Search
Page 93 of 185
Equalization Rage
It has been called the superglue of Canada’s Confederation. It is also, ironically, one of the things that keeps driving provinces apart. It is ridiculously complicated, made more so by politicians over the years. It could no doubt be improved. Say hello to federal equalization, a program that Alberta’s new premier, Jason Kenney, would like […]
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Equalization, Graham Thomson
July 1, 2019
Reject, Accept, Embrace
Speed it up!
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Bitumen, Bob Edwards, Fred Stenson, Geothermal Energy, Nazis, Oil and Gas, The Famous Five
Is a Carbon Tax the Best Way to Reduce GHG Emissions?
A dialogue between Jennifer Winter and Ian Urquhart
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Carbon Levy, Carbon Pricing, Carbon Tax, Debate, Global Warming, Pros and Cons
Conflict Between Humans and Wildlife
Photo Essay by Dan Rafla
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Social Media
The Death of Annie the Water Witcher by Lightning
Audrey J. Whitson’s excellent new novel,The Death of Annie the Water Witcher by Lightning, starts with the act of witching in Alberta, which is to say the story is both a complex tale and a social commentary. Witching, also known as dowsing, or divining for water, is here a skill and a talent that is […]
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Bryn Evans, Drought
Inner Ranges
An Anthology of Mountain Thoughts and Mountain People
Tags: Alaska, Alberta, Alberta Books, Alberta Views, Anthology, Canadian Rockies, Canmore, Journalism, Rocky Mountains, Vancouver
The Western Alienation Merit Badge
The Alberta of Nancy Jo Cullen’s The Western Alienation Merit Badge will sound familiar to many readers, “with its newly bankrupt oil barons, out-of-work rig hands, jobless heavy-duty mechanics and unemployed secretaries.” The novel, Cullen’s first, after three books of poetry and one short story collection, takes place primarily in the autumn of 1982, yet […]
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Books, Alberta Views, Nancy Jo Cullen, Wolsak and Wynn
The Plans to Strip-Mine Coal in the Mountains
A threat to the Eastern Slopes watershed
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Alberta's Floodplains, Banff, Banff National Park, Bears, Ben Gadd, Blairmore, Bull Trout, Canmore, Cheviot, Coal Mining, Crowsnest Pass, Eastern Slopes, elk river, Fertilizer, Fishing, Grassy Mountain, Grizzly Bears, Groundwater, Hinton, Livingstone, Lorne Fitch, Mediation, Mountain Park, North Saskatchewan River, Northern Lights, Olympics, Parks Canada, Selenium, Strip-Mine, Teck Resources, Tourism, Waterton Lakes National Park
Can Climate Change Be Reversed?
David Keith’s carbon removal moonshot
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Aquifers, Calgary Flames, Canada Research Chair, Canmore, Capitalism, Carbon Pricing, Carbon Sinks, David Keith, Hockey, Hurricanes, Massachusetts, Naomi Klein, NASA, Pembina Institute, Wildrose Party
Page 93 of 185
Can’t find what you are looking for? Try searching by topic.