Opinion

Police investigate the scene where two officers were shot and killed on duty in Edmonton on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

HACKETT: Officers lost too soon

As I sat down to write this column, the original headline I…

  • Mar 22, 2023
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Lessons on life and grieving from a box of paper

A box of paper. In the end, is that all a life…

<em>Kris Sims is the Alberta Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.</em>

Don’t blow the boom

By Kris Sims Counting on another oil boom to balance Alberta’s future…

  • Mar 15, 2023
FILE – The Ocean Cleanup project’s latest iteration of plastic-collecting technology, the System 002, will leave Victoria and heads to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (Photo courtesy of the Ocean Cleanup/ Twitter)

OPINION: Court case could kill progress on plastic pollution in Canada

‘The world is beginning to act to reduce the plastic crisis’

  • Mar 6, 2023
FILE – The Ocean Cleanup project’s latest iteration of plastic-collecting technology, the System 002, will leave Victoria and heads to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (Photo courtesy of the Ocean Cleanup/ Twitter)
Joseph Quesnel

OPINION: Indian Act again under attack

Indigenous communities need to be allowed to experiment and innovate through local self-rule

  • Mar 6, 2023
Joseph Quesnel
Christina Komives headshot

OPINION: No, I don’t have it all together, and that’s all right

Five years ago I was a new mom fresh off a year…

  • Feb 27, 2023
Christina Komives headshot
Sylvain Charlebois

OPINION: Farmers are partnering with investors to bolster the agricultural sector

Did you know that the largest farmland owner in the country is not even a farmer?

  • Feb 16, 2023
Sylvain Charlebois
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Stepping outside your comfort zone

Alder: ‘Life always begins with one foot outside your comfort zone’

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Mp Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)

OPINION: Good governance and you

The latest from MP Damien Kurek

  • Feb 10, 2023
Mp Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)
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Pets are a guaranteed path to grief, but so worth it

Something that took me far too long to learn is that where…

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Bashaw RCMP Sgt. Bruce Holliday

Statement from MP Damien Kurek on passing of Staff Sgt. Bruce Holliday

‘(He) exemplified professionalism and community service’

  • Feb 2, 2023
Bashaw RCMP Sgt. Bruce Holliday
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OPINION: I don’t disagree with MAID, I disagree with its expansion

— CONTENT WARNING: Column discusses mental illness and suicide. Canada has had…

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FILE - This undated image provided by the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows the NIF Target Bay in Livermore, Calif. The system uses 192 laser beams converging at the center of this giant sphere to make a tiny hydrogen fuel pellet implode. (Damien Jemison/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory via AP, File)

OPINION: Nuclear fusion may change our world but renewable energy sources will save it: experts

Harnessing nuclear fusion could take more than 40 years, while some solutions already exist

  • Jan 8, 2023
FILE - This undated image provided by the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows the NIF Target Bay in Livermore, Calif. The system uses 192 laser beams converging at the center of this giant sphere to make a tiny hydrogen fuel pellet implode. (Damien Jemison/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory via AP, File)
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OPINION: Politics or political theatre; Canada’s political landscape

The only way the legislators are going to get the message is by hearing from the people directly

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Damien Kurek

OPINION: Looking back at 2022

By MP Damien Kurek As we look forward to 2023 and back…

  • Dec 29, 2022
Damien Kurek
Carlie Sanderson.

OPINION: A new year for new attainable goals

Another year has almost come and gone and it’s time to look…

Carlie Sanderson.
Damien Kurek

OPINION: Hope and perspective during the holidays

By MP Damien Kurek The story of Jesus’s birth reminds us of…

  • Dec 22, 2022
Damien Kurek
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OPINION: 2022; Growth and challenge

Christmas 2022 is nearly here, with the arrival of 2023 shortly behind.…

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Yarrow Creek. (Photo submitted/by Brent Calver)

Conserving grassland ecosystems in Alberta has global impact

Alberta commentary on UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15)

  • Dec 7, 2022
Yarrow Creek. (Photo submitted/by Brent Calver)
Mp Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)
Mp Damien Kurek. (Facebook photo)