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Yet another annual message to the Calgary Stampede: real men don’t hurt animals for entertainment

12 mins

There will be a “thorough review process surrounding chuckwagon safety” after the deaths of six horses during the 2019 Calgary Stampede, which is now mercifully over. Oh, please! There will be no meaningful review of

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jul 15, 2019

OK, he said nothing new, but why did Justin Trudeau’s pipeline presser make Conservatives so angry?

8 mins

Conservatives’ faux shock at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s relatively news free pipeline construction announcement in Edmonton last week was a thing to behold. The tone generally was, “there oughtta be a law,” to wit, a

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David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Jul 14, 2019

Andrew Sheer would let Canadians rot in foreign jails before giving up an electoral edge!

8 mins

I rarely paid much attention to John McCallum during his years as a federal Liberal cabinet minister under three prime ministers and, on the few occasions I did, he never left much of an impression

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jul 10, 2019

My Eyes Are Dim Part II: AlbertaPolitcs.ca must take another short break from publication

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Actually, it’s no longer true that my eyes are dim – one of them is pretty darned clear now. But eyes, like some other body parts, come in pairs and work best that way, so

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jul 9, 2019

Alberta’s foreign-funded-fossil-fuel defamation inquisition: Stand by for an expensive gong show

8 mins

Here are three predictions about Jason Kenney’s inquiry into that “foreign-funded defamation campaign” against Alberta’s fossil fuel industry. It will be a gong show It will cost far more than $2.5 million It will end

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David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Jul 7, 2019

Stephen Harper’s proposed restrictions on bitumen exports caused no uproar – so why the fury at Justin Trudeau?

8 mins

Late last week, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer was once again accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Government of wanting to phase out the oilsands, as he put it, and passing laws to

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David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Jul 6, 2019

Five Red Sentries, poetry by Raye Hendrickson, tops Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List

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Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton during the week ended June 30, 2019. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta.

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jul 5, 2019

We need an honest inquiry into foreign political funding – unfortunately, Jason Kenney’s ‘witch hunt’ inquiry isn’t it

8 mins

In truth, Canada needs a thorough and honest inquiry into foreign political funding, online manipulation and influence. Unfortunately, the $2.5-million probe into “foreign funded defamation” of Alberta’s fossil-fuel industry announced by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s

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David Climenhaga

Geopolitics

Jul 4, 2019

Parades! Bands! Singers! Tanks! Some thoughts on Independence Day, Donald Trump, and the state of the neighbourhood this July 4

6 mins

Today is Independence Day, the 4th of July, best known in Canada as the setting for the country gothic hit of the same name but, of course, also our cacophonous cousins’ national holiday. The occasion

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jul 16, 2019

Yet another annual message to the Calgary Stampede: real men don’t hurt animals for entertainment

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jul 15, 2019

OK, he said nothing new, but why did Justin Trudeau’s pipeline presser make Conservatives so angry?

David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Jul 14, 2019

Andrew Sheer would let Canadians rot in foreign jails before giving up an electoral edge!

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jul 10, 2019

My Eyes Are Dim Part II: AlbertaPolitcs.ca must take another short break from publication

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jul 9, 2019

Alberta’s foreign-funded-fossil-fuel defamation inquisition: Stand by for an expensive gong show

David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Jul 7, 2019

Stephen Harper’s proposed restrictions on bitumen exports caused no uproar – so why the fury at Justin Trudeau?

David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Jul 6, 2019

Five Red Sentries, poetry by Raye Hendrickson, tops Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jul 5, 2019

We need an honest inquiry into foreign political funding – unfortunately, Jason Kenney’s ‘witch hunt’ inquiry isn’t it

David Climenhaga

Geopolitics

Jul 4, 2019

Parades! Bands! Singers! Tanks! Some thoughts on Independence Day, Donald Trump, and the state of the neighbourhood this July 4

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