Opinion

The Great Urban Chicken Debate is over. Pet fowl is a foul ball in town, out of bounds – officially outlawed.

The rejection of the 2026 Olympic bid by a convincing 56 per cent of Calgary plebiscite voters on Nov. 13 is victory for Alberta-style populist democracy. Elections, plebiscites and referendums give citizens a sense of control over public affairs.

As Canadians we have a long history of supporting veterans who return home from war with physical injuries.

The province has announced that it will be nearly doubling the amount of money available to organizations that provide support to victims of crime while seeking ways to address the causes of those crimes.

Nov. 11, 1918 was the day of armistice between the warring parties of the First World War. Pretty much God-fearing nations, all. French, British, Americans et al on one side; German, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and some Arab nations on the other.

Amidst reassurances that the Didsbury Fire Department is rebuilding in its personnel and methodology, a review of the published report that was commissioned to guide the correction of deficiencies raises a number of questions about its content and it

I’ve noticed that advertising for Christmas begins earlier every year. The tradition was to hold off the season until after Remembrance Day. There used to be a public outcry otherwise.

In the latest example of carbon-pricing confusion, the C.D. Howe Institute recently published a report that describes the federal carbon-pricing plan as "cost-effective" -- while noting evidence that the overall policy mix is anything but.

As baseball legend Yogi Berra famously declared: "it felt like déjà vu all over again.

BY Michael Wolfson The tornadoes that recently hit the Ottawa area can't be blamed specifically on global climate change.