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If Health Minister Tyler Shandro were smart, he’d walk back that Babylon by Telus deal pronto

10 mins

This whole Babylon smartphone app partnership between the Alberta government and Telus Corp. is starting to look like a major blunder. If he’s smart, Health Minister Tyler Shandro will recognize he needs to walk back

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 21, 2020

The new two-tier medicine: real physicians for the rich, an Internet app for the rest of us?

11 mins

Get ready for the new two-tier medicine! Real doctors for the rich; Internet apps of the rest of us. You think I’m kidding? Wednesday night, I found an email in my inbox from Telus Corp.,

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David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Mar 21, 2020

The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel tops independent Alberta bookshops’ bestseller list this 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, March 15, 2020. The lists are compiled by the Book Publishers Association

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David Climenhaga

Geopolitics

Mar 19, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic: Not good news for anyone, but probably worse news for the West than China

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The novel coronavirus hit China first. Today was the first day China reported no new local infections since the global pandemic officially began in Hubei province in the fall of 2019. No new local infections

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David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Mar 19, 2020

Bill Morneau’s COVID-19 response: This economic and health crisis is no time for timidity or hesitation

7 mins

According to Bill Morneau, “as Minister of Finance, my only job is to make sure that Canadians can keep food in the fridge.” That’s actually a rare useful thought for a federal finance minister to

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 18, 2020

With COVID-19 in Alberta, Health Minister Tyler Shandro caves to docs on ‘complex billing’ battle

7 mins

As Lyndon B. Johnson famously explained, in politics, chicken poop can turn over night into chicken salad. Those weren’t exactly the words used by the late United States Senator from Texas, Senate Majority Leader, Vice-President

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 17, 2020

Alberta COVID-19 cases rise to 74; UCP to push budget through; Jason Kenney visits the airport

7 mins

Faced with the embarrassment of having to rewrite Alberta’s budget to acknowledge economic reality and public health necessity in the midst of a global pandemic or stick with one that fails to meet even that

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 15, 2020

Community transmission of COVID-19 seen in Alberta; all classes cancelled; no layoffs of health workers — for now

9 mins

Community transmission of COVID-19 is now taking place in Alberta as numbers of cases grew by 17 over the past 24 hours to 56, Premier Jason Kenney told the province’s daily briefing on the local

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 15, 2020

Can Jason Kenney pass the UCP budget, prorogue the Legislature, and get out of town before COVID-19 really hits the fan?

7 mins

Beware the Ides of March! It’ll be interesting to see if Premier Jason Kenney can find a way to pass his budget, prorogue the Legislature, and get the heck outta Dodge before the really bad

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 22, 2020

If Health Minister Tyler Shandro were smart, he’d walk back that Babylon by Telus deal pronto

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 21, 2020

The new two-tier medicine: real physicians for the rich, an Internet app for the rest of us?

David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Mar 21, 2020

The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel tops independent Alberta bookshops’ bestseller list this week

David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Mar 19, 2020

Bill Morneau’s COVID-19 response: This economic and health crisis is no time for timidity or hesitation

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 18, 2020

With COVID-19 in Alberta, Health Minister Tyler Shandro caves to docs on ‘complex billing’ battle

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 17, 2020

Alberta COVID-19 cases rise to 74; UCP to push budget through; Jason Kenney visits the airport

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 15, 2020

Community transmission of COVID-19 seen in Alberta; all classes cancelled; no layoffs of health workers — for now

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 15, 2020

Can Jason Kenney pass the UCP budget, prorogue the Legislature, and get out of town before COVID-19 really hits the fan?

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