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Lorne Gunter: Call Alberta's new time zone what it is — Dani Time When Alberta moves to permanent daylight saving time this weekend, our time zone will no longer be called Mountain Standard Time or Mountain Daylight Time. Henceforth, it will be Alberta Time or ABT.

Lorne Gunter: Call Alberta's new time zone what it is — Dani Time When Alberta moves to permanent daylight saving time this weekend, our time zone will no longer be called Mountain Standard Time or Mountain Daylight Time. Henceforth, it will be Alberta Time or ABT.

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Lorne Gunter: Premier Smith's biggest challenge is keeping UCP rural hardcore in check I’m sure Premier Danielle Smith is happy to have beaten back the separatist movement, much of which comes from inside her own party.

Lorne Gunter: Premier Smith's biggest challenge is keeping UCP rural hardcore in check I’m sure Premier Danielle Smith is happy to have beaten back the separatist movement, much of which comes from inside her own party.

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta judge bucks trend of lenient sentencing for violent crimes

Lorne Gunter: Alberta judge bucks trend of lenient sentencing for violent crimes

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Lorne Gunter: Smith slows down, no new immigration policy in fall sitting On her Saturday radio call-in show, Smith said she was going to “proceed with caution” on the four immigration questions approved by voters.

Lorne Gunter: Smith slows down, no new immigration policy in fall sitting On her Saturday radio call-in show, Smith said she was going to “proceed with caution” on the four immigration questions approved by voters.

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GUNTER: Canada needs to look to public-private models to fix health care

GUNTER: Canada needs to look to public-private models to fix health care

Germany, France among EU states pushing back on Canada's 'associate membership' EDITORIAL: The skyrocketing cost of reconciliation...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Canada needs to look to public-private models to fix health care Canada spends the second-highest percentage of its GDP on health care of any of the 32 industrialized countries with universal health-care systems.

Lorne Gunter: Canada needs to look to public-private models to fix health care Canada spends the second-highest percentage of its GDP on health care of any of the 32 industrialized countries with universal health-care systems.

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24.10.2026 10

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta referendum questions 1-9 an unnecessary smokescreen

Lorne Gunter: Alberta referendum questions 1-9 an unnecessary smokescreen

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23.10.2026 20

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GUNTER: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP should brace for separatist pushback

GUNTER: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP should brace for separatist pushback

Model Sahara Ray, Justin Bieber's ex, dies months after welcoming baby girl MANDEL: Mom accuses Toronto Police of 'pushing' daughter...

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Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP should brace for separatist pushback The Premier’s address to the province on Tuesday was solid. It hit a lot of the right notes, but I doubt she changed many separatists’ minds.

Lorne Gunter: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP should brace for separatist pushback The Premier’s address to the province on Tuesday was solid. It hit a lot of the right notes, but I doubt she changed many separatists’ minds.

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22.10.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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GUNTER: Alberta separatism as unpopular as Justin Trudeau

GUNTER: Alberta separatism as unpopular as Justin Trudeau

Model Sahara Ray, Justin Bieber's ex, dies months after welcoming baby girl Ohio bettor banned over alleged threats directed at Blue Jays manager...

21.10.2026 8

Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: Time for Alberta to move past separatism and get back to work

GUNTER: Time for Alberta to move past separatism and get back to work

In Canada’s wars — particularly the First and Second World Wars, and Afghanistan — as well as on peacekeeping missions, young Prairie men (and...

21.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

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GUNTER: Alberta separatism as unpopular as Justin Trudeau

GUNTER: Alberta separatism as unpopular as Justin Trudeau

Make of this what you will: In Monday’s unity referendum the separatist option received an almost identical share of the popular vote in Alberta as...

21.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta separatism as unpopular as Justin Trudeau Trudeau won 24.6 per cent of Alberta votes, the separatists (as of noon on Tuesday) had 24.5 per cent

Lorne Gunter: Alberta separatism as unpopular as Justin Trudeau Trudeau won 24.6 per cent of Alberta votes, the separatists (as of noon on Tuesday) had 24.5 per cent

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GUNTER: Time for Alberta to move past separatism and get back to work

GUNTER: Time for Alberta to move past separatism and get back to work

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau rips Tate McRae's Victoria's Secret performance LILLEY: Desperate Chow turns to scare tactics as Bradford surges...

20.10.2026 8

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Prairie people just want to be left alone for a while Let us get back to farming, ranching, extracting oil, running our businesses and taking care of our families.

Lorne Gunter: Prairie people just want to be left alone for a while Let us get back to farming, ranching, extracting oil, running our businesses and taking care of our families.

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20.10.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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Lorne Gunter: Carney Liberals fall pathetically short of their own housing-start goals The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CHMC) — the federal Crown corporation in charge of monitoring and financing housing in this country — reported that Ottawa fell well short of its goal of assuring 500,000 new housing units in by 2030.

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GUNTER: Safety, stability key to revitalizing Downtown — and we're not there yet

I am lucky enough to have been to New York City several times. One of my favourite trips was last summer when my wife and I attended the wedding of...

16.10.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Safety, stability key to revitalizing Downtown — and we're not there yet I am lucky enough to have been to New York City several times. One of my favourite trips was last summer when my wife and I attended the wedding of our son (who studies there) and his wonderful, delightful fiancée (who teaches there).

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GUNTER: Alberta voters unsure where Premier Danielle Smith stands on separation

One of the political hangovers from next Monday’s separatism referendum (and let’s be honest, the separation question is the only one of the 10...

15.10.2026 10

Edmonton Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta voters unsure where Premier Danielle Smith stands on separation One of the political hangovers from next Monday’s separatism referendum (and let’s be honest, the separation question is the only one of the 10 referendum questions most Albertans care about), will be the continued trouble separatists supporters will give Premier Danielle Smith in trying to hold the United Conservative Party together.

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GUNTER: Pro-Canada side needs to win big to stop separatist movement

WARMINGTON: New American Joni Mitchell throws Canada, PM under a Big Yellow Taxi SIMMONS: Why the Maple Leafs are in trouble if Chris Tanev is out for...

14.10.2026 20

Toronto Sun

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GUNTER: 'Chaos' a stretch – Numbers don't support Andrew Knack's response to province

Since the province stepped in on Thursday to force the city to undo its controversial infill policy, Edmonton Mayor Andrew Knack has claimed several...

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Edmonton Sun

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GUNTER: Pro-Canada side needs to win big to stop separatist movement

I spent the Thanksgiving weekend in the heart of Alberta separatist country — a rural section of Premier Danielle Smith’s own riding. While the...

14.10.2026 20

Edmonton Sun

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Lorne Gunter: 'Chaos' a stretch: Numbers don't support Andrew Knack's response to province There are plenty of reasons for city politicians to object to the provincial government meddling in municipal affairs.

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GUNTER: Trump's hatred for Canada permanently damaged world's best trade relationship

GOLDSTEIN: Financial watchdog exposes flaws in Carney’s plan to spend ourselves rich GUNTER: Trump's hatred for Canada permanently damaged...

10.10.2026 10

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Trump's hatred for Canada has permanently damaged world's best trade relationship Once again this week, U.S. President Donald Trump demonstrated his hatred for Canada. His antics and statements are not merely a negotiating strategy, not merely a tactic to scare us into giving the United States a better trade deal.

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Gunter: Alberta separatists, Premier Smith, take biggest hits in latest Leger poll Nowhere are there encouraging numbers for the separatists

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Lorne Gunter: Premier Smith puts lid on Edmonton's infill monstrosities Wow! That must have hit city hall like a ton of bricks.

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Lorne Gunter: Province set to step in and stop mad rush of poorly controlled infill Last weekend, hundreds of Edmontonians gathered in Downtown’s Churchill Square to protest once more city council’s and the city administration’s mad, mad dash to shove massive infill projects down the throats of residents in established neighbourhoods.

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08.10.2026 30

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GUNTER: Eby's proposed ‘millionaire’s tax’ likely to drive wealth out of B.C.

Sunshine Girl Chelsey WARMINGTON: Quick-thinking Peel cop earns plaudits for spotting missing Whitby girl KINSELLA: Never too late to take back the...

07.10.2026 20

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Eby's proposed ‘millionaire’s tax’ likely to drive wealth out of B.C. If you’re a high-end landlord or realtor in Alberta, get ready for an influx of tax refugees from B.C. Even landlords and realtors as far away as Ontario are likely to benefit from tax hikes proposed by B.C.’s NDP Premier David Eby during the ongoing election in that province.

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GUNTER: 'Selling out': Alberta separatists seek help from south of border

SUNshine Girl Jessica $40M Lotto Max ticket sold in Ontario set to expire as jackpot reaches near-record high WARMINGTON: Toronto cop and...

06.10.2026 30

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: 'Selling out': Alberta separatists seek help from south of border Separatists also reportedly discussed with the Americans giving them preferential access to our critical minerals.

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GUNTER: Despite Carney's claims, Canada's immigration numbers largely unchanged

Juno winner Sass Jordan dead at 65 SIMMONS SAYS: Gavin McKenna will emerge as a star in his own good time SUNshine Girl Victoria After 20 years of...

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Lorne Gunter: Despite Carney's claims, Canada's immigration numbers largely unchanged Earlier this year, Prime Minister Mark Carney and his government announced — or rather boasted — that they had brought immigration under control after the open-floodgate Trudeau years. In 2025 the national population, they claimed, shrank by 102,000 people, the first decline since Confederation.

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GUNTER: Minimal private-sector dollars in Carney-Smith Pacific Link pipeline announcement

Megan Fox wears sexy red catsuit to promote erectile dysfunction drug: ‘I WAS BORN FOR THIS’ WARMINGTON: Leave it to Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd to...

02.10.2026 40

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Minimal private-sector dollars in Carney-Smith Pacific Link pipeline announcement It’s great that the West Coast pipeline — now known as the Pacific Link pipeline — is being fast-tracked by Ottawa. Who would ever imagine the first project deemed in the national interest by the federal Liberals’ major projects office would be one benefiting Alberta?

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Lorne Gunter: Premier Smith saddled with outsized influence of UCP's cranks and loons The most recent polls are good news for those Albertans who want the province to remain in Confederation.

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GUNTER: Federal Grits’ outlook better than B.C. NDP’s in snap-election scenarios

MANDEL: Killer of legal receptionist already discharged into community from CAMH Carney signals plan to crank up Canada's immigration intake Why...

30.09.2026 20

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Federal Grits’ outlook better than B.C. NDP’s in snap-election scenarios

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Lorne Gunter: City makes tax money from infill monstrosities This past weekend there were at least four more angry neighbourhood protests against the uber-density infill plans approved by the city without any concern for surrounding residents.

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GUNTER: Carney Liberals play fast and loose with federal books

SIMMONS SAYS: Guerrero's season was an apology waiting to happen GOLDSTEIN: OECD downgrades Canada’s economic growth as Carney moves away from...

27.09.2026 40

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: Carney Liberals play fast and loose with federal books Spending. Then covering it up.

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GUNTER: Mark Messier overlooks Oilers history of rehabbing NHL careers

Kraft Heinz Canada unveils Kraft Dinner-flavoured cream soda WARMINGTON: Convicted murderer Mason Jenkins has escaped from Collins Bay pen What Blue...

25.09.2026 40

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Lorne Gunter: Mark Messier overlooks Oilers history of rehabbing NHL careers Mark Messier has always been my favourite Oiler.

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GUNTER: Alberta faces a bumpy political ride with separatism referendum

23.09.2026 20

Toronto Sun

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Lorne Gunter: UCP government finally does what it should have done months ago — cut the gas tax The province's decision to — finally — cut the gas tax is a couple of months too late, but better late than never

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Lorne Gunter: Alberta faces a bumpy political ride with separatism referendum

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Gunter: Alberta separatist anger could raise fortunes of NDP leader Naheed Nenshi

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Lorne Gunter: Premier Smith is facing pressure from Alberta separatists. It's of her own making

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21.09.2026 20

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