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Potential cuts to foreign aid ill-advised
Posted on October 30, 2025In his address to the nation on October 22, Prime Minister Carney said he would cut wasteful spending and make unprecedented investments in Canada. We… Read More »
Smith is squandering Alberta’s future
Posted on October 23, 2025Today is a good day to say a hard “NO” to Premier Smith regarding pipeline expansion. Her petulance and bullying are wearying. Talk of carbon… Read More »
Housing crisis should be front and centre in federal budget
Posted on October 23, 2025I’ve not only seen how the housing crisis has deeply affected our community, I have and am still living it. As a handicapped 49 year… Read More »
Join a choir and sing your heart out
Posted on October 16, 2025When Lydia and I arrived in Taber in 1982 we were delighted to join the St. Augustine’s choir when they asked us to do so.… Read More »
Plowing up the prairie: Will history repeat itself?
Posted on September 26, 2025If you like space and the sense of spaciousness, you’ll like prairie grasslands. There isn’t the grandeur of a mountain peak, the sheltering aspect of… Read More »
Re: Canola or cars? Canada can’t save both
Posted on September 11, 2025Just read the opinion “Canola or Cars”. I agree with all Doug Firby wrote except he forgot the most important detail why canola will be… Read More »
The risks of nuclear power plants
Posted on September 11, 2025Recently I read in the Lethbridge Herald that Premier Danielle Smith was looking for feedback on nuclear power energy in the province of Alberta. I… Read More »
Danielle Smith: unbelievable explanations of grossly bad ideas
Posted on September 4, 2025On August 1, with minimal announcement, the Alberta government enacted new rules ending public disclosure requirements for the Premier, for Cabinet ministers, for deputy ministers,… Read More »
Free speech has limits – especially on a public stage
Posted on August 15, 2025Let’s be honest—Canadians aren’t intrinsically nice. But we do pride ourselves on being polite. Here in the Great White North, rudeness is a serious character… Read More »
Scott Sakatch’s article in the Herald
Posted on August 7, 2025Editor: I would like to share my story. About 15 years ago I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes by numerous doctors at the Coaldale… Read More »