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Police investigate the scene where two officers were shot and killed on duty in Edmonton on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

HACKETT: Officers lost too soon

As I sat down to write this column, the original headline I…

  • Mar 22, 2023
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Lessons on life and grieving from a box of paper

A box of paper. In the end, is that all a life…

<em>Kris Sims is the Alberta Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.</em>

Don’t blow the boom

By Kris Sims Counting on another oil boom to balance Alberta’s future…

  • Mar 15, 2023
FILE – The Ocean Cleanup project’s latest iteration of plastic-collecting technology, the System 002, will leave Victoria and heads to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (Photo courtesy of the Ocean Cleanup/ Twitter)

OPINION: Court case could kill progress on plastic pollution in Canada

‘The world is beginning to act to reduce the plastic crisis’

  • Mar 6, 2023
FILE – The Ocean Cleanup project’s latest iteration of plastic-collecting technology, the System 002, will leave Victoria and heads to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (Photo courtesy of the Ocean Cleanup/ Twitter)
Joseph Quesnel

OPINION: Indian Act again under attack

Indigenous communities need to be allowed to experiment and innovate through local self-rule

  • Mar 6, 2023
Joseph Quesnel
Christina Komives headshot

OPINION: No, I don’t have it all together, and that’s all right

Five years ago I was a new mom fresh off a year…

  • Feb 27, 2023
Christina Komives headshot
Sylvain Charlebois

OPINION: Farmers are partnering with investors to bolster the agricultural sector

Did you know that the largest farmland owner in the country is not even a farmer?

  • Feb 16, 2023
Sylvain Charlebois
Mp Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)

OPINION: Good governance and you

The latest from MP Damien Kurek

  • Feb 14, 2023
Mp Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)
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Valentines date with a book: Recommended romance reads for the love season

I am not ashamed to say that the Valentine season is not…

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Mp Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)

OPINION: Good governance and you

The latest from MP Damien Kurek

  • Feb 10, 2023
Mp Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)
MLA Jackie Lovely

MLA Jackie Lovely on the ‘catch and release’ bail system

Opinion

  • Feb 9, 2023
MLA Jackie Lovely
Mp Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)

OPINION: Innovation and ingenuity: Solutions that work for you

The latest from MP Damien Kurek

  • Feb 8, 2023
Mp Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)
Bashaw RCMP Sgt. Bruce Holliday

Statement from MP Damien Kurek on passing of Staff Sgt. Bruce Holliday

‘(He) exemplified professionalism and community service’

  • Feb 2, 2023
Bashaw RCMP Sgt. Bruce Holliday
Damien Kurek

OPINION: Looking back at 2022

By MP Damien Kurek As we look forward to 2023 and back…

  • Dec 29, 2022
Damien Kurek
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Top 5 alternative, novelty Christmas songs

If you’re a fan of Santa Claus, this one’s not for you

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Damien Kurek

OPINION: Hope and perspective during the holidays

By MP Damien Kurek The story of Jesus’s birth reminds us of…

  • Dec 22, 2022
Damien Kurek
Yarrow Creek. (Photo submitted/by Brent Calver)

Conserving grassland ecosystems in Alberta has global impact

Alberta commentary on UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15)

  • Dec 7, 2022
Yarrow Creek. (Photo submitted/by Brent Calver)
Mp Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)

MP Damien Kurek: Community and the Christmas season

Opinion

  • Dec 2, 2022
Mp Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)
MP Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)

OPINION: Canada is broken. It’s the Conservatives who will fix it.

The latest from MP Damien Kurek

  • Nov 18, 2022
MP Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)
MP Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)

OPINION: War…

By Damien Kurek As a Canadian and Member of Parliament, I am…

  • Nov 4, 2022
MP Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)