Opinion

Almost 50 years ago, a Canadian Senate report declared that a basic income "is an idea whose time has come." Ever since, the idea resurfaces every so often, with support that spans the political spectrum.

Dear Graysen, We are Mrs. Clarke’s Grade 7 literacy class at École Deer Meadow School in Olds. You may not know us, but we know you. We know you from seeing your strength when you spoke at Ryan’s funeral.

Kudos to students in an École Deer Meadow School Grade 7 class for doing their part to support local athlete Graysen Cameron, who was injured in the April 6 bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos bus and a semi-trailer.

Conditions have been drying up rather quickly since the snow finally started to melt. Alberta Agriculture and Forestry last week upgraded the Rocky Forest Area’s wildfire advisory to moderate from low just barely the week before.

Health care could be a potential campaign issue for Alberta’s next election, as opposition parties are beginning to raise this topic in their pre-stump speeches.

Why do we have a country? Because people generally recognize that working together achieves many good things while constantly fighting makes daily life worse. This principle seems to be eluding B.C.

While the next provincial election race is already shaping up to be a tough and bitter fight between the Opposition United Conservative Party (UCP) and the incumbent New Democrats, Albertans remain hopeful that the campaign itself will be above board

With tax season just behind us, many Canadians are realizing the full weight of the income taxes they paid in 2017. And some may wonder about the much-heralded middle-class tax cut promised by the governing Liberals.

Re: “MLAs call convention a hit,” page 3, May 8 Gazette. I was quite surprised to read that (United Conservative Party) MLA Jason Nixon and MLA Nathan Cooper described this past weekend’s UCP founding convention as a hit.

Attracting an overflow throng of some 2,600 members, media and observers to its first annual meeting in Red Deer on the weekend, the United Conservative Party made a piece of Alberta political history.