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Apr 24, 2018

Alberta is not Texas North and Kinder Morgan's big brains in Houston must've known it

David J. Climenhaga

One would have thought a corporation with revenue of US$14 billion could afford to hire people who would keep them au courant about how things work in the countries where they do business.

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Sep 1, 2017

Harvey coverage borderline 'rescue porn,' with little to no mention of cause or prevention

Rick Salutin

There’s an endless appetite for rescue scenes, but little emphasis on what caused the tragedy, and what could have been done to prevent it

Columnists

Sep 1, 2017

As Harvey hits the 'Petro Metro,' President Trump continues to deny climate change

Amy Goodman

Denis Moynihan

The planet is drowning in denial. Climate change is real, and needs to be addressed.

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Mar 6, 2017

With Rachel Notley off to Texas, it helps to understand why Canadians and Texans are naturally simpatico

David J. Climenhaga

I expect the small NDP group will be made to feel right at home today by the nabobs of the petroleum industry in Houston, and will feel naturally at home tomorrow in Austin.

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Dec 27, 2015

Baked Alaska and the Fraser Institute: What changes, and what doesn't, when oil prices fall and the money melts

David J. Climenhaga

The State of Alaska, which has been following the Fraser Institute's advice on how to run an oil-rich jurisdiction, is now in 'a profound fiscal crisis.'

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Nov 18, 2015

Brad Wall's call to block refugees from Syria is just more of the same old conservative wedge politics

David J. Climenhaga

Presumably Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, alleged to be the Mr. Congeniality of Canadian politics, will keep this kind of thing up until the provincial election now scheduled for April 4.

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Jan 17, 2015

A message from the Lone Star State to the Lone Tar Province: Assignment of blame is everything

David J. Climenhaga

We have all sinned and come short of the glory of the market. We're just going to have to repent and admit that this whole mess is our fault.

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Jan 12, 2015

Cheap oil's the disaster it is for Alberta because our province is so badly run

David J. Climenhaga

Unlike other provinces that didn't share our perverse good fortune, Alberta's situation is made far worse by our government's poor planning, or complete lack of it.

Columnists

Oct 9, 2014

Reproductive rights under attack: Texas imposes restrictions on abortion

Amy Goodman

Texas state restrictions on abortion access means that 80 per cent of abortion clinics have been closed. Pro-choice activists call them "TRAP laws" -- "Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers."

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Jul 28, 2014

The Fraser facts, minus the spin: Alberta has a revenue problem, not a spending problem

David J. Climenhaga

Never mind the statistics, there are enough holes in the Fraser Institute's sloppy interpretation to store captured carbon!

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