Premier Alison Redford's biggest problem with Alberta's leaky pipeline file isn't really the breach that recently dripped 450,000 or so litres of light crude into the Gleniffer Reservoir, just upstream from the city of Red Deer.

For all the news that's been generated in the past few days, and for all that its timing and location were far from ideal for the well-heeled folks who would like to build pipeline mega-projects hither and yon from Alberta, this particular leak will soon be forgotten.

Since she won't apologize for remarks made by one of her candidates during the recent election campaign that many Albertans thought were offensive and anti-gay, Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith found herself trapped this week between a rock and a hard place.

The leader of Alberta's Opposition party desperately wants to leave behind the brouhaha created by unsuccessful Edmonton-South West candidate Alan Hunsperger, who imprudently left a blog post lying around the Internet before last April's election that expressed the view all gays are doomed to spend eternity in the Lake of Fire if they don't repent.

Edmonton's Pride Parade yesterday can only be described as a massive success, proof of the assertion real Albertans don’t care a fig about a person's sexuality, gender identity or even how they dress.

Surely there were 20,000 people in the streets for the parade, including, God bless them, Albertans in hijabs and Hutterite bonnets. Rain was promised by the weatherperson but the warm sun beamed down, approval from on high of which the Wildrose Party's fierce believers in divine revelation might want to take note.

So what exactly is a principal secretary, anyway? And why does Alberta Premier Alison Redford need one? I mean, really, didn’t she just appoint a chief of staff? How is this principal secretary thingy she's just hired different from the chief of staff she's just appointed? Who is the boss of whom?

Questions, questions…