Silver Linings
Every morning before going on his rounds of the palliative care unit at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital, unit director Dr. Robin Fainsinger listens to the night nurses’ detailed report on the [...]
Situation Critical
On that fateful Friday night at the end of March, when Premier Ralph Klein discovered he had fewer party members in his camp than he’d hoped, it became clear that his pet project was doomed as [...]
Pushed to the Edge
There are two things you never want to have happen to you. One of them is to suffer a mental illness. The other is to suffer a mental illness and try to get admitted to a hospital. The problem is [...]
Back to the Future
It is just after 11:00am, June 14, 2006. Jim Dinning takes the stage at Calgary’s Vertigo Theatre, located at the base of the Calgary Tower, perhaps the city’s most symbolic corporate [...]
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The Consequences of How We Pay Doctors
At approximately 9:21 p.m., on May 18, 2015, a couple driving on Edmonton’s Yellowhead Trail called 911 to report a suspected impaired driver. They said he appeared “like someone high on drugs.” At 9:33 p.m., two police officers in an unmarked vehicle pulled up behind the Nissan Maxima, which was now stopped ...
Misplaced Anger
Should Alberta ditch Canada? This simple yet ominous question—blazoned on two Alberta billboards earlier this year, and asked by many in the recent provincial election campaign—reflects a deep feeling of frustration and resentment throughout the province, much of it directed at Ottawa.
Environics, in their 2019 Survey of Canadians, found 71 ...
Heritage Trust Fund
A decade ago, when Alberta was debt-free and staring at a $7.4-billion surplus, Premier Ralph Klein decided it was time to spread the wealth. He announced that every person who lived in the province—and, as it turned out, more than a few who didn’t—would receive a cheque for $400 as ...