Social Issues

Breaking the law to save lives in Lethbridge

It’s easy to read the two main characters of Vivek Shraya’s The Subtweet as archetypes. On one hand, we have Neela, the capital-A artist who cares more about authenticity than popularity. On the [...]

Thousands remained homeless in spite of Alberta’s 10-year plan. Then the pandemic came.

A First Nation weighs the pros and cons of buying into the oil and gas industry

Former Calgary cop Terry Coleman inspires a better response to people in mental health crisis

A dialogue between Chris Sarlo and Evelyn Forget

...and how to fix it

How brain science is changing social service delivery— the CUPS example

Filmmaker and scholar Marusya Bociurkiw’s Food Was Her Country condenses a lifetime into a few hours’ read—reflecting on her life as the queer daughter of immigrant parents, giving readers [...]

Inside Lethbridge’s supervised drug consumption site