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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...

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Rick Bell

Bell: City of Calgary speaks out on pulling down a young boy's swing

Bell: City of Calgary speaks out on pulling down a young boy's swing

The man on the other end of the phone line wants to tell the City of Calgary’s side of the story. Ryan Pleckaitis is Calgary city hall’s Chief of...

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Rick Bell

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 —...

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Lana Wells And Kim Ruse

LILLEY: Ford's plan to give asylum seekers work permits a huge mistake

LILLEY: Ford's plan to give asylum seekers work permits a huge mistake

Last year, more than 90,000 people made asylum claims in Ontario, and it seems Premier Doug Ford wants that number to go up. That will be the...

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Brian Lilley

KINSELLA: Federal government looking at outlawing some hate symbols

KINSELLA: Federal government looking at outlawing some hate symbols

September 1990, Provost, Alta.: An elderly Jew named Sigmund Sobolewski drives up to the boundary of an acreage owned by a man who is an Identity...

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Warren Kinsella

JAY GOLDBERG: The time to end the CBC as we know it has come

JAY GOLDBERG: The time to end the CBC as we know it has come

Canada’s beleaguered national broadcaster should have been privatized long ago.     There are endless reasons why. The CBC’s budget is bloated. The...

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Jay Goldberg

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...

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George Brookman

DE LUCA-BARATTA: Canada’s other supply management problem

DE LUCA-BARATTA: Canada’s other supply management problem

While Canada-U.S. trade  negotiations  reignite  debates  over  supply management  for dairy and poultry, Canadians overlook a far costlier...

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Anthony De Luca-Baratta

LILLEY: Crown seeks to make Convoy organizers political prisoners

LILLEY: Crown seeks to make Convoy organizers political prisoners

We don’t do political prisoners in Canada, but it seems Ottawa Crown Attorney Dallas Mack wants that to change. In a sentencing hearing beginning...

22.07.2025 2

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Brian Lilley

CHARLEBOIS: Time for Canadians to serve themselves

CHARLEBOIS: Time for Canadians to serve themselves

The federal government’s recent overhaul of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) for food service has prompted predictable outcry from...

22.07.2025 1

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

HARVEY: It’s time to stop punishing human trafficking survivors

HARVEY: It’s time to stop punishing human trafficking survivors

I met my first trafficker online when I was just 14 years old. I didn’t understand what human trafficking was and the extreme emotional...

22.07.2025 2

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Cassandra Harvey

WIENS: Defending Canadian dairy farms is worth taking a stand

WIENS: Defending Canadian dairy farms is worth taking a stand

With the increasing volatility in global supply chains, there’s never been a better time to defend Canada’s food security and sovereignty....

22.07.2025 1

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David Wiens

LILLEY: Tariff-free deal with Trump may come at a steep price

LILLEY: Tariff-free deal with Trump may come at a steep price

Can we get a deal between Canada and the U.S. that doesn’t have tariffs? Like many things involving the Trump administration, it’s up in the air,...

21.07.2025 3

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Brian Lilley

CHARLEBOIS: Why food prices haven’t spiked due to tariffs — yet

CHARLEBOIS: Why food prices haven’t spiked due to tariffs — yet

For months now, consumers across North America have been wondering: Where’s the inflation? With tariffs making headlines constantly — particularly...

21.07.2025 2

Edmonton Sun

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

AGAR: Safer supply for drug addicts is not the road to rehabilitation

AGAR: Safer supply for drug addicts is not the road to rehabilitation

When dealing with drug addicts, what is the goal? Shouldn’t it be to get people back to a healthy lifestyle?    Apparently not.    In Toronto,...

21.07.2025 4

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Jerry Agar

SHAPIRO: Online media ecosystem an inaccurate gauge of American views

SHAPIRO: Online media ecosystem an inaccurate gauge of American views

This week, Tucker Carlson spoke at Turning Point USA’s big event in Tampa, Florida. Without naming President Donald Trump, he unleashed on the...

21.07.2025 2

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Ben Shapiro

LEDREW: Canadians face 'democratic deficit' at crucial time in history

LEDREW: Canadians face 'democratic deficit' at crucial time in history

In Canada, we have a democratic deficit. And before you say ”so what?” realize that it is costing you a lot of money, liberties, and safety. First,...

21.07.2025 1

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Stephen Ledrew

TAIT: An invitation for conversation about AISH

TAIT: An invitation for conversation about AISH

I’ve long subscribed to the philosophy: if something is successful once, try it again. So, I’m officially inviting Premier Danielle Smith for...

21.07.2025 5

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Cam Tait

HANSON: The world woke up

HANSON: The world woke up

In less than six months, the entire world has been turned upside down. There is no longer such a thing as conventional wisdom or the status quo....

20.07.2025 1

Edmonton Sun

Victor Davis Hanson

GOLDSTEIN: The beautiful friendship of Dave McLaughlin and Rita Marley

GOLDSTEIN: The beautiful friendship of Dave McLaughlin and Rita Marley

Over the years, I’ve written many pieces about my friend, Dave McLaughlin, a world-class saxophonist who was born in Kingston, Jamaica, immigrated...

19.07.2025 1

Edmonton Sun

Lorrie Goldstein

KINSELLA: Epstein files latest conspiracy theory that will fizzle out

KINSELLA: Epstein files latest conspiracy theory that will fizzle out

More than a decade ago, in 2014, a couple of University of Chicago guys published a study about conspiracy theories. Their much-cited investigation...

19.07.2025 2

Edmonton Sun

Warren Kinsella

TERRAZZANO: Ignore fearmongering union bosses and cut the bureaucracy

TERRAZZANO: Ignore fearmongering union bosses and cut the bureaucracy

Now Ottawa’s government union bosses are worried about services? Really? After the government rubber-stamped hundreds of millions in bonuses, added...

19.07.2025 2

Edmonton Sun

Franco Terrazzano

CHAUDHRI: Coldplay scandal confirms employee private life is a thing of the past

CHAUDHRI: Coldplay scandal confirms employee private life is a thing of the past

Just days ago, most of us didn’t know who Andy Byron was. The married Astronomer CEO is now a household name after being caught on camera at a...

19.07.2025 2

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Sunira Chaudhri

JONAH GOLDBERG: Yes, Mr. President, they're still talking about Jeffrey Epstein

JONAH GOLDBERG: Yes, Mr. President, they're still talking about Jeffrey Epstein

“Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” U.S. President Donald Trump shot back at a reporter during a Cabinet meeting. “This guy’s been...

19.07.2025 1

Edmonton Sun

Jonah Goldberg

Opinion: I survived cancer. Now I ride to end it - for all of us

Opinion: I survived cancer. Now I ride to end it - for all of us

Five years ago, I got a phone call that changed everything. I was 41, enjoying life as a husband, father and senior executive at Enbridge, when I...

19.07.2025 1

Edmonton Sun

Max Chan