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Humboldt anniversary a heart-wrenching experience

Humboldt anniversary a heart-wrenching experience

This past weekend has been an emotional one for Canadians -- and especially those in Humboldt, Sask. as they mark the one-year anniversary of the collision between a semi-trailer and a bus carrying members of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team.
Forgiving does not mean forgetting

Forgiving does not mean forgetting

Almost one year following the devastating crash that claimed the lives of 16 people and left several others permanently physically affected when a semi-truck collided into a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team, the scars continue to
Leadership debate delivers predictable, uninspired performances

Leadership debate delivers predictable, uninspired performances

Largely civil and respecting of the others' time to speak, at times cross talking and verbally sparring, the Alberta leadership debate covered many issues in a comparatively brief amount of time, but left a lot to be desired.
Incredible season for OKCS basketball team

Incredible season for OKCS basketball team

The Olds Koinonia Christian School (OKCS) Royals senior girls' basketball team had an outstanding 2018-19 season where they went into 1A provincials with a 29-2 overall season record.
Canada no longer carbon neutral

Canada no longer carbon neutral

Increasingly frequent and powerful, widespread wildfires are now scorching B.C. and Alberta forests every summer.
Nothing settled yet

Nothing settled yet

Alberta’s conservatives look back with rose-coloured glasses to The Miracle on the Prairies, the election of 1992 when Ralph Klein’s 14-year term in office began. That was when things were “right” with the world, politically speaking.
Thoughts on a mirror image

Thoughts on a mirror image

Mirror image. Those words floated through my mind while I was working. I’m always searching for topics, a starting point to write and expand an idea.
Jason Kenney fox guards the LGBTQ straight-gay alliance henhouse

Jason Kenney fox guards the LGBTQ straight-gay alliance henhouse

Jason Kenney fox guards the LGBTQ straight-gay alliance henhouse
Action should trump promises

Action should trump promises

With the 2019 provincial election race nearing the homestretch, parties on all sides have been making campaign promises on everything from health care to education, from taxes to social programs.
Democracy leads to prosperity

Democracy leads to prosperity

Re: "Leadership a key campaign issue," page 1, March 26 Gazette. What is this Alberta 2019 election about? The Gazette headline of March 26 proposes that "leadership is a key campaign issue." Local party candidates are quoted to that effect.
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