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December 6, 2019 in Charbonneau // CHARBONNEAU – Jason Kenney should be careful what he wishes for
December 6, 2019 in Health // HEALTH – We must do more for seniors coming home from hospital
December 5, 2019 in Education // SCHOOL BOARD – Tis not the only season for giving in School District 73
December 5, 2019 in Feedback // NATIONAL PULSE – Many Canadians want to see a more secular nation

McQuarrie

McQUARRIE – Don’t wait until tax notice arrives in mail before speaking up

December 3, 2019 // 0 Comments

NEXT YEAR, WHEN you receive your property tax bill, you’ll probably hesitate, if only for a moment, before opening the envelope. That hesitation is normal and allows for [Continue]

McQUARRIE – There is no immunity from the consequences of free speech

November 17, 2019 // 3 Comments

HAS YOUR PARTNER ever asked for an opinion that is difficult, if not dangerous to respond to honestly? Questions about how that new dress looks, or what you think about the [Continue]

McQUARRIE – We buy Albertastan a pipeline and this is the thanks we get

November 3, 2019 // 4 Comments

ALBERTASTAN? A make-believe world, created and promoted by those looking to divert your attention and blame from some truly serious issues. Yes, the chest pounding, swagger [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Welcome to Year Six: this lefty is mad as hell and not going away

October 20, 2019 // 6 Comments

TO THOSE WHO ASK why I write, I often say it’s cheaper than seeing a therapist. In most cases, I can usually count on the familiar feel of a keyboard and the expectant [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Eunuchs of social media replace real life with hashtags

October 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

I HAD AN INTERESTING but let’s say weird line of thought the other day. It was about eunuchs and I think most would agree it was an odd thought, given the subject matter. [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Maybe it’s the voters, not the politicians, who are insane

September 22, 2019 // 3 Comments

WHEN IT COMES to the Oct. 21 election, are you expecting different outcomes than what you have experienced with every other federal election? It’s a serious question but [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The only good voter is an informed voter

September 1, 2019 // 2 Comments

WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER and the start of crazy season; that time of promises that will never be kept, misrepresentations, alternative facts and even outright lies that is [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Federal politics like an episode of Fawlty Towers these days

August 18, 2019 // 3 Comments

“We’ve been conditioned to think that only politicians can solve our problems. But at some point maybe we will wake up and recognize that it was politicians who [Continue]

McQUARRIE – ‘Canada will never run of oil, like we never ran out of beavers’

August 4, 2019 // 4 Comments

‘WE DON’T EXPORT beaver pelts any more and I can assure you it isn’t because we ran out of beavers. In fact, we can’t get rid of the #@&ing little things. [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Imagine if a government told you exactly what it is spending

July 21, 2019 // 1 Comment

IMAGINE, IF JUST FOR A MOMENT, if just for a moment, an op/ed writer beginning a column with a headline that states, Local Politicians Get It Right. Impossible you would [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Right or wrong, why take a chance on climate change?

July 7, 2019 // 3 Comments

IT WAS DURING one of those coffee shop conversations when I was asked what I thought would happen if my opinion on climate change was eventually proven wrong. “Being the [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Being ‘busy’ is not a badge of honour or proof of importance

June 23, 2019 // 1 Comment

HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU HEARD or maybe even used the excuse that begins with, “Sorry I’m late but I’ve just been so busy”? It is today’s most overused excuse [Continue]

McQUARRIE – New female politicians breaking the business-as-usual mould

June 2, 2019 // 3 Comments

IN RESEARCHING my previous column on abortion http://tinyurl.com/yy77xdmn, I couldn’t help but feel some important pieces to the puzzle were again being ignored. Not the [Continue]

McQUARRIE – The Foreigner in our land

May 19, 2019 // 7 Comments

“IF A WOMAN HAS (the right to an abortion), why shouldn’t a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman? At least the rapist’s pursuit of [Continue]