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Braid: Police say crime is down, but social disorder and street crime run wild

Calgary police say crime is down in the city. I say they aren’t looking out the window. Across the inner city and near LRT stops, addicts are...

yesterday 6

Don Braid

On the Road: Bow River in the rain

It’s getting so that I dread the sound of notifications on my phone. Not all of them, of course. I like getting the Instagram and most of the...

yesterday 9

Mike Drew For Postmedia

Brookman: Alberta Next panel needs to focus on right questions

There is an old business story about a company that brings out a new brand of dog food. The label was great, the advertising was extensive, even...

yesterday 9

George Brookman

Opinion: Enough is enough — we need to end femicide now

You’ve seen the headlines. Last weekend, 23-year-old Madisson Cobb was fatally shot in a Calgary parkade. Police have charged her ex-boyfriend —...

yesterday 10

Lana Wells And Kim Ruse

Bell: City of Calgary lays down the law to a 9-year-old boy having fun

It is a sunny day. It is a warm and sunny day in the West Hillhurst neighbourhood when the City of Calgary peace officer knocks on the door of the...

previous day 5

Rick Bell

Nelson: Bring back historic Fort Calgary's rightful name

Here we go again: the City of Calgary makes some ludicrous, arbitrary decision that frustrates citizens and then spends ratepayers’ money trying to...

previous day 10

Chris Nelson

Opinion: As more Albertans explore parks this summer, it’s time to protect nature

The Canada Strong Pass grants free admission for all to national parks and historic sites, meaning more people than ever will have the opportunity...

previous day 10

Jodi Hilty

Ford: Too many blind to the beauty of our past

If “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” as Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford wrote, then our modern world has too many people in charge...

wednesday 2

Catherine Ford

We need less politicking and more approvals for major energy projects

Canadians increasingly agree that our country’s full economic potential and energy independence will be unleashed only if more nation-building...

wednesday 3

Bronwyn Eyre

Bell: Gondek shovels the spin — Calgary's notorious city hall secrecy remains

How much do the Calgary city hall paper-shufflers actually make? Mayor Jyoti Gondek says nothing of substance. No surprise. Almost nobody at...

wednesday 10

Rick Bell

Bell: No tax break! Mayor Gondek wants to spend Calgary's big windfall stash of cash

Same old story. Calgary city hall has money to burn. Same old story. Calgary city hall tells us they are in tough times. The city has so many...

22.07.2025 5

Rick Bell

Bell: Stop! Calgary councillor demands a pause on more city bike lanes

The bike lane cheerleaders are finally going to have to answer some questions. And the number of questions keep growing. Premier Danielle Smith’s...

22.07.2025 20

Rick Bell

Breakenridge: Defying supply management could lead to beneficial changes

The quest by Premier Danielle Smith to establish more clearly delineated lines of “autonomy” is certainly not intended to deliver benefit to the...

22.07.2025 4

Rob Breakenridge

Looking west from Alberta has never been more precarious

It can be easy to think that nothing past the Rockies really matters to Albertans, but what’s happening in British Columbia is deeply troubling....

22.07.2025 4

Mike Martens

Subscriber only. Varcoe: Carney government needs 'quick wins' from energy projects and to address internal challenges on Bill C-5, says new report

The Carney government needs to put some “quick wins” under its belt and advance major energy projects of national importance, but also address...

21.07.2025 2

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Braid: Police say crime is down, but social disorder and street crime run wild

Don Braid

On the Road: Bow River in the rain

Mike Drew For Postmedia

Brookman: Alberta Next panel needs to focus on right questions

George Brookman

Opinion: Enough is enough — we need to end femicide now

Lana Wells And Kim Ruse

Bell: City of Calgary lays down the law to a 9-year-old boy having fun

Rick Bell

Nelson: Bring back historic Fort Calgary's rightful name

Chris Nelson

Opinion: As more Albertans explore parks this summer, it’s time to protect nature

Jodi Hilty

Ford: Too many blind to the beauty of our past

Catherine Ford

We need less politicking and more approvals for major energy projects

Bronwyn Eyre

Bell: Gondek shovels the spin — Calgary's notorious city hall secrecy remains

Rick Bell

Bell: No tax break! Mayor Gondek wants to spend Calgary's big windfall stash of cash

Rick Bell

Bell: Stop! Calgary councillor demands a pause on more city bike lanes

Rick Bell

Breakenridge: Defying supply management could lead to beneficial changes

Rob Breakenridge

Looking west from Alberta has never been more precarious

Mike Martens

Subscriber only. Varcoe: Carney government needs 'quick wins' from energy projects and to address internal challenges on Bill C-5, says new report

Chris Varcoe