politics

Three cheers to Stephen Harper for steering Canada away from a U.S.-style spending calamity

The Case for Restraint >

Who’s sleeping with the enemy?

Honey, I don't know why you are so suspicious >

Up in the Clouds | Calgary rainmaker Adam Pekarsky brings his “unabashed optimism” to Alberta politics

“Wilful blindness is a great trait of Albertans. It’s what gets us to where we need to be – regardless of what the headlines from the East tell us we should be doing.” >

Dave Bronconnier, mayor of Calgary

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Lesson in Leadership >

A Fit of Peak

Peak oil is a function not of geology but of politics >

The Forgotten Father of Free Trade

Would Alberta be an export behemoth today without the vision of a former premier? >

Bridging the Great Divide

John Zaozirny leads a double life >

Keep These Under Your Hat

Easterners could make fun of Alberta's daffy ideas and biases too, if word got out >

Warning: Meltdown Imminent

You may have arched a languid eyebrow over the violent protests just before the recent G8 meeting in the eastern German city of Rostock. The hurled bricks, the gasoline bombs, the 200 injuries – that’s just of riot cops – the mass arrests, the unfathomably irrational anger of masked “youth” at elected politicians meeting to transact business. >