Back to the Future

Jim Dinning: a new Conservative, or the same old story?

• Feature
• Leadership
• Politics

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Politics, Alberta Views, Banff, Biography, Budget Cuts, Canada, Canada Health Act, Dave Hancock, Don Getty, Firewall Letter, Intergovernmental Affairs, Jim Dinning, Laurence Decore, Minister of Advanced Education, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Education, Minister of Infrastructure, Minister of Justice, Minority Government, Nancy MacBeth, Oral History, Parkland Institute, Peter Lougheed, Polio, Polling Stations, Strathmore, The Banff Centre, Transalta, University of Lethbridge, Vegreville

November 1, 2006

Trouble in the Fields

Landowners near coalbed methane wells say government won’t protect their water. Who will?

• Energy
• Environment
• Feature

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Aquifers, Coalbed Methane, David Swann, Jeremy Klaszus, Methane, Migration, Public Safety

October 1, 2006

The Lion-Hearted

Calgary’s Kurds live poised between a horrific past and an uncertain future.

• Culture
• Feature
• Social Issues

Tags: Afghanistan, Alberta, Alberta Views, Alison Azer, Charter Schools, genocide, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kurdistan, Persian Gulf War, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Syria, Warfare, Workers’ Compensation Board

Spreading the Wealth

Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez is betting that oil revenues can fuel profound social change.

• Energy
• Feature

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Argentina, Brazil, Brian Mulroney, Chamber of Commerce, Chauvinism, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Foreign Policy, Free Trade, Heritage Fund, Jean Chretien, Labrador, Massachusetts, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, North America Trade Agreement, Oil Sands, Resignation, Venezuela

Alberta’s PSE Crisis

Albertans are giving post-secondary education a failing grade. But government seems oblivious.

• Education
• Feature
• Postsecondary

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Class Size, Keyano College, Literacy, Minister of Advanced Education, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Olds college, Post-Secondary Education, Quality of Life, Scholarship, Undergraduate, University of Lethbridge

September 1, 2006

One of Our Own

Heather Schmidt is a product of Alberta’s outstanding musical culture—and the world is taking notice.

• Feature
• Performing arts

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Banff, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Chinook, Heather Schmidt, Music, The Banff Centre

Speaking in Tongues

One province, many languages: Babel or boom?

• Culture
• Education
• Feature

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Casinos, English as a Second Language, Globalization, International Students, Sudan

Ralph Klein’s Real Legacy

Forget debt-slashing. The premier’s greatest achievement is a one-party state so deeply entrenched that it may never be dislodged.

• Feature
• Parties
• Politics

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Association of Municipal Districts, Alberta Views, Autonomy, Biography, Bitumen, Coalbed Methane, Don Getty, Executive Council, Foreign Affairs, Hansard, Hudson's Bay, Laurence Decore, Mavericks, Methane, Monarchy, Oil and Gas, Oligarchy, Parkland Institute, Peter Lougheed, Populism, Preston Manning, Private Market, Property Rights, Public Opinion, Public Safety, Ralph Klein, Social Credit party, Sour Gas, Views

Rattus Non Gratus

Alberta’s ongoing crusade against a gnawful enemy.

• Feature
• Wildlife

Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Calgary Stampede, Geo Takach, Great Depression, Writers Guild of Alberta

July 1, 2006