Baba’s Other Children
Last summer Deron Bilous, Alberta’s minister of economic development and trade, announced 2016–2017 would be the year of the Ukrainian-Canadian. Weeks later he declared that every September 7 in [...]
History
History
Hugh Dempsey
Hugh Dempsey has added greatly to our understanding of Alberta’s heritage. As a researcher, editor, writer and archivist, he has rescued many aspects of our history by collecting historical [...]
By Donald Smith
On Gifted Ground
This is just a wisp of a memory, of the Native man at the back door of our 1950s bungalow north of Alberta Avenue, in early January, carrying a pail full of frozen whitefish. He knew his [...]
The People’s Voice
They sold a provincial treasure for ten bucks. When the Crown corporation ACCESS—following the orders of the Ralph Klein government to get out of the radio business—handed over CKUA to the [...]
The Reservist
Once a year I attend a parade. The occasion is a combined celebration of St. George’s Day and the birthday of the King’s Own Calgary Regiment. The event consists of a parade to a church, a church [...]
By Barb Howard
Assembling Auntie
The first time I saw her photograph, I lingered on her face. She looked confident, like a person at peace. The inscription said she was “Auntie,” nanny to the children of Colonel James Macleod. [...]
By Cheryl Foggo
Art of This Place…
Grazing through art history with distinctly contemporary eyes, Chris Carson singles out Tom Thomson’s well-loved The Jack Pine— and lightheartedly tweaks the nose of an icon that has [...]
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Should All Drugs Be Decriminalized?
Hakique Virani says yes.
Twelve-step addiction recovery programs teach that it is irrational to “do the same thing over and over again expecting different results.” This should be a lesson for legislators too. As the 4,000 Canadian families who lost a loved one to an opioid overdose last year know, our ...
Alberta’s $15 Minimum Wage
Ian Hussey anticipates benefits.
Alberta’s minimum wage was tied for Canada’s lowest when Rachel Notley became premier. On October 1 it will rise to $15 an hour—a 47 per cent hike over three years.
In 2015 the Canadian Federation of Independent Business claimed that Alberta’s increase would cost the province “between 53,500 ...
The Pipelines We Need
Read any of Alberta’s daily newspapers and you will know that our province’s only hope is new pipelines. Nothing else will save us. I took some convincing, but I’m in. In fact, I’d like to propose two new pipelines.
These pipelines, unlike Trans Mountain or the thankfully dead Northern Gateway, should ...