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Worried about coronavirus? Ideology trumps expertise when Conservatives meddle with health care

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If the world is on the cusp of another deadly coronavirus outbreak, this might seem like a peculiar time to be signing up for a high-risk experiment in health care management based on ideology instead

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David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Jan 25, 2020

Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale returns to top of independent booksellers’ Alberta fiction bestsellers 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, Jan. 19, 2020. The lists are compiled by the Book Publishers Association

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 23, 2020

RCMP investigation of ‘Kamikaze Campaign’ moves into new phase; what it means remains to be seen

7 mins

“Soon, we will find out if breaking the law is illegal.” The line is Stephen Colbert’s and, no, he wasn’t talking about Alberta. The well-known American comedian and TV personality, of course, was referring to

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 20, 2020

Shut down your ‘anti-Alberta campaigns’ inquiry or the courts will shut it for you, tiny group warns Alberta government

9 mins

OTTAWA – Well, one thing’s already clear, there’s no way the mighty Kenney Government will shut down its so-called inquiry into “anti-Alberta energy campaigns” on the say so of Progress Alberta, a small Edmonton-based research

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 19, 2020

Alberta’s UCP deploys the red tape weapon: an example from the War on Education

9 mins

Never let it be said Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government hates red tape. On the contrary, Premier Jason Kenney’s Government loves the stuff – at least if you define red tape as most dictionaries do,

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David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Jan 18, 2020

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett tops independent Edmonton booksellers’ bestseller list

3 mins

Whoops! This was the list for the top 10 fiction, non-fiction and poetry titles sold by independent booksellers in Edmonton during the week ended Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. Please consider this a correction. Next week,

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David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Jan 17, 2020

Stephen Harper and Preston Manning, joined at the hip by history and not particularly liking it, make changes

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On Wednesday, former prime minister Stephen Harper abruptly quit the Conservative Party of Canada’s fund-raising board, supposedly to give himself time to prevent Jean Charest from becoming leader of Canada’s Conservatives or prime minister of

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 16, 2020

Brace yourselves, Alberta, Premier Kenney’s promising us another spring of renewal!

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Good Lord, can Alberta survive another spring of renewal like the last one? Another springtime of renewal — that’s what Government House Leader Jason Nixon and the United Conservative Party’s meme machine were promising yesterday

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David Climenhaga

Geopolitics

Jan 14, 2020

France is in turmoil and all we hear is crickets — what gives?

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France is in turmoil and all we hear is crickets. What gives? The government of President Emmanuel Macron has introduced a scheme to overhaul pensions and retirement benefits for many workers, done as usual in

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 25, 2020

Worried about coronavirus? Ideology trumps expertise when Conservatives meddle with health care

David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Jan 25, 2020

Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale returns to top of independent booksellers’ Alberta fiction bestsellers list

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 23, 2020

RCMP investigation of ‘Kamikaze Campaign’ moves into new phase; what it means remains to be seen

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 20, 2020

Shut down your ‘anti-Alberta campaigns’ inquiry or the courts will shut it for you, tiny group warns Alberta government

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 19, 2020

Alberta’s UCP deploys the red tape weapon: an example from the War on Education

David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Jan 18, 2020

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett tops independent Edmonton booksellers’ bestseller list

David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Jan 17, 2020

Stephen Harper and Preston Manning, joined at the hip by history and not particularly liking it, make changes

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 16, 2020

Brace yourselves, Alberta, Premier Kenney’s promising us another spring of renewal!

David Climenhaga

Geopolitics

Jan 14, 2020

France is in turmoil and all we hear is crickets — what gives?

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