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Bell: Danielle Smith speaks out on immigration — the Alberta premier is not holding back

Bell: Danielle Smith speaks out on immigration — the Alberta premier is not holding back

When you ask about immigration, Premier Danielle Smith has no time to dance around the elephant in the room. Smith warms up with what some of you...

17.12.2025 6

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Rick Bell

Opinion: Fix health-care's foundation before adding dual-practice

Opinion: Fix health-care's foundation before adding dual-practice

Universal health care is only meaningful if people can access it. In Alberta and across Canada, the care itself is excellent once you get into the...

12.12.2025 1

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Raj Sherman

Varcoe: 'We're not going to panic' — Alberta's deficit deepens to $6.5B as oil prices sag, revenues fall

The see-saw effect of lower oil prices and a higher loonie is denting the bottom line of Alberta’s budget this year. It’s also causing another...

22.10.2025 1

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Chris Varcoe

Opinion: Crisis capitalism comes for Alberta’s classrooms

When governments stop managing crises and start manufacturing them, we enter the world of crisis capitalism — a political economy that treats...

22.10.2025 1

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Trevor Mcfadyen

Opinion: It’s time for forgiveness and reconciliation

I’ve had many names in my life. My mother named me Bobby Mountain and taught me the traditional ways of our people, the Cree of Treaty 8 Territory....

22.10.2025 1

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Robert Cree