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David Climenhaga
Bestsellers
May 16, 2020
The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel returns to top of Alberta independent bookstores’ fiction bestseller list

The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel returns to top of Alberta independent bookstores’ 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 10, 2020. The lists are compiled by the Book Publishers Association
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David Climenhaga
Alberta Politics
May 15, 2020
If COVID-19 proves anything, it’s that Ernst & Young was out to lunch when it recommended privatizing Carewest and Capital Care

If COVID-19 proves anything, it’s that Ernst & Young was out to lunch when it recommended privatizing Carewest and Capital Care

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Does anyone remember the $2-million “review” of Alberta Health Services by Ernst & Young launched a year ago by the United Conservative Party Government? Health Minister Tyler Shandro and Alberta Health Services President and CEO
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David Climenhaga
Canadian Politics
May 15, 2020
Why won’t Ottawa do anything to rein in equine identity theft?

Why won’t Ottawa do anything to rein in equine identity theft?

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Is this Stablegate? The Canadian Taxpayers Federation wants to know why Justin Trudeau and his Liberals aren’t reining in equine identity theft. The Twittersphere exploded yesterday when CTF Federal Director Aaron Wudrick indicated he believes horses
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David Climenhaga
Alberta Politics
May 14, 2020
That rumble you hear is the sound of the Shock Doctrine artillery softening up Alberta for austerity on steroids

That rumble you hear is the sound of the Shock Doctrine artillery softening up Alberta for austerity on steroids

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In trench warfare, before the shock troops go over the top, the artillery softens up the defenders with a barrage at the point of the attack. In the midst of a great struggle with a
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David Climenhaga
Alberta Politics
May 13, 2020
Hinterland Who’s Who: Hear the haunting call of the wild Deep South Alberta UCP MLA …

Hinterland Who’s Who: Hear the haunting call of the wild Deep South Alberta UCP MLA …

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With friends like Drew Barnes, does the United Conservative Party really need enemies in these troubles times? The right-wing Frankenparty may have won the 2019 provincial election convincingly soon after it was cobbled together from
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Canadian Politics
May 12, 2020
The oilsands’ other dirty little secret — Canadians barely own ’em

The oilsands’ other dirty little secret — Canadians barely own ’em

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It’s the other dirty little secret of the oilsands: Foreign companies and their shareholders are benefitting from the huge dividends produced by Alberta’s vast bitumen sand deposits while Canadians are stuck with the vast bill
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David Climenhaga
Alberta Politics
May 11, 2020
Coronavirus has U.S. physicians eyeing politics — will COVID-19 and the UCP’s War on Doctors spur the same thing here?

Coronavirus has U.S. physicians eyeing politics — will COVID-19 and the UCP’s War on Doctors spur the same thing here?

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The New York Times reported yesterday how the coronavirus crisis is prodding a wave of mostly progressive American physicians to enter politics. Many are women and most have connected the dots between the United States’
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David Climenhaga
Bestsellers
May 9, 2020
There There by Tommy Orange leads fiction bestsellers in Alberta’s independent bookstores

There There by Tommy Orange leads fiction bestsellers in Alberta’s independent bookstores

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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 3, 2020. The lists are compiled by the Book Publishers Association
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David Climenhaga
Alberta Politics
May 8, 2020
Jason Kenney calls Elizabeth May, Yves-François Blanchet ‘un-Canadian,’ accuses them of ‘blaming the victim’

Jason Kenney calls Elizabeth May, Yves-François Blanchet ‘un-Canadian,’ accuses them of ‘blaming the victim’

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Now that Premier Jason Kenney has declared it “un-Canadian” to say oil is dead, I wonder if it’s OK to admit Alberta’s fossil fuel industry is on the ropes? Probably. Mr. Kenney said as much
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