Town and Country—two solitudes
When Alberta Premier Danielle Smith rails against the federal Liberals as she is inclined to do, I usually find myself agreeing with the feds. This…
Is Trump intimidating the press?
Quite a list of American publications, including The New York Times, Boston Globe, Seattle Times, Las Vegas Sun and The New Yorker, have endorsed Kamala…
Give Ford an A for appointing Philpott
The announcement that Ontario’s Conservative government had appointed Dr. Jane Philpott, former federal Liberal cabinet minister, to head a team mandated to connect all Ontarians…
The good fracking
Little sets environmentalists’ teeth on edge more than fracking. The technique was long-used with conventional vertical oil and gas wells to stimulate production. Hydraulic fluids…
New Brunswick and BC’s promising election results
In less than two weeks the world’s most important election will take place, and the world awaits with baited breath. The result could be very…
We need the emissions cap
Conservatives love rhyming slogans. Alberta’s Conservative government has come up with a dandy in their latest fight with the feds: “scrap the cap.” The cap…
And the rich get richer
Statistics Canada recently reported that in at least one respect this country is moving in the wrong direction. Income inequality has risen to the highest…
Why there should never have been an oil sands industry
I believe in free markets, at least for most commerce. As do most Albertans. Partly because they believe a free market in oil made them…
About Samidoun and the terrorist list
Until a few days ago I had never heard of the organization Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. And then suddenly it had become an issue…
Widdowson wins … sort of
Early last year I posted about the Frances Widdowson case. Dr. Widdowson was a tenured professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary until she ran…
Alberta—no advantage for the low income
Everyone has heard of the Alberta Advantage. They must have, the province never stops promoting it. And what makes the Alberta Advantage? Well, according to…
Symbolic win on climate change
One hundred and forty-two years ago the world’s first coal-burning power station went on line at the Holborn Viaduct in London, England. Coal had already…