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 Jury Selection Be Changed?
Steven Penney says yes.
Imagine receiving a jury summons in the mail. You dutifully report to the courthouse and wait patiently for the selection process to unfold. When your name is finally called, you stand before the judge, lawyers and defendant. One of lawyers utters “challenge,” and the judge immediately tells ...
Reducing the Harm
It's a little after 10 o’clock in the morning and Taylor feels like she’s climbing the walls.
When her name is called and the door to Lethbridge’s supervised drug consumption site buzzes open, Taylor moves quickly on her crutches. She settles into a chair at the second booth from the end ...
Justice For None
Blair Jason Hinkley, accused of aggravated sexual assault, was released from an Alberta prison in 2016 because the Crown took too long to bring the case to trial. Hinkley was then arrested again, in June 2017, and charged with assaulting another woman. In April 2018 the case of alleged murderer ...