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Brookman: The Stampede and Spruce Meadows exemplify what Calgary is all about

Brookman: The Stampede and Spruce Meadows exemplify what Calgary is all about

Your weekday lunchtime roundup of curated links, news highlights, analysis and features. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter...

saturday 10

Calgary Herald

George Brookman

Opinion: Masculinity and misogyny laid bare in Adolescence

Opinion: Masculinity and misogyny laid bare in Adolescence

I remember my adolescence like it was yesterday. Growing up in Kingston, Ont., being one of four boys raised by my mother, my memories are vivid...

saturday 7

Calgary Herald

Michael Kehler

Opinion: Calgary’s momentum is Canada’s opportunity, says Mayor Gondek

Opinion: Calgary’s momentum is Canada’s opportunity, says Mayor Gondek

This week, I wrote to the leaders of all major federal parties to share an important message. Calgary is driving national growth and the decisions...

saturday 10

Calgary Herald

Jyoti Gondek

On the Road: Springtime on the prairie

On the Road: Springtime on the prairie

If only every day could start with a meadowlark. The cheery sound of that song, even mixed in with traffic noise like it was this morning, sets a...

18.04.2025 1

Calgary Herald

Mike Drew For Postmedia

Opinion: How we can protect boys from the manosphere’s grasp

Opinion: How we can protect boys from the manosphere’s grasp

I’ve met boys like Jamie, the lead character in Netflix’s film Adolescence. For two years, I taught workshops on consent and healthy masculinities...

18.04.2025 1

Calgary Herald

Quinn Lazenby

Bell: Carney in front, the man for comfy Canadians not wanting change

Bell: Carney in front, the man for comfy Canadians not wanting change

The fork in the road couldn’t be clearer than it is now. You ask Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to sum up this ballot battle and he will say...

18.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Former B.C. Liberal premier has a word for boomers before voting Carney

Bell: Former B.C. Liberal premier has a word for boomers before voting Carney

The man has a message for baby boomers. It is an important message. You see, if there is one group backing Mark Carney and the Liberals it is the...

18.04.2025 2

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Corbella: When it comes to who’s more like Trump, Carney trumps Poilievre

Corbella: When it comes to who’s more like Trump, Carney trumps Poilievre

Of Canada’s top two federal party leaders, which one is more like U.S. President Donald Trump? Partisans of each party will understandably try to...

17.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Licia Corbella

Nelson: Calgary should ditch Tories if they lose again

Nelson: Calgary should ditch Tories if they lose again

Today, the countdown begins on the federal Conservative party’s future in Calgary. Our city has long been the bastion of Tory support across this...

17.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Chris Nelson

Varcoe: Calgary energy firm revives nuclear ambitions, kick-starts approval process for Alberta project

Varcoe: Calgary energy firm revives nuclear ambitions, kick-starts approval process for Alberta project

Who says you never get a second chance to make a good first impression? For nuclear industry proponents who want to develop a project in northern...

17.04.2025 3

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Bell: Carney stiffs Alberta, Danielle Smith holds her fire — for now

Bell: Carney stiffs Alberta, Danielle Smith holds her fire — for now

There is appearance and there is reality. Don’t think Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is somehow playing nice with Liberal Leader Mark Carney. She...

17.04.2025 3

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Ford: Is there a saviour for the venerable Hudson's Bay?

Ford: Is there a saviour for the venerable Hudson's Bay?

It had a credit limit of $15. It was my very first credit card and the Hudson’s Bay issued it to a teenager. Sixty-five years have passed and I...

16.04.2025 4

Calgary Herald

Catherine Ford

Bell: Carney keeps peddling the Big Lie, fear is the name of the game

Bell: Carney keeps peddling the Big Lie, fear is the name of the game

If a snake oil salesman was picking a place to ply his con artist trade the obvious choice would be Canada — hands down. Just look at this...

16.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Varcoe: Shifting from ‘price-takers to price-seekers’ – new $1.3B LPG export project and TMX prove global demand for Canadian energy

Varcoe: Shifting from ‘price-takers to price-seekers’ – new $1.3B LPG export project and TMX prove global demand for Canadian energy

What’s the value of having more than one customer to buy your product? For Canadians facing an evolving and unpredictable trading situation south...

15.04.2025 2

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Breakenridge: Repairing 'damaged' relations is a two-way street

Breakenridge: Repairing 'damaged' relations is a two-way street

It’s true, as Premier Danielle Smith said last week, that the extent to which a Liberal election victory spurs any sort of national unity crisis...

15.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

Opinion: Go vote, women; decide Canada's future

Opinion: Go vote, women; decide Canada's future

In the previous federal election on Sept. 20, 2021, only 63.8 per cent of female voters voted (60.6 per cent of males). That means 36.2 per cent of...

15.04.2025 7

Calgary Herald

Frances Wright

Bell: Mark Carney Liberal sleaze and Premier Doug Ford's big mouth

Bell: Mark Carney Liberal sleaze and Premier Doug Ford's big mouth

We pull back the curtain and what is in full view is by no means like the grand prize a lucky contestant can win on a game show. It is a game. It...

15.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Braid: UCP whistleblower Peter Guthrie spends his days in lonely silence

Braid: UCP whistleblower Peter Guthrie spends his days in lonely silence

“It’s a lonely place up here,” MLA Peter Guthrie says from the legislature. Guthrie was getting a freeze-out from his ex-mates in the UCP...

15.04.2025 4

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Poilievre would overrule Supreme Court, while Alberta, Quebec demand power

Braid: Poilievre would overrule Supreme Court, while Alberta, Quebec demand power

Beneath the surface of the election campaign, a fierce battle is flaring over who ultimately rules Canada — the courts or the elected governments....

14.04.2025 9

Calgary Herald

Don Braid