Equalization Rage
It has been called the superglue of Canada’s Confederation. It is also, ironically, one of the things that keeps driving provinces apart. It is ridiculously complicated, made more so by [...]
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Is a Carbon Tax the Best Way to Reduce GHG Emissions?
A dialogue between Jennifer Winter and Ian Urquhart
Conflict Between Humans and Wildlife
Photo Essay by Dan Rafla
The Death of Annie the Water Witcher by Lightning
Audrey J. Whitson’s excellent new novel,The Death of Annie the Water Witcher by Lightning, starts with the act of witching in Alberta, which is to say the story is both a complex tale and a [...]
Inner Ranges: An Anthology of Mountain Thoughts and Mountain People
Mountains are a constant theme in Geoff Powter’s life. The Canmore-based climber has decades of experience ascending hard routes in the Canadian Rockies, Yosemite Valley and the Himalayas. With [...]
The Western Alienation Merit Badge
The Alberta of Nancy Jo Cullen’s The Western Alienation Merit Badge will sound familiar to many readers, “with its newly bankrupt oil barons, out-of-work rig hands, jobless heavy-duty mechanics [...]
The Plans to Strip-Mine Coal in the Mountains
A threat to the Eastern Slopes watershed
Can Climate Change Be Reversed?
David Keith’s carbon removal moonshot
Keetsahnak: Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters
This powerful collection of writing and knowledge-sharing builds upon the good work of the Walking with Our Sisters (WWOS) art installation/commemorative gathering of moccasin tops—called [...]