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Leong: Alberta needs more routine driver testing

As time passes, bad habits can form and rules can routinely become bent or outright forgotten — not necessarily on purpose or for nefarious reasons

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Ricky Leong

Varcoe: From tariffs to a 'tectonic' energy MOU, Alberta's top 10 business stories of 2025

Varcoe: From tariffs to a 'tectonic' energy MOU, Alberta's top 10 business stories of 2025

Two stories commanded business headlines in Alberta throughout 2025, connected like strands of a bungee cord. The fallout of U.S. tariffs was often...

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Chris Varcoe

Opinion: Human rights essential to cultivating Alberta’s pluralism dividend

Opinion: Human rights essential to cultivating Alberta’s pluralism dividend

The poet Ben Okri reminded us that “people are as healthy and confident as the stories they tell themselves.” He felt stories could help to allay...

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Malinda S. Smith

Opinion: Our neighbours need our help: Calgary cannot close its only safe consumption site without alternatives

Opinion: Our neighbours need our help: Calgary cannot close its only safe consumption site without alternatives

Around the perimeter of the Sheldon Chumir Health Centre, people pack together, sharing warmth. They smoke outside because inside, they can only...

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Kat Hedges

Braid: Alberta will vote on separation in 2026. If it passes, where will Smith stand?

Braid: Alberta will vote on separation in 2026. If it passes, where will Smith stand?

Alberta politics became ever more divisive and emotional this year, with a string of controversies over trans rights, the teachers’ strike, use of...

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Don Braid

Opinion: Alberta's new gender rules sink one woman's participation in swim club

Opinion: Alberta's new gender rules sink one woman's participation in swim club

I belong to a masters (adult) swim club in Calgary. When people hear that, they are sometimes impressed, imagining a highly competitive group with...

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Lindsay Mclaren

On the Road: Along the Bow

On the Road: Along the Bow

There was frost along the river right where I’d hoped it would be. It wasn’t quite as thick as I had anticipated but it was there, coating the bare...

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Mike Drew For Postmedia

Brookman: Calgary should take inspiration from cities with great Christmas markets

Brookman: Calgary should take inspiration from cities with great Christmas markets

Boxing Day is a great British tradition that may have lost its meaning over the decades, but not its popularity. When it falls on a Friday, like it...

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George Brookman

Opinion: Calgary can’t build its way out of housing crisis if fees keep outpacing reality

Opinion: Calgary can’t build its way out of housing crisis if fees keep outpacing reality

Calgary is growing exponentially. The city welcomed more than 80,000 people in 2024 to the Calgary Metropolitan Area. People are moving here for...

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Chris Ollenberger And Stewart Fraser

Braid: A decision on the blizzard of recall petitions will plague Smith into 2026

Braid: A decision on the blizzard of recall petitions will plague Smith into 2026

One big question for 2026 is what Premier Danielle Smith will do about the massive recall campaign against her UCP MLAs, and herself. The explosion...

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Don Braid