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David Climenhaga
Alberta Politics
Jun 15, 2020
Post-secondary review: Alberta prepares to train the workforce of yesterday, starting tomorrow!

Post-secondary review: Alberta prepares to train the workforce of yesterday, starting tomorrow!

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Brace yourself for the First 10-Year Plan for the rapid modernization of post-secondary education! As a general rule, promises by highly ideological governments to enact ambitious transformational change in institutions they have targeted as hotbeds
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David Climenhaga
Bestsellers
Jun 13, 2020
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline tops Alberta independent bookshops’ fiction bestseller list

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline tops Alberta independent bookshops’ 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, June 7, 2020. The lists are compiled by the Book Publishers Association
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David Climenhaga
Alberta Politics
Jun 12, 2020
It’s late for snowflakes, but UCP gas minister melts down over criticism at St. Albert Pride flag raising

It’s late for snowflakes, but UCP gas minister melts down over criticism at St. Albert Pride flag raising

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St. ALBERT, Alberta — My goodness, it’s rough being a government minister in this province! Sometimes people will even criticize you! I mean, seriously, the nerve! This never used to happen to the old Progressive
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David Climenhaga
Alberta Politics
Jun 11, 2020
It’s not up to the premier’s staff to decide who’s a journalist — except when it is

It’s not up to the premier’s staff to decide who’s a journalist — except when it is

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Responding yesterday to criticism for letting Alberta Premier Jason Kenney take a question from a reporter for a controversial right-wing news site during Tuesday’s virtual COVID-19 update, Press Secretary Christine Myatt tweeted defensively that “I
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David Climenhaga
Canadian Politics
Jun 10, 2020
Corrupt language corrupts minds: Police are civilians, under control of civilians

Corrupt language corrupts minds: Police are civilians, under control of civilians

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One of the bees in my bonnet has long been the misuse of the term civilian to describe people who are not sworn police officers. I wrote the post below almost a decade ago —
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David Climenhaga
Alberta Politics
Jun 9, 2020
Somehow South Tyrolean autonomy doesn’t sound like the best way to sell the Alberta Fair Deal Panel’s dumb ideas

Somehow South Tyrolean autonomy doesn’t sound like the best way to sell the Alberta Fair Deal Panel’s dumb ideas

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Sure sounds like Jason Kenney has a problem. He’s promised to release his Fair Deal Panel’s report next Monday, but it’s not at all clear Albertans are going to like what they hear. In politics,
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David Climenhaga
Bestsellers
Jun 7, 2020
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens tops independent Alberta booksellers fiction bestseller list

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens tops 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, May 31, 2020. The lists are compiled by the Book Publishers Association
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David Climenhaga
Alberta Politics
Jun 6, 2020
Despite COVID-19, 15,000 people join Fight for Equity rally against racism at Alberta Legislature

Despite COVID-19, 15,000 people join Fight for Equity rally against racism at Alberta Legislature

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A mostly youthful throng estimated at more than 15,000 people braved the coronavirus pandemic yesterday evening to join the Fight for Equity rally against racism at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton. The rally was organized
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David Climenhaga
Alberta Politics
Jun 5, 2020
Alberta’s Bill 1 is bad law, bad theatre, and an unconstitutional attack on the fundamental rights of citizens

Alberta’s Bill 1 is bad law, bad theatre, and an unconstitutional attack on the fundamental rights of citizens

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If the passage of Bill 1 by the Alberta Legislature last month demonstrates anything, it’s the contempt in which Premier Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party hold the rule of law. Mr. Kenney and
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