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SUZUKI – We only have one Earth, and we’re overshooting its capacity

August 9, 2017 // 3 Comments

AUGUST 2 was Earth Overshoot Day. Unlike Earth Day or Canada Day, it’s not a time to celebrate. As the Earth Overshoot Day website explains, it marks the time when “we [Continue]

HEALTH – Charlie Gard and the metaphor of medical ‘warfare’

August 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

By IAN MITCHELL and JULIET GUICHON University of Calgary THE METAPHOR of battling illness is common but pernicious. The recent news of U.S. Sen. John McCain’s brain cancer [Continue]

BUSINESS – Air Canada’s lesson in how not to communicate with customers

August 5, 2017 // 1 Comment

By DAVID FULLER PRINCE GEORGE – “Why are you making us do this?” the lady screeched to the Air Canada check-in attendant at the Dublin Airport recently. “I’ve never [Continue]

McGARVEY – Can Alberta’s new right make room for progressives?

August 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

EDMONTON, Alta. – Have the big changes in Alberta’s conservative movement united the right or will it shatter it? Members of Alberta’s two right-of-centre parties, the [Continue]

SUZUKI – Environmental Protection Act review could strengthen human rights

August 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

GOVERNMENTS CHANGE — along with laws, regulations and priorities. It’s the nature of democracies. In Canada, we’ve seen environmental laws implemented, then weakened or [Continue]

TRAVIS – New government will find some surprises down in the cellar

July 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

AS THE NEW B.C. government settles in and email accounts are transferred over, it’ll soon be time for them to pluck up the courage to check the cellar. The nooks and [Continue]