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The Great Gatsby — yes, that Great Gatsby — was the best-selling work of fiction in Alberta’s independent bookstores last week

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Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. The lists are compiled by the Book Publishers Association

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Feb 21, 2020

UCP launches blitzkrieg on physicians as health care in Alberta returns to its normal state of chaos

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If you’ve been operating under the misapprehension the United Conservative Party is just the latest version of the Progressive Conservative Party that ran Alberta from 1971 to 2015, yesterday’s blitzkrieg attack on the province’s 11,000

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Feb 20, 2020

Never mind the gong show! The War Room will war on, vows Energy Minister Sonya Savage

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Political commentators and professional gag writers breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when they learned from Energy Minister and Canadian Energy Centre Ltd. Director Sonya Savage that Alberta’s “Energy War Room” will live to fight

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David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Feb 18, 2020

We do face a national crisis in Canada; it’s not caused by a few non-violent Indigenous blockades

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We do face a serious national crisis in Canada. It is not caused by a few rail and road blockades by First Nations activists and their allies, however. Nor is it caused by environmentalists to

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Feb 17, 2020

A Family Day toast to Don Getty, whose record is underwhelming, but whose best-known achievement was one for the ages

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The winters around here are long. Even with social media Canadians need a February holiday. Come to think of it, given what the Internet has turned into in the few years since it arrived on

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David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Feb 15, 2020

A Small Silence, by Jumoke Verissimo atop independent Alberta booksellers fiction bestseller list

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Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. The lists are compiled by the Book Publishers Association

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Feb 13, 2020

Alberta War Room finally lets loose a salvo … then hastily retreats

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For a moment yesterday, it almost seemed as if Alberta’s $30-million-a-year Energy War Room was finally going to live up to its pugnacious nickname and make war on the “enemies of Alberta” and their campaign

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Feb 12, 2020

It wasn’t supposed to be like this! Alberta sheds jobs while the rest of the country creates them

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In January, as the Globe and Mail put it in a colourful old-timey headline last week, Canada’s job market blew past the forecasts for the month. Unemployment also fell. In Alberta, not so much. Indeed,

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Feb 11, 2020

This just in! Stable Reliable Liberal Democracy of Alberta suddenly adopts social license strategy for fossil fuel development

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We interrupt this blog with an important bulletin from the Stable Reliable Liberal Democracy of Alberta! In an unexpected move, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has announced he will seek social license for new energy projects

David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Feb 22, 2020

The Great Gatsby — yes, that Great Gatsby — was the best-selling work of fiction in Alberta’s independent bookstores last week

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Feb 21, 2020

UCP launches blitzkrieg on physicians as health care in Alberta returns to its normal state of chaos

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Feb 20, 2020

Never mind the gong show! The War Room will war on, vows Energy Minister Sonya Savage

David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Feb 18, 2020

We do face a national crisis in Canada; it’s not caused by a few non-violent Indigenous blockades

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Feb 17, 2020

A Family Day toast to Don Getty, whose record is underwhelming, but whose best-known achievement was one for the ages

David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Feb 15, 2020

A Small Silence, by Jumoke Verissimo atop independent Alberta booksellers fiction bestseller list

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Feb 13, 2020

Alberta War Room finally lets loose a salvo … then hastily retreats

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Feb 12, 2020

It wasn’t supposed to be like this! Alberta sheds jobs while the rest of the country creates them

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