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Land leases and another controversy brewing

It looks like we may be heading into another major controversy involving the agricultural establishment...

Should Legislature discuss economy?

Economy is the worry of the day, and at every possible level, from provincial to global scale.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst

If one is to believe in the mantra that the beginning of a new year shapes its progress throughout, we are in for a terrible year.

What’s in store in 2016?

We are preparing to turn yet another leaf to welcome a new year. Wise men say that to see the future, one has to look at the past.

Science may have a say in the Bill 6 dispute

The way tempers have flared among the farming communities and the refusal of the NDP government to back down on the matter of Bill 6...

How will Notley sail the boat?

It is wise to see and admit a mistake and try to correct it, but sometimes the mistakes inflict much too damage.

Syria: Russia to the rescue?

US Secretary of State John Kerry has just phoned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warning him not to “escalate the conflict”.

China: The dead cat bounce?

A few weeks ago, at the height of the panic in the Chinese stock markets, a sour joke was doing the rounds.

Islamic State: More Massacres

Last Friday, in France, an Islamist named Yahya Salhi killed his employer, Herve Cornara.

Displacement Activity

The EU’s leaders were meeting in emergency session because of a public outcry over all the refugees drowning...