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When MLA Robyn Luff declared last November that she would boycott the Legislature because of a “culture of fear and intimidation” emanating from the premier’s office, she expected immediate [...]

paul van den bosch says YES Many studies and a wealth of evidence show that home education is academically and socially good for the student and also benefits their family. The proof is in [...]

Alberta’s most recent budget (2018–19) projected an $8.8-billion deficit—a shortfall of $2,024 per Albertan. Although that estimate was revised to $6.9 billion in the February third quarter [...]

Dear Rona Altrows, When I was asked if I wanted to review your latest book, At This Juncture, I didn’t really know what the book was “about.” I didn’t need to know what it was about though—I’m [...]

It was by all accounts, a fiery speech. Standing on a blue-curtained stage in front of a couple thousand supporters at the UCP’s inaugural policy convention in Red Deer in May 2018, leader Jason [...]

Edmonton writer Gary Garrison never expected to be called into parenting—again—in his retirement 60s. But having committed to co-parenting his partner’s young grandchildren, he reached out to [...]

The NDP’s victory in the May 2015 Alberta election stunned many Albertans and Canadians, even many party supporters. The shock was not so much at the PCs’ defeat, but rather that it came at the [...]

With a provincial election drawing near, those who care about Alberta’s environment face the question of how to vote. But I don’t think there really is a question. At election time an incumbent [...]

Every year hundreds of men from Central America and the Philippines come under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to work as beekeepers in northern Alberta. In 2018 Canada produced $196,600,000 [...]

When well-known early 20th-century Banff photographer Byron Harmon was roving the central Rockies around Banff, capturing his now-iconic black and white images, a lesser-known contemporary was [...]