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

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

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

On the Road: Bow River in the rain

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

Calgary Herald

Mike Drew For Postmedia

Brookman: Alberta Next panel needs to focus on right questions

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

Calgary Herald

George Brookman

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

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

Calgary Herald

Lana Wells And Kim Ruse

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

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

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Nelson: Bring back historic Fort Calgary's rightful name

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

Calgary Herald

Chris Nelson

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

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

Calgary Herald

Jodi Hilty

Ford: Too many blind to the beauty of our past

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

Calgary Herald

Catherine Ford

We need less politicking and more approvals for major energy projects

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

Calgary Herald

Bronwyn Eyre

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

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

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

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

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

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

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

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

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Rick Bell

Breakenridge: Defying supply management could lead to beneficial changes

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

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

Looking west from Alberta has never been more precarious

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

Calgary Herald

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

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

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe