Columns
Column: A question of judgment
We’re a long way from any verdict in the Mike Duffy trial, but two days into court proceedings, common sense and accountability are already down for the count. […]
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Local News
Battle of Vimy Ridge to be remembered
Legion branches across the country will fly their Canadian flags at half-mast Apr. 9 from sunrise to sunset to commemorate Vimy Ridge Day. It was during this famous battle, fought Apr. 9 to 12, 1917, that Canadians captured Vimy Ridge when other allied forces could not. […]
Columns
Column: Progressives united, but who gets their vote?
The good news for the body politic in this country is that it is now flying on two wings.
The left side of the political brain has caught up to the right of the political brain and it only took a couple of years. […]
Columns
Column: Election year brings in a new Mulcair and Trudeau
It’s an election year and that means last year’s versions of the two men who are bent on unseating Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are gone.
The 2015 versions of NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau are different in both style and message. […]
Columns
Column: Time to embrace a multi-debate formula
When it comes to the televised debates of the upcoming federal campaign, the only certainty is that there will be at least one in each official language and that the leaders of Canada’s three main parties will be on stage.
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Columns
NDP has more to gain by refuting Bill C-51
The internal debate over the NDP’s stance on the Conservative anti-terrorism legislation was settled some time before Thomas Mulcair made his decision to oppose Bill C-51 public on Wednesday. […]
Columns
Column: The politics behind eclipse of Sun News
by Tim Harper Sun News Network lasted nearly four years, or, as we in Ottawa mark time, four Stephen Harper […]
Local News
Government nearing defibrillator goal in rinks
The Canadian Government and the Heart and Stroke Foundation are well on their way to installing 2000 AEDs in recreational hockey arenas across the Country. […]
Local News
Kraft Hockeyville song a community effort
by Morinville News Staff What started with two songwriters and a piece of paper has transformed into a musical tribute […]
Columns
Column: Court does what timid Parliament would not
At its root, the historic Supreme Court ruling on assisted suicide is all about freedom. It is, as the court […]
Columns
Column: High court gives federal parties easy way out
Don’t hold your breath for a replay of the divisive abortion and same-sex marriage political fights over doctor-assisted suicide. […]
Columns
Column: Much left unsaid in exit of one eloquent voice
John Baird has had only one job in his life and as a lifelong politician who chewed on politics every waking hour he could certainly do electoral math… […]
Columns
Column: PM spins propaganda gold from fighting
Here’s an exclusive for you: Canada Stands Strong and Free. It’s right there on Stephen Harper’s propaganda video network, complete […]
Columns
National Column: Quebec corruption inquiry losing its way
There were high hopes at the time of its creation that a public inquiry into collusion and corruption in the […]
Local News
Don’t get caught – RCMP warning of scam
The RCMP Federal Policing office in Calgary are warning the public about an active telephone scam going on across the country, active in at least seven provinces… […]
Columns
Column: The three pillars on which Harper will rise or fall
He left this place before Christmas with a bump in the polls and a potential road map to a fourth […]