Wranglers vs. Wagner

Does it make sense to support the arts? An economist’s view on cultural funding.

• Arts
• Culture
• Economy
• Feature

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Aluminum, Arts Funding, Chamber of Commerce, Fringe festival, Glenbow, Migration, Museums, Northern Lights, Olympics, Royal Alberta Museum, Wild Rose Country

December 1, 2007

Knowing the Score

Taking the pulse of Alberta’s symphony orchestras.

• Culture
• Feature

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Badlands, Ballet, Brazil, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Classical Music, Dave Hancock, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Music, Quality of Life, Teacher Strike

Theatre Goes South

A Calgary playwright makes the case for crowning Cowtown our drama capital.

• Arts
• Feature

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Theatre Projects, Alberta Views, Bob White, Cultural Centre, Eugene Stickland, Fringe festival, Rodeo, Theatre, Theatre Junction

Pruning Martin

Short Story Contest Winner 2007

• Original Fiction
• Short Story Contest Winner

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Biography, Casinos, Gardening

Down the River

The province says life is fine downstream from the oil sands. So why does nobody in Fort Chipewyan believe it?

• Environment
• Feature
• Justice

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Athabasca, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Athabasca River, Canada, Dene Nation, Fort Chipewyan, Freedom of Information, Health Canada, Ireland, Jeremy Klaszus, Keyano College, Muskrat, Pollution, Population, Rivers, Rocky Mountains, Suncor, Tailings Ponds, Wetlands, Whistleblowers, Wood Buffalo

November 1, 2007

The Ponds

Oil sands extraction makes a lot of waste. Where does it all go? Welcome to Alberta’s tailings ponds.

• Environment
• Feature
• Oil

Tags: Alaska, Alberta, Alberta Views, Andrew Nikiforuk, Athabasca, Athabasca River, Audit, Auditor General, Bitumen, Chamber of Commerce, Iran, Mediation, Oil and Gas, Oil Sands, Rivers, Suncor, Syncrude, Tailings Ponds, University of Lethbridge, University of Windsor, Wetlands

Western Taxidermy

What happens when a taxidermist shows up at the baby shower? And why was she invited?

• Original Fiction

Tags: Africa, Alberta, Alberta Views, Barb Howard, Pheasant, South Africa

The Hidden Face of Prosperity

In northern Alberta, a sharp rise in prostitution is a devastating downside of the boom.

• Feature
• Justice
• Social Issues

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Police, Alberta Views, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Children's services, Finland, Ice Age, Population, Residential Schools, Resignation, Sex Work

Closing Doors

When a reporter knocks on the doors of the bereaved, ethics clash with duty. Especially when murder has struck her own family.

• Ethics
• Feature
• Media

Tags: Alberta Views, Freedom of Information, Geriatric Healthcare, Journalism, Palliative Care

October 1, 2007