COVID-19 vaccine task force transparency crucial
Public acceptance of vaccines will depend on how confident people are that the best decisions have been made about which vaccines to purchase. That means eliminating conflicts of interest…
Tone deaf CEOs think Albertans need to pay higher taxes
Business Council of Alberta that thinks the government should consider a provincial sales tax and carbon tax…
The telltale signs of a tax scam
How criminals are conning people out of millions posing as the CRA…
Program launched to diagnose genetic diseases in children
Children are disproportionately affected as genetic diseases typically manifest during childhood and usually come with neurological symptoms…
Strange weather, stranger words to describe it
In the odds and sods category, hunch weather is windy and drizzly, so much so that one has to hunch over just to walk…
Indigenous communities leaping the digital divide
Indigenous communities are setting up their own satellite, fibre optics and even cellular phone networks…
We have to understand that MAiD still means homicide
A former veteran Mountie and local coroner has a sure-fire way to protect health care workers from being made to administer MAiD…
Digging deep into John Wayne’s western films to find gems
He made scads of westerns, ranging from mediocre to excellent. Count Red River, Rio Bravo, True Grit and The Shootist among his best…
Only respect for diversity will defeat extremism
The Holocaust didn’t happen because people had no culture. It happened because people compromised their principles, like respect, love, honesty and truth…
Four practical ways to crush negativity and achieve success
Speak kindly to yourself, reinvent your world, forget mastery and think commitment, and then replace negative thoughts with positive ones…