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Letter: Enact new passing emergency vehicle rules now

Letter: Enact new passing emergency vehicle rules now

Letter writer says "I have not been on the side of the highway as an emergency worker, but as a truck driver I have tried to work on my load while vehicles go by at highway speed. It is scary."
Commentary: The health stakes couldn’t be higher

Commentary: The health stakes couldn’t be higher

Voters across the province will soon be called on to take sides in the health care debate
Letter: Get the job done right the first time

Letter: Get the job done right the first time

A little common sense in how to make our tax dollars stretch in regards to public works would do wonders for our town, says Didsbury letter writer
Commentary: Student support will need to be ongoing

Commentary: Student support will need to be ongoing

Research has shown definitively that the development of early numeracy skills and early literacy are critically important to the long-term positive achievement of all students
Government schemes can be frightening

Government schemes can be frightening

Today the Dippers would prefer us all to be victims so they could subsequently appear our worthy saviours
Commentary: Will fight translate into election votes?

Commentary: Will fight translate into election votes?

Prime Minister Trudeau is not facing a general election in the near future and, as such, obviously has no need to dig in his heels over issues related to the future of Alberta’s oil and gas industry
Letter: Royalty credits to cover cleanup costs of abandoned wells wrong

Letter: Royalty credits to cover cleanup costs of abandoned wells wrong

Letter writer asks: Why should our potential tax revenue be reduced to encourage the oil industry to fulfill their responsibilities to clean up their messes?
Letter: Surpassing threshold should prompt accelerated climate action

Letter: Surpassing threshold should prompt accelerated climate action

Letter writer argues developed nations bear responsibility to help alleviate pressures faced by countries most impacted by worsening heat stress and supercharged storms
Commentary: Oh Canada, what are we doing to ourselves?

Commentary: Oh Canada, what are we doing to ourselves?

Thanks to the Liberal government’s distaste for anything remotely resembling an Alberta natural resource, the infrastructure needed to liquefy gas and export it in bulk via tanker remains sorely lacking
Letter: We feel the loss of these trees

Letter: We feel the loss of these trees

From the middle of December until the end of January, letter writer experienced Mountain View County's roadside brushing program
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