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Opinion: On Friendship Day, reassessing what makes a 'friend'

Opinion: On Friendship Day, reassessing what makes a 'friend'

Years ago, in grad school, a friend of mine started a documentary club. Six of us, once a month, in someone’s apartment, whoever’s turn it was,...

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Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: A province's reputation is its economic infrastructure

Opinion: A province's reputation is its economic infrastructure

Earlier this month, Alberta celebrated one of the most significant technology investment announcements in its history.

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Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Alberta Voices-Andrew Kemle: Canada’s problems don’t justify separatism

Alberta Voices-Andrew Kemle: Canada’s problems don’t justify separatism

Alberta separatists default to the following argument: Canada lost $1 trillion in capital flight, manufacturing is going south of the border and our...

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Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: The most important capital markets news last week was the one few noticed

Opinion: The most important capital markets news last week was the one few noticed

Last week brought one of the more consequential shifts in Canadian capital markets in some time. Ontario agreed to join the country’s securities...

25.07.2026 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: The dangerous distraction of Alberta’s bike lane debate

Opinion: The dangerous distraction of Alberta’s bike lane debate

Why is the province trying to fuel a cars-versus-bikes debate? Transportation planners are asking, after Premier Danielle Smith’s government...

25.07.2026 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: The slow death of Canadian local news

A nation that stops producing and consuming its own media isn't just losing an industry. It's quietly outsourcing its own sense of self.

25.07.2026 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

'Running to failure': Multibillion-dollar funding gap leaves city infrastructure at risk

'Running to failure': Multibillion-dollar funding gap leaves city infrastructure at risk

The Alberta Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association (ARHCA) ran a clever — and somewhat cheeky — ad campaign during Stampede, aimed at...

22.07.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Alberta sovereignty: Officially give up? Why not negotiate instead?

Alberta sovereignty: Officially give up? Why not negotiate instead?

The non-binding referendum scheduled for October offers Alberta risk-free leverage in Ottawa.

21.07.2026 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Alberta Voices-Sabine Brasok: Seniors for Independence lays out its arguments for separatism

Seniors for Independence lays out its arguments for separatism

18.07.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Beyond the rodeo: How the Calgary Stampede can help end global hunger

Every July, the city of Calgary undergoes a dramatic transformation, with rodeos, parades, and celebrations of Western heritage that bring thousands...

18.07.2026 10

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Missing voices: What are youth learning about recovery and asking for help?

As Alberta invests in recovery and public safety, one question keeps arising as I read the headlines: What are children and young people learning...

17.07.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Recycling a TV costs $2.75. Why Is Alberta charging $14 for a solar panel?

In Alberta, recycling an old television costs $2.75. Starting Oct. 1, recycling a solar panel — made of roughly 80 per cent glass, with an aluminum...

17.07.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: While employers search for talent, Canada overlooks half a million workers

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16.07.2026 9

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Opinion: My Alberta believes in the common good: Why we need to vote 'No'

I want to live in a province where every person, regardless of how they came to be here, is treated as a human being worthy of dignity and respect. In...

04.07.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Former concert producer says council got it right

I am Calgary-born and raised. I learned to put on concerts here, and I have put on a lot of them.

04.07.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Smith needs to set six conditions for Alberta to prosper within Canada

Alberta’s separation referendum will be profoundly impacted by the outcome of the negotiation between Danielle Smith and Mark Carney on climate...

30.06.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Canada Day quiz: How well do you know this country?

Travel writer and Calgary author Will Ferguson is a recipient of the Governor General’s Award for Popular History: Pierre Berton Award, and a...

30.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: My Canada is not for sale

The president of the United States cannot have my country because my Canada is a snow-covered cenotaph in a small town, where the names of the fallen...

27.06.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: The $100 deception: Does the premier think Albertans can’t do math?

It takes a remarkable amount of political audacity to change your own law on the fly, but Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP government just did it...

27.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Alberta's shelter funding cuts ignore realities of rural domestic violence

On May 20, Alberta’s Ministry of Children and Family Services announced a new “needs-based” funding model for shelters providing services to...

26.06.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Cyclists need more than 'wear a helmet' to be safe on city streets

City needs to make changes to ensure cyclists are safe riding our streets

25.06.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: With CUSMA review, the three critical things to understand

Explaining — or even just bottom-lining — all the complexities in the review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) that begins this week is...

24.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Independence would mean loss of portable health benefits

Premier Danielle Smith has estimated that startup costs for an independent Alberta would be about $400 billion.

23.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Canada is redrawing its alliances; it forgot to look inward first

My friend is a vascular surgeon. Back home, his waiting list ran six months. Patients flew from three countries to see him. In Calgary, he drives a...

17.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Real risk of average voters tuning out the political rhetoric on both sides

Like it or not, we are now in the most important political campaign in Alberta’s history. Amid all the hysterics of politicians and commentators,...

16.06.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Alberta's most underestimated economic engine is women

Every day, women in Alberta and across Canada perform work so foundational to our economy that the country barely notices it.

09.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Health care needs to be on the list of things to figure out if Alberta separates

On Monday, Premier Danielle Smith had a laundry list of things that would need to be figured out if Alberta separated from Canada — our share of the...

06.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: A federation at crossroads: Alberta’s case for equality in Canada

For years, Alberta has been told its frustrations are exaggerated or rooted in partisanship. But the truth is far simpler and far more structural —...

06.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: 'Duty to consult' court ruling causes major uncertainty for pipelines

An Alberta King’s bench judge’s decision that a proposed referendum question supporting separation is unconstitutional because the province had a...

06.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Calgary can drop the climate declaration, but not the responsibility

Calgary has never been a city that got stronger by pretending risks were smaller than it is.

06.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Canadians must reform the CPP or risk its breakup

The people of Alberta need a new children’s hospital. They got American urology clinics instead.

05.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Heritage neighbourhood gets short end of traffic shortcutting

Rideau-Roxboro has been one community since 1928. However, the city has a curious tendency to split it into two communities when it suits its needs,...

04.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Alberta can lead on connected-vehicle cybersecurity

Despite indications to the contrary, Canadians do agree on some things. Most of us assume that if a vehicle is legally sold, registered, insured and...

03.06.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: The believers in the Global Energy Show were right

Fourteen years ago, I moved to Calgary. I didn’t grow up in the oilpatch, although my father was a veteran of the energy industry. I came for work,...

02.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: New Banff park visitor centre should not be politicized

Canadians should welcome the possibility of a project by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma taking shape in Banff National Park. But not if the...

30.05.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Canada needs to address predatory rental practices targeting international students

The period between May and September typically sees a higher volume of tenant turnover in major cities across Canada. It is also the season when many...

30.05.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Alberta's referendum debate is missing the financial questions that matter most

When politicians debate Alberta separation, they talk about pipelines, equalization and constitutional authority. Those are real debates. But for most...

30.05.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: As a cyclist, I think bike lanes are 'a scourge'

I’ve cycled around Calgary since I can remember. From a chair on the back of my dad’s bike to exercising and running errands today, I’ve used...

30.05.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Your letters: Equalization payments come from taxes

Equalization payments are not a result of direct provincial transfers to Ottawa. That is a misconception being perpetrated by the advocates of Alberta...

25.05.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Many Crowsnest Pass residents back the coal mine in their backyard

On Nov. 25, 2024, 72 per cent of my neighbours in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass voted yes to the metallurgical coal mine at Grassy Mountain....

16.05.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Investing in mental health is essential to Calgary’s safety and future

Calgarians want a city that is safe, healthy and resilient. Achieving that vision requires more than emergency response. It requires sustained...

16.05.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Albertans becoming more wise to water risks from mining

Coal Association of Canada president Robin Campbell said, “Polling consistently shows a majority support responsible resource development.” The...

16.05.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: If Alberta wants to keep nurses, we need to support them after they enter the system

During National Nursing Week — running May 11 to 17 under the theme The Power of Nurses to Transform Health — Albertans will rightly recognize the...

16.05.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

So, your data has been stolen. Now what?

Nearly three million Albertans’ voter records exposed. No hackers. No sophisticated cyberattack.

16.05.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Alberta asked for growth — now it’s blaming the people who came

Responsible government requires decisions grounded in facts — not distraction, division or short-term political calculation.

15.05.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Is time change a referendum question?

There are many dynamics to the time change debate, but allowing Albertans to be heard is perhaps the most important.

14.05.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Any new pipeline needs to contained within Canada only

With the war in the Middle East threatening the global supply of oil, most Canadians appreciate the urgent need for a new pipeline to our West Coast...

12.05.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: University, community and students all have role to play in fighting Islamophobia

A recent media report about a threatening email sent to Muslim students at the University of Calgary is deeply unsettling — but, for many of us, not...

09.05.2026 50

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: What mothers need this Mother's Day and why flowers are not enough

This Sunday, May 10, millions of Canadian mothers will receive flowers, candles, and cards thanking them for everything they do.

09.05.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Opinion: Prioritizing access to surgery is great news for Alberta patients

An essential aspect of a properly functioning universal health-care system is the ability to provide patients with the care they need promptly. In...

08.05.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald