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Ford: Repealed law now allows all of us to be Canadian

What right-leaning governments want, in Catherine Ford's opinion, is the right to determine who can be a Canadian

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Calgary Herald

Catherine Ford

Ford: Honouring our veterans should be more than wearing a poppy

Ford: Honouring our veterans should be more than wearing a poppy

Remembrance Day has come and gone. Children recited In Flanders Fields, wreaths were laid and a few moments of silence — complete with bowed heads...

12.11.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Patients are just faceless numbers in AHS system

15.10.2025 8

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Attitudes toward visible minorities slow to change

Why all of this matters is obvious: fear of 'the other'

01.10.2025 5

Calgary Herald

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Ford: We set the stage for Trump who just stomped all over it

It is far more likely our world set the stage for a misogynistic, vulgar, narcissistic bully to lead the so-called 'free world'

17.09.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Life lessons to be learned in Grade 1

Children are never too young to learn

03.09.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: 'Women's work' is never done and rarely appreciated

20.08.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Hockey Canada trial should put spotlight on morality of society

07.08.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

Catherine Ford

Ford: Hockey Canada trial should put spotlight on morality of society

06.08.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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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...

23.07.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: AHS decisions can serve up confusion

If AHS needs to be shaken up, start with vetting the staff for more than professional qualifications

09.07.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: A sign of the times that AI replaces much of human work

Over the years, the job has changed, as have the methods of transcribing — but consider the trust factor

25.06.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Singing the praises of the underappreciated Calgary Civic Symphony

13.06.2025 10

Edmonton Sun

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Ford: Singing the praises of the underappreciated Calgary Civic Symphony

This collection of musicians is one of the true gems of Calgary and something too few people know about

11.06.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Fifty years hasn't dulled the memory of school shooting

The Brampton killer was carrying legally purchased guns — one was a birthday present — and was a law-abiding teenager until he killed without...

28.05.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Premier's referendum shell game opens the door for all kinds of citizen actions — like hospital parking

Imagine having to choose between visiting an ailing loved one and paying a bill

14.05.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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

16.04.2025 10

Edmonton Sun

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

Whether The Bay rises from the ashes of its own doing or is sold off in bits and pieces, it is the end of a long and storied life

16.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Alberta's health system is ailing, despite best efforts of staff

03.04.2025 10

Edmonton Sun

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Ford: Alberta's health system is ailing, despite best efforts of staff

What this boils down to is the shocking inefficiency and waste in the heart of the system, not the staff

02.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: The loss of a Great One from Canada

Gretzky seemingly 'forgot' his original citizenship

19.03.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Ali's greatest win was standing up for his principles

Anyone willing to lose everything and face the consequences for standing up for his principles deserves no less than our gratitude

05.03.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Axe the tax talk: Canada's consumption tax — the GST — pays for myriad programs and services for all

Anyone who believes the 'government' is not 'us' needs a primary lesson in civics. All that lost revenue results in fewer services available to...

19.02.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: This year, let's list all the things that bring light and joy, instead of darkness

For list-makers, these past weeks have been a source of pleasure, satisfaction and confirmation. We are bombarded with “the best of” this and “the...

08.01.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Ford: A childish wish to see angels materialize with charitable deeds

Christmas Eve is about expectation and desire, and it doesn’t matter how young or old one is. Today is a magical day of waiting. Christmas is a...

24.12.2024 3

Calgary Herald

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Ford: If obesity is a disease, promoting the cause of it has to stop

Call it fat, chunky or plump. Call it a lack of willpower, overeating or, now, a disease. If one is larger than everyone around, it’s mentally...

11.12.2024 4

Calgary Herald

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Ford: No-fault insurance has no gain for good drivers

Welcome to winter; to slick side roads, icy patches and bad drivers. Welcome to drivers who forget winter means snow tires. This isn’t Vancouver or...

27.11.2024 30

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Poppies don't cover the fact we are failing so many veterans in need

Another Remembrance Day has come and gone, with it the solemnity and the hushed voices, the recitation of John McCrae’s iconic poem In Flanders...

13.11.2024 40

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Celebrity accusations show we've still a long way to go

“We’ve come a long way, baby” to quote a 1968 cigarette commercial. But 56 years later, there is still a long way to go. Those of us who lived...

01.11.2024 4

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Develop a thankful habit to shield you from the bad times

It could — it should — be the best holiday of the year. It has no hint of religion, region or nationalism. We all share equally in Thanksgiving....

16.10.2024 30

Calgary Herald

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Ford: We all have the right to speak up and condemn Smith's Bill of Rights

Provincial politics is not my “beat.” (That’s newspaper speak for a journalist’s ongoing assignment to report on a specific area.) There are...

02.10.2024 3

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Traffic in the Centre of the Universe can drive you mad

The next Calgary driver who complains about traffic congestion — Marda Loop comes to mind — needs to be forcibly deported to the Centre of the...

18.09.2024 3

Calgary Herald

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Ford: School — and breaking a few rules — teaches lessons for life

All the kids are back in school and stories about anxiety and trepidation have cropped up everywhere. I don’t doubt these are real problems, but...

04.09.2024 3

Calgary Herald

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Ford: Do Not Call as this citizen fed up with phone scammers

Ashley is my new best friend. For weeks, she called me daily, sometimes twice. One memorable day she called three times. I call her my friend...

21.08.2024 2

Calgary Herald

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