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Alberta Pension Plan figures inflated and misleading

Posted on October 26, 2023

Dear Editor, To the Premier of Alberta, my correspondence today is in reference to your plan to start an Alberta pension plan. My first concern is… Read More »

Bill C-69 ruling good news for Alberta

Posted on October 19, 2023

The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled Bill C-69 – also known as the “no more pipelines law” – unconstitutional. The reversal of this intrusive… Read More »

Canada failing on TB front

Posted on October 12, 2023

It was very disappointing that Canada did not attend the high level meeting on TB in New York last month. It was an opportunity to… Read More »

Re: Taber Times Sept. 27 “We tell the stories that matter to you”

Posted on October 5, 2023

Dear Taber Times, Thank you for being the voice of our Taber community for all these years. Our Visser family has lived in Taber and district… Read More »

Creating partnerships key to building more affordable homes

Posted on September 28, 2023

Affordability and access to housing are concerns that are top of mind for Albertans province-wide. The rising cost of living, higher interest rates, and increasing… Read More »

Too old, too late to cut the mustard anymore

Posted on September 21, 2023

Dear Editor, Not everyone can write the Power Engineer’s 2nd class exam and pass it. I have worked in various Power Plants for 25 years.… Read More »

UCP policy reversals costing taxpayers

Posted on August 31, 2023

Dear Editor: Re: U. C. P. reversal of private medical lab testing Another U.C.P. reversal, the latest in a long line of policy reversals, is… Read More »

Re: July 25 essay by Professor Newell of Carleton University —“Why NATO must continue to support Ukraine”

Posted on August 11, 2023

Dear Editor,  Thank you for printing Professor Newell’s essay. It is highly informative and useful for anyone wanting to appraise the responses by Canada and… Read More »

TB an ever-present global threat

Posted on August 3, 2023

TB continues to be the most deadly overlooked infectious disease, killing 1.6 million people a year. Overlooked to the point that a new vaccine for… Read More »

One vaccine for a century

Posted on July 27, 2023

In the aftermath of World War One, humankind was going through a rough time of deadly diseases such as Tuberculosis and various pandemics. Good enough,… Read More »

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