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OPINION: I set out to document Jewish identity. Then the ground shifted

OPINION: I set out to document Jewish identity. Then the ground shifted

As I began work on my book, A PEOPLEHOOD | AMIUT YEHUDIT, in 2018, I thought I had a clear sense of what I was creating. I was exploring a double...

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LILLEY: On Bill C-22, Apple, Meta warn that Carney will compromise your data

LILLEY: On Bill C-22, Apple, Meta warn that Carney will compromise your data

On one side, you have the lawyers and executives of every major tech company, every telecom company, every major internet provider all saying that the...

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Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

OPINION: Feds should privatize airports to increase competition

OPINION: Feds should privatize airports to increase competition

In the last five months, the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney has twice pitched the idea of privatizing Canada’s airports. While details...

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Edmonton Sun

Jake Fuss

GOLDSTEIN: Northland Tales a gutless attempt at satire aimed at wrong targets

GOLDSTEIN: Northland Tales a gutless attempt at satire aimed at wrong targets

On a topic that literally lends itself to satire — the continuing failure of successive federal governments to improve the lives of Canada’s...

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Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

JAY GOLDBERG: Public grocery stores a financial trainwreck in the making

JAY GOLDBERG: Public grocery stores a financial trainwreck in the making

The idea of getting government into the grocery store business seems to be gaining traction among left-wing politicians across North America. New York...

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Edmonton Sun

Jay Goldberg

AGAR: A tip of the hat for compensating restaurant servers

AGAR: A tip of the hat for compensating restaurant servers

Did you go out for dinner on the long weekend? Have fun? Did you tip the staff properly? AGAR: A tip of the hat for compensating restaurant servers...

19.05.2026 7

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Jerry Agar

GIGUERE: Governments should not be opening grocery stores

GIGUERE: Governments should not be opening grocery stores

If there has been an observable trend in recent decades, it is surely that of excessive intervention and a growing willingness of governments to try...

19.05.2026 5

Edmonton Sun

Gabriel Giguère

CHARLEBOIS: Food inflation cools, but Canada’s grocery pain is far from over

CHARLEBOIS: Food inflation cools, but Canada’s grocery pain is far from over

For the first time in months, Canadians received a small piece of encouraging news at the grocery store. Food inflation eased in April to 3.5%, down...

19.05.2026 6

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

TAIT: Locomotive 107 notches its namesake birthday at Fort Edmonton Park

TAIT: Locomotive 107 notches its namesake birthday at Fort Edmonton Park

I do not know the exact etiquette for this kind of milestone. I will never find the answer in a polite society handbook. But a question lingers over...

18.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

GOLDSTEIN: 'Fighting' climate change about expanding government power, not hitting emission targets

GOLDSTEIN: 'Fighting' climate change about expanding government power, not hitting emission targets

There is nothing as absurd as claims by former environment minister Steven Guilbeault and other green ideologues that Prime Minister Mark Carney has...

17.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

KINSELLA: Antisemitic conspiracy theories seek to instill panic and fear

KINSELLA: Antisemitic conspiracy theories seek to instill panic and fear

Conspiracy theories can be harmless or they can be the opposite. In the main, conspiracy theories are stories that try to create meaning in an often...

16.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Warren Kinsella

ESMAIL, MOIR: Smith government’s health-care vouchers another step towards successful European model

ESMAIL, MOIR: Smith government’s health-care vouchers another step towards successful European model

Only in Canada could the Smith government’s new plan — which would give patients waiting too long for health care vouchers to access care...

16.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Nadeem Esmail And Mackenzie Moir

LILLEY: Carney and Co. can't afford to wing it on airport privatization

LILLEY: Carney and Co. can't afford to wing it on airport privatization

The Carney government is quietly moving forward on plans to privatize some of Canada’s biggest airports. Four, possibly five airports are said to be...

13.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

LILLEY: Will Mark Carney follow the same political fate as Britain's Keir Starmer?

LILLEY: Will Mark Carney follow the same political fate as Britain's Keir Starmer?

So far, four cabinet ministers have quit and 80 MPs — about 20% of his caucus — have called for him to resign, but British Prime Minister Keir...

13.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

CHARLEBOIS: Return of Dunkin’ signals crack in Canada’s coffee empire

CHARLEBOIS: Return of Dunkin’ signals crack in Canada’s coffee empire

For years, Dunkin’ Donuts’ collapse in Canada was viewed as one of the great business failures in the country’s foodservice sector. Once a...

13.05.2026 9

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

CHARLEBOIS: Canada’s costly climate gamble on food needs to end

CHARLEBOIS: Canada’s costly climate gamble on food needs to end

For years, Canadians were told that catastrophic climate scenarios justified virtually any policy imposed in the name of emissions reductions. In...

12.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

KINSELLA: Cocky Carney should ground any airport privatization plans

On Nov. 4, 1993, my then-boss, Jean Chretien, was sworn in as prime minister of Canada. He posed for some pictures, met with his cabinet, and then he...

12.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Warren Kinsella

LILLEY: We shouldn't let underage non-citizens vote in party nominations

LILLEY: We shouldn't let underage non-citizens vote in party nominations

Can we talk about the crazy way that we let our political parties select their candidates and leaders? Over the weekend, the Ontario Liberal Party...

11.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

ELDER: Race-obsessed Left complains when the Supreme Court issues a colour-blind ruling

ELDER: Race-obsessed Left complains when the Supreme Court issues a colour-blind ruling

Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, in the recent case that restricted the use...

11.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Larry Elder

JAY GOLDBERG: Liberals’ sovereign wealth fund is just a massive pile of new debt

JAY GOLDBERG: Liberals’ sovereign wealth fund is just a massive pile of new debt

Does it make sense to create a new sovereign wealth fund on borrowed dollars? That seems to be Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plan. Ahead of last...

11.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Jay Goldberg

VUONG: Canada drew a line on anti-Asian hate, why not on anti-Jewish violence?

VUONG: Canada drew a line on anti-Asian hate, why not on anti-Jewish violence?

Even at the height of anti-Asian hate during the COVID-19 pandemic, no one drove through Chinatown shooting at small businesses, community centres, or...

11.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Kevin Vuong

CHAUDHRI: Double-dipping loophole in settlement agreements

CHAUDHRI: Double-dipping loophole in settlement agreements

Termination after many years of service can be among the most painful events in a person’s life. Naturally, one would feel entitled to a large...

11.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Sunira Chaudhri

KINSELLA: Palestine Action designated a terror group in U.K. but not Canada

KINSELLA: Palestine Action designated a terror group in U.K. but not Canada

Why is Palestine Action allowed to operate in Canada? Why? It’s an important question. KINSELLA: Palestine Action designated a terror group in U.K....

11.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Warren Kinsella

EDITORIAL: Our leaders have failed Canada’s Jews

EDITORIAL: Our leaders have failed Canada’s Jews

The problem with appealing to our governments, and indeed to civil society, to combat the unprecedented rise of hatred against Canada’s Jewish...

11.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Postmedia News

GOLDSTEIN: Mark Carney must kill Justin Trudeau’s anti-growth agenda

GOLDSTEIN: Mark Carney must kill Justin Trudeau’s anti-growth agenda

If Prime Minister Mark Carney seriously wants to address Canada’s number one economic crisis – low productivity – he must scrap the anti-growth...

11.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

HAMMER: Why won't Barack Obama go away?

HAMMER: Why won't Barack Obama go away?

In 1921, Woodrow Wilson, the first of America’s four transformative progressive presidents, became the first president to remain in Washington and...

11.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Josh Hammer

TAIT: Single moms deserve to be honoured on Mother's Day

My wonderful mother didn’t want anything for Mother’s Day, especially flowers, which, under how keen green-thumb pedigree, wilted by Tuesday. Her...

11.05.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

KINSELLA: Mark Carney's judgment takes hit in provincial politics endorsement

With all due respect to cabinet ministers, you folks come and go. Limousines and expense accounts notwithstanding, most of you are forgettable. Sorry....

11.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Warren Kinsella

OPINION: Carney should recognize the damage and scrap industrial carbon tax

Once again, war in the Middle East is destabilizing global energy markets, increasing energy costs (including at the pumps) and threatening Canada’s...

10.05.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Julio Mejia

TAIT: Crescendo returns to Winspear to remind us we're not alone

A song’s power often lies in its deceptive simplicity. We find ourselves lured in by the lyrics, those rhythmic architects of the human experience,...

08.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

CHARLEBOIS: Canadians aren't giving up meat but are now opportunistic eaters

For years, the food industry assumed Canada’s protein future would be shaped by a dramatic shift toward veganism and strict plant-based eating. That...

08.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

EISEN and HILL: America’s ‘flat-tax revolution’ should prompt Smith government to resurrect single income tax rate

A little more than a decade ago, Alberta had one of the most competitive tax environments in North America. Since then, policy changes on both sides...

08.05.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Ben Eisen And Tegan Hill

LILLEY: Louise Arbour a partisan pick and wrong choice for Canada's Governor General

For a position that is supposed to be non-partisan and represent all Canadians, Louise Arbour was exactly the wrong pick to become Canada’s next...

06.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

LILLEY: Mark Carney pushes Euro-style agenda again with veiled jab at U.S.

Mark Carney isn’t looking for a new trade deal with United States and it doesn’t appear he wants one. Instead of being in Washington or courting...

06.05.2026 10

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Brian Lilley

CHARLEBOIS: Canadian restaurant industry's breaking point has arrived

Canada’s restaurant industry is often treated as a symbol of resilience. Through inflation, lockdowns, labour shortages, and supply chain...

06.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

McCAUGHEY: Your whereabouts are known at all times

“Big Brother is watching you” is no longer a fictional admonition. Everywhere you go, your location is recorded by phone technology, licence plate...

05.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Betsy Mccaughey

JAY GOLDBERG: It’s time for governments to stop spending your cash to lobby themselves

The federal government is spending your hard-earned tax dollars to lobby itself.   In what amounts to little more than a slush fund merry-go-round,...

05.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Jay Goldberg

LILLEY: Chief Justice Wagner refuses recusal in Freedom Convoy case

Richard Wagner, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, is the epitome of Laurentian Elite arrogance. Despite having already called the...

04.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

OPINION: Time to act to prevent foreign interference in Canadian elections

The public inquiry into foreign interference replaced rumour with a record. Across six volumes, Commissioner Marie-Josee Hogue described a threat that...

04.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

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HANSON: From one assassination attempt to the next — Mainstreaming violence against a president

Same old, same old: Target Trump At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Donald Trump was the target of yet a third assassination...

04.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Victor Davis Hanson

JAY GOLDBERG: Parents must govern access to social media and artificial intelligence

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew wants his province to be the first in the nation to ban the use of social media and artificial intelligence by teenagers....

02.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Jay Goldberg

TAIT: Not the time to fire Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch

For the past three years, sportswriters and broadcasters congregated in the Edmonton Oilers Hall of Fame Room in Rogers Place on May mornings for...

02.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Cam Tait

GOLDSTEIN: China – our 'strategic partner' and greatest security threat

It’s alarming that Prime Minister Mark Carney, citing China as a “strategic partner,” has agreed to a secret deal on co-operating with Chinese...

02.05.2026 10

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Lorrie Goldstein

VUONG: Canadians need to stop being penny wise and pound foolish

As Canadians, we have a peculiar fiscal habit. We pride ourselves on thrift in the small things while tolerating – or even enabling – extravagance...

02.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Kevin Vuong

KINSELLA: Democratic values under attack as antisemitism fragments Canada

Charles Asher Small is a scholar of renown. His list of academic achievements are too many to list here. A short sampling: over his long career, Small...

02.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Warren Kinsella

OPINION: Privatizing Canada Post will end an archaic boondoggle

According to a recent announcement by Canada Post, it lost $1.57 billion in 2025 — the “largest loss before tax” in the Crown corporation’s...

02.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Jake Fuss

GOLDSTEIN: Mark Carney and the magical, mystery decreasing deficit

Given that those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it, the fact that Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne reported a drop in last...

01.05.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

LILLEY: Mark Carney Liberals relying on old ideas instead of seeking bold change

Despite claims that “Canada’s new government” is being run by prudent fiscal managers, Ottawa still has a spending problem. In many ways, the...

30.04.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

Brian Lilley

CHARLEBOIS: Grocery shopping's new normal -- more strategy, less freedom

Canadians are no longer bracing for runaway food inflation, but that doesn’t mean they’ve recovered from it. The latest data from the latest...

29.04.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

JOHNSON: Sir John A. Macdonald's leadership is more relevant now than ever before

Last Tuesday evening at a packed meeting, the municipal council of Prince Edward County missed an opportunity to do the right thing: Reinstall their...

29.04.2026 10

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