Sitting in his office and his saddle bronco rodeo statue in plain view, Jason Kenney addressed Albertans on his Facebook page. 

With President Trump’s anticipated return to the spotlight, another program is about to make as much of an appearance as him. The long-kept secret of the UFO file will start to unfold itself with the Space Force, www.spaceforce.mil, this year and moving into the decade. 

The Government of Saskatchewan decided it was up to the Canadian Football Leagiue’s Saskatchewan Roughriders to mandate whether or not fans would be required to have proof of vaccination for the Covid-19 virus. 

Over the last few months, it’s been made clear to the Coal Policy Committee that the topic of coal development is important for Albertans, who hold many views and opinions on the subject. That’s why the committee has been tasked by Alberta’s Energy Minister Sonya Savage with leading a widesp…

Is it just me or are we losing all sense of reality and common sense with all of this pandemic restrictions being lifted, reinforced, ignored, adhered to, argued, fought over in WalMart etc.? 

Over the past five years there have been times when constituents have challenged me on the manner in which Conservative Members of Parliament, including myself, have confronted or questioned Liberal legislation, Liberal ministers, or demanded answers of government - often through heated deba…

It seems kind of ironic that voters are at the very least mildly surprised about the (strong) possibility of an early federal election.

And everyone wonders why this country is so divided? 

Pandemic seems to be neutralized but now we have a reoccurring health issue: the threat of slashing of wages and perhaps positions.

(1931 – 1941)

Canada Day this year will be different for just about all Canadians. 

You know, sometimes what seems a really good idea, may not be the most appropriate or ill-timed in nature.

It would be easy for many cross the spectrum Albertans to be cynical in regards to the recommendations announced by the provincial government’s Alberta Anti-Racism Advisory Council.

Every small town has challenges. But they also often have what they need to create their own solutions. 

The releasing of the confirmation of the grave sites of the 215 children of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation at the residential school in Kamloops has caused a wave of emotion amongst the indigenous, but also in the non-indigenous community…Just not enough of the sympathetic kind in t…

It was appropriate that as Mental Health Awareness Month wrapped up on May 31, that focus, resolve and feelings towards the pandemic was tested to the max. 

During May, I was privileged to do some indigenous-themed stories including a feature on a documentary film which captured Kainai High School programming as well as talking to Farica Prince an inspector/administrator with the Blood Tribe Police Service in regards to systemic racism in polici…

Mental health has come a long way to being understood by those affected and those who are not in Canada. However, there is still a long way to go in both the general public and how it is portrayed in media. 

In downtown Medicine Hat sits an empty grey building which used to have traffic run through it, with large buses with a silver greyhound stamped on the side. 

In downtown Medicine Hat sits an empty grey building which used to have traffic run through it, with large buses with a silver greyhound stamped on the side. 

Canadian Mental Health Association Week which was observed from May 3-9 had themes and messages such as “Name it, don’t numb it” and “#GetReal about how you feel.”

This may seem like a “well, duh” statement but as much as the Alberta Provincial government can complain about transfer payments to other provinces, and saying Justin Trudeau is a hypocrite saying the carbon tax isn’t a tax but an investment into the environment; the provincial government is…

Last week, the federal government announced a cornerstone of their budget would be a Canada-wide child care system that would cost parents as little as $10 a day.

Sometimes in the newspaper industry when reporters or editors are rushed, proofreading is rushed and errors are made. A missed comma, a typo, a spelling mistake, grammatical errors are left exposed and while they are in excusable, they sometimes happen due to time.

There is something to be said about creating an environment of trust or giving hope to people. Or not.

There used to be a view held about volunteer fire departments that these were just quasi social clubs which contributed to their communities and went to the odd emergency but never really got the respect they deserved.

Growing up, I had a friend who had an interesting perspective on getting cracked windshields on gravel roads in rural Saskatchewan. He said the best way to not get a cracked windshield was to drive extra fast on the roads and then that way no rocks would hit it. 

There is no doubt Covid-19 has hurt us all all in some manner. 

There is no doubt Covid-19 has hurt us all all in some manner. 

Religion is a subjective thing. Because a variety of religious doctrines are all different, conflict arises. Today, many feel persecuted by other religions, government and individuals.

By Ryan Dahlman 

Notice how Albertans haven’t heard much from the NDP and Rachel Notley lately? You don’t hear anything else from the other opposition parties because they don’t exist.

People are suffering across Canada. Pick a province and everyone has some hurting happening, much of it due to the havoc Covid-19 has been wreaking on people’s heath with the after-affects with the livelihoods. People struggling financially is commonplace, many small businesses are backed in…

I talked to a colleague once about literacy and he said within five years, the English language will cease to exist as we know it. 

Coal mining has been a consistent energy source for hundreds of years: whether fueling something as small as a house stove, to trains to multi-million dollar generators, coal has been a source of employment, relatively inexpensive heart and a pillar of the Canadian economy. It is cheap, simp…

It is hard to put into words at best, how poor the optics look on this whole Alberta ministers traveling outside of Alberta controversy. 

This time should be a celebration of all that we are thankful for from the past year, no matter what your spiritual beliefs are. 

It’s a choice: plain and simple. 

Hey… did you know that Kyle McIntyre is no longer the Director of Education for the Chinook School Division in southwest Saskatchewan? 

This Christmas season is going to be a special treat for those late shoppers coming home at night of the Winter Solstice.

To say there is political and social turmoil in Alberta would qualify somewhere between a gross understatement and an emphasized “well duh”.

Here in the Great White North, residents north of the 49th parallel sat in their living rooms, wearing our toques and Team Canada jerseys sipping on our Molson or Timmies, with our bowl of popcorn, feeling pretty smug as we watched a deranged Donald Trump do his best imitation of a spoiled f…

The issue of drunk driving and people running for political office came up again in Saskatchewan last week as two separate stories regarding candidates and their run-ins with the law.

There it was Oct. 9, tweeted out in the morning and the MLA for Calgary-Acadia showed one more time why he is that one guy on your team that just can’t help himself but get into trouble.