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Former NDP leader Brian Mason says farewell with words of wisdom and warning

Former Alberta New Democratic Party leader Brian Mason has been a gale force presence in Alberta politics for so long it’s hard to imagine the place without him. Yet there…

Location of immigration office in Vegreville steeped in Mulroney Era pork barrel politics, and never made sense

David Climenhaga October 29, 2016

PHOTOS: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s soon-to-be-moved national case-processing centre in Vegreville, Alberta. Below: Mulroney Era deputy prime minister Don Mazankowski, the man who pushed for the centre to be…

Happy Thanksgiving! Would the Tories praising our health care system please stop trying to privatize it!

David Climenhaga October 13, 2014

Edmonton’s Misericordia Hospital waaay back in the day. Below: The modern Mis, the one in Edmonton’s west end that after 45 years is falling apart. Alberta Health Minister Stephen Mandel.…

Why is Alberta studying seniors’ care at the same time as it’s privatizing it?

David Climenhaga January 23, 2013

Coming soon to seniors’ centres in Alberta, a new model of elder care? Below: Health Minister Fred Horne. On Monday, Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne announced a year-long project to…