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The late Brock Ketchum & David Climenhaga on strike at the Calgary Herald, circa 1999
Unionization campaign at the National Post is steeped in irony, and not just because hell has frozen over
David J. Climenhaga | Imagine how much better off everyone in Canadian media would have been if the Calgary Herald strike had been as successful as its union drive.
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Joan Crockatt. Image: David Climenhaga
Foreign influence had nothing to do with Tory Joan Crockatt's Calgary Centre election defeat in 2015
David J. Climenhaga | A great Liberal candidate, Kent Hehr, and a great Liberal campaign, Justin Trudeau's, won the election of 2015. Claims to the contrary are codswallop.
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Image: Twitter/@IvankaTrump
What you should worry about when you worry about President Trump (Hint: not where Ivanka sits!)
David J. Climenhaga | If you want to worry about the Trump Family, think about the fact Mr. Donald now has the firing codes to 4,000 nuclear weapons.
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N. Murray Edwards
Why Canadians are lucky Rona Ambrose was hanging around the Caribbean with a billionaire
David J. Climenhaga | The story of billionaire flight from Alberta persists in Conservative circles. Luckily, it turns out Rona Ambrose, leader of the Opposition, is in a position to set the record straight!
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Mark Iype
Edmonton Journal changes likely to mean less local news and fewer local reporters
David J. Climenhaga | Similar changes are being implemented at Postmedia papers across the country, often accompanied by staff layoffs.
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Missing Mars Lander
Schiaparelli lander missing; ground control still in contact with Postmedia; prognosis grim for both
David J. Climenhaga | You don't need a calculator to know that if Postmedia keeps losing money at this quarter’s pace, it'll soon be burning through $400 million a year.
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Frank Atkins
There's nothing 'independent' or 'blue-ribbon' about the Wildrose Party's 'Equalization Fairness Panel'
David J. Climenhaga | All four members of the Wildrose Party’s "blue-ribbon" panel on Canada's Equalization Program have close ties with the Frontier Centre, an anti-equalization campaigner.
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George Clark
It's not just the #kudatah -- it's the feeling Alberta’s conservatives are all boarding the Crazy Train
David J. Climenhaga | If the Wildrose Party is a mainstream conservative party in Alberta, it's hard to say George Clark and his #kudatah allies aren’t part of the mainstream too.
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National Post editor pushes Russia invasion of Ukraine conspiracy
Roger Annis | The 'Russian invasion' theory of the war in eastern Ukraine conveniently overlooks the role of the Ukrainian extreme right in events and its close ties with the government in Kyiv.
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Joseph Howe
Succession planning: what do we do when the great Canadian newspapers die off?
David J. Climenhaga | We Canadians need to do some serious "succession planning," to determine who or what will do the vital job done by our once-great newspapers.
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Image: Twitter/@MargaretAtwood
With Margaret Atwood farce, National Post explodes in its own face
J. Baglow | What lessons can we draw from the Margaret Atwood farce? Does it matter?
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Harper Screen Shot
That Conservative foreign policy election plank: Shaky, incoherent and quite possibly dangerous
David J. Climenhaga | What does Canada do now that our NATO allies, the Turks, have turned viciously on the Kurds with the apparent support of the United States?