Label Free

Why parties are absent from Alberta’s municipal politics.

• Feature
• Parties
• Politics

Tags: Al Duerr, Alberta, Alberta Views, Bob Hawkesworth, Brian Mason, Calgary, Claresholm, Daryl Katz, Dave Bronconnier, Don Braid, Edmonton, Edmonton Oilers, Enmax, Food Security, Hockey, Jan Reimer, Linda Sloan, Mike Nickel, Municipal Elections, Nursing, Partisan Politics, Peter Pocklington, Pierre Trudeau, Public Library, Quality of Life, Socialism, United Nurses of Alberta, Urban Sprawl, Winston Churchill

April 1, 2009

Beyond Landfill

Alberta’s cities confront the worst garbage habit in the world.

• Environment
• Feature

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Banff, Banff National Park, Banff Springs Hotel, Bears, Calgary, Canals, Chestermere, Drumheller, Edmonton, Global Warming, Grizzly Bears, Jan Reimer, Landfills, Methane, Michigan, Nova Scotia, Recycling, Reservoir, Sid Marty, Wetlands

Mr. Tree

“A tree gives glory to God by being a tree.”- Thomas Merton. The first in a special three-part feature.

• Culture
• Environment
• Essay
• Feature

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Cemetery, Holocaust, Iraq, Jeremy Klaszus, Latvia, Lutheran, Nazis, Outer Space, Poland, Propaganda, Saudi Arabia, Socialism, Student Visa

One Swell Foop

Lust-fuelled activism gone awry.

• Original Fiction

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Canada, Health Canada, Pharmaceuticals, Public Opinion, Short Story

March 1, 2009

Party of One

The curiously unheralded life of Alberta’s longest-serving premier.

• Feature
• Leadership
• Parties
• Politics

Tags: Alaska, Alberta, Alberta Politics, Alberta Treasury Branches, Alberta Views, Alex Rettie, Authoritarianism, Bible Belt, Biography, Civil Service, Commonwealth, Communism, Ernest Manning, Israel, Leduc, Lutheran, Medical Insurance, Peter Lougheed, Populism, Preston Manning, Protestant, Pulitzer Prize, Socialism, Western Canada Concept

Mind Games

Think tanks compete for hearts and minds—and influence how government acts.

• Feature
• Policy
• Politics

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Politics, Alberta Views, Barry Cooper, Biodiversity, Canada Research Chair, Civil Service, Communism, Fraser Institute, Oil Sands, Parkland Institute, Preston Manning, Propaganda, Public Healthcare, Ricardo Acuna, Supreme Court, Think Tank, Transalta, University of Lethbridge, Warfare

“Our Worst-Run Election Ever”

Chaos. Patronage. Bias. What went wrong—and how the government can restore public confidence.

• Elections
• Feature
• Politics

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Politics, Alberta Views, Audit, Auditor General, Calgary Flames, Canadian Press, Conflict of Interest, Ed Stelmach, Elections Alberta, Electoral Officer, Executive Council, Hockey, Lorne Gibson, Newspapers, Polling Stations, Scrutineering

Our Human Rights Commission

A threat to free speech, or a safeguard of human dignity?

• Ethics
• Feature
• Indigenous Topics
• Social Issues

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Censorship, Discrimination, Freedom of Speech, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Human Rights and Citizenship Commission, Indian Act, LGBTQ, Max Wyman, Muslim, National Post, Pierre Trudeau, Racism, Rape, Seattle

January 1, 2009

Not in My Backyard

Finding the right neighbourhood for a halfway house is difficult—but not impossible.

• Activism
• Education
• Feature

Tags: Calgary Stampede, Correctional Centre, Criminal Justice, Drop-in Centre, Public Opinion, Salvation Army, Sunalta, Treatment Facility, University of Saskatchewan, Victoria Park