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Son of a Trickster by Indigenous author Eden Robinson tops independent Alberta bookstores’ 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, March 8, 2020. The lists are compiled by the Book Publishers Association

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 13, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic? What a peculiar time for the health minister to pursue a fight with Alberta’s physicians

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Hey! It’s Friday the 13th in the age of the coronavirus. Are you feeling lucky? Apparently Tyler Shandro and Tara Jago are. Leastways, Alberta’s heath minister and his “issues manager” were yesterday when, global coronavirus

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 12, 2020

It’s almost as if the new coronavirus has evolved to exploit the vulnerabilities of the modern neoliberal state

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“The risk to Albertans is still low,” the Government of Alberta’s official website soothingly assured us yesterday afternoon, the day the World Health Organization officially declared the effects of the coronavirus swiftly coursing ’round the

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 10, 2020

Report forecasts future of Alberta’s oilsands as more production, fewer jobs, and less spending

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Thanks to technological advances and modular facilities, leading oilsands companies are increasing bitumen production while cutting the numbers of people they employ and spending less money, says a new Corporate Mapping Project report published this

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 10, 2020

Appointment of conservative economist Jack Mintz to head Jason Kenney’s latest economic panel is not a good augury for Alberta

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Come into my office, Alberta, and sit down. I’m sorry to have to tell you that your prognosis is not good. I’m not talking about coronavirus. That will be painful, but you’re strong and young

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David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Mar 9, 2020

Remember when Canada was about to become ‘a global energy powerhouse’? So how’d that work out?

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Anybody remember Stephen Harper’s plan to turn Canada into “an energy superpower”? That was in July 2006, a dream articulated in Mr. Harper’s first speech abroad as Canada’s prime minister. Canada was not only about

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 8, 2020

Talks between Alberta’s docs and government, which went off the rails on Valentine’s Day, are back on again

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A big fight with Alberta’s doctors might have seemed like a good idea when the United Conservative Party’s strategic braintrust came up with the plan a few weeks ago. But that was then. This is

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David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Mar 7, 2020

The Marrow Thieves, young adult fiction by Canadian Metis author Cherie Dimaline, leads Alberta independent bookstore sales

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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 1, 2020. The lists are compiled by the Book Publishers Association

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 6, 2020

Coronavirus discovered in Alberta just as politics trumps science in supervised drug clinic report

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COVID-19 has arrived in Alberta. But first, we need to talk about how the United Conservative Party Government has found a nearly perfect formula for dealing with science when it reaches inconvenient conclusions running counter

David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Mar 14, 2020

Son of a Trickster by Indigenous author Eden Robinson tops independent Alberta bookstores’ bestseller list

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 13, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic? What a peculiar time for the health minister to pursue a fight with Alberta’s physicians

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 12, 2020

It’s almost as if the new coronavirus has evolved to exploit the vulnerabilities of the modern neoliberal state

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 10, 2020

Appointment of conservative economist Jack Mintz to head Jason Kenney’s latest economic panel is not a good augury for Alberta

David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Mar 9, 2020

Remember when Canada was about to become ‘a global energy powerhouse’? So how’d that work out?

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 8, 2020

Talks between Alberta’s docs and government, which went off the rails on Valentine’s Day, are back on again

David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Mar 7, 2020

The Marrow Thieves, young adult fiction by Canadian Metis author Cherie Dimaline, leads Alberta independent bookstore sales

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Mar 6, 2020

Coronavirus discovered in Alberta just as politics trumps science in supervised drug clinic report

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