining. This is a losing proposition; water will be… Read More »
Pass mine vote should not supersede regulatory approvals
Posted on December 5, 2024Dear Editor: On Nov. 25, 1957 of the 6007 eligible Crowsnest Pass residents voted in favour of Northback’s Grassy Mountain open-pit coal mining project. This… Read More »