Last summer, I had an interesting debate with a young, well-travelled Qatari friend in Doha. Not unlike millions of others around the world, he was…
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Alberta Needs to Rethink French Curriculum
Commentary by Salim Valji in Edmonton Memorizing adjectives and pronouns did little more than create a resentment for having to learn French in the first…
View More Alberta Needs to Rethink French CurriculumTemp Workers in Fort Mac: Hope Quenched by Fire
by Samantha Power in Edmonton, Alberta As the Fort McMurray emergency passes, those without housing and citizenship status face an uncertain future. Over 160 temporary…
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Mulcair Defeat: Appeasement Never Works
Tom Mulcair was removed as leader of the NDP because of the party’s disappointing result in the last federal election. The election started with Mulcair…
View More Mulcair Defeat: Appeasement Never WorksImmigrants Don’t See ‘Redneck’ Side of Alberta
by Daniel Leon Rodriguez in Calgary For some, Alberta’s history is just about cowboys, oil, and Conservatives, but a new television series is shedding light…
View More Immigrants Don’t See ‘Redneck’ Side of AlbertaRefugee Crisis Top of Mind this Eid al-Adha
by Lin Rahman in Toronto Eid al-Adha, celebrated this past Thursday, marks one of the two most important religious holidays for Muslims around the world. …
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In The Words of Eric Garner: I Can’t Breathe
by Ujjal Dosanjh (@ujjaldosanjh) in Vancouver Eric Garner died in an illegal New York police chokehold. He wasn’t a gangster. He was a petty criminal.…
View More In The Words of Eric Garner: I Can’t Breathe“I’m Albertan by Choice; I Want to be Premier”
by Thomas Lukaszuk (@LukaszukMLA) in Edmonton They came and grabbed what they wanted. It broke my heart. I was 12 when I had to open up…
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Edmonton right to pull anti-Muslim bus ad
by Richard M. Landau Responding to public opinion, the City of Edmonton has pulled a controversial bus placard ad campaign that some believe conveyed anti-Muslim…
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