The next big health idea
Yet again, Alberta’s health-care system is hurtling into the great unknown with the public being given no clear idea of what the outcome will be and what evidence exists to support the government’s latest big idea.
May 16, 2008, 04:07


Citizens holding bag filled with toxic waste
Wednesday, this space was devoted to the call for municipalities like Lethbridge to ban cosmetic pesticide use, a call many communities in Canada have answered.
May 15, 2008, 04:54


Our lives as guinea pigs
With the weather slowly encouraging plant life out of its late winter slumber, it’s only a matter of time before another spring ritual begins — the call of concerned residents hoping Lethbridge will ban pesticide use in its own green spaces and by residents as well.
May 14, 2008, 03:56


Voters want choice, not just change
If Alberta had just two parties — the Progressive Conservatives and, say, everybody else left of centre — how different might the provincial government look?
Around these parts, based on the last election results, not much different at all.
May 13, 2008, 04:06


One-stop approach to child care, education
The Alberta government’s ambitious plan to create 14,000 new child care spaces for babies to 12-year-olds includes a nod to the concept of housing such services at our schools.
May 12, 2008, 04:12