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Can Holland and Co. repeat? My predictions for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Here’s the situation going into the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian women’s curling championship, which begins on Saturday in Red Deer: The team that finished second at last year’s Scotties...
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Agree or disagree with Holland’s decision to take the steal after Officer...
RED DEER — So, I’ll throw it out there: you’re Team Canada skip Amber Holland and you’re watching Jennifer Jones’s last rock in the sixth end about to make contact for an open hit to score one, and...
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Dad taught me to drive on quiet country backroads. How did you learn?
Learning to drive, the first thing I did was break the law. I was only about eight years old, too young to legally get behind the wheel. Let me explain. My Dad was my driving instructor. Our family,...
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Alberta not commenting on Manitoba Metis Hunting deal
Alberta’s Ministry of Aboriginal Relations has declined comment on a new deal in Manitoba that recognizes the right of that province’s Metis to hunt and fish for food on an 800,000-square-kilometre...
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Kim McCullough’s Clearwater: What’s It Like to Launch a Book?
Most days, Kim McCullough teaches junior high school language arts and drama in Calgary – at least she did until the school she teaches at cancelled drama this fall. (On the side, she’s finishing an...
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Sneak Peek of PARKSHOW 2014: Kazz Clothing
Winnipeg-born clothing designer, Ashley Kasdorf of Kazz Clothing, who moved around with her five sisters and parents in her younger years due to her father’s work, has now taken permanent residence in...
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Lake of the Woods a mystical place where many visit, and some stay
When travelling to this region of Canada one can learn about the watershed and the unique people who earn a living while raising families in a tough northwestern Ontario economy. The Blosser family is...
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Canadian Museum for Human Rights Opens in Winnipeg
Opening in Winnipeg this weekend, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), is the first national museum in Canada to be built outside the National Capital Region. This museum is a big deal. Not...
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Sweet Alibi? Sweeter When Your Alibi Is The Winner!
If you haven’t already figured this out from my earlier writings, I suppose I’m about to out myself here and now as a transplanted Albertan. I’m also about to show my hometown Winnipeg pride in a...
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EOG Resources laying off 150, shutting Calgary office
Houston-based EOG Resources, Inc. has sold most of its Canadian assets and is closing its Calgary headquarters at the cost of more than 150 employee and contractor jobs, multiple sources say. The...
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NEB orders pipelines audit for Plains Midstream
Plains Midstream Canada, whose Rangeland pipeline fouled the Gleniffer Reservoir with spilled oil in 2012, has been ordered by the National Energy Board to submit to an independent third-party audit of...
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PSAC drilling forecast adjusted lower to 7,650 wells in 2015
About 7,000 oilfield jobs will likely disappear under a revised drilling forecast for 7,650 new wells in 2015 in Canada, according to the Calgary-based Petroleum Services Association of Canada. On...
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Letters for Monday, February 2
Learn a lesson from Manitoba Re: “Prentice is flat-out wrong about Alberta’s income tax system,” Mark Milke, Opinion, Jan. 24. I urge Albertans to look east at Manitoba and see what will happen if you...
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Downturn's impact seen as insolvencies rise in Alberta
The number of Albertans unable to pay their debts and being forced into insolvency is on the rise and likely to grow worse, says CIBC. In a report Tuesday, the bank said the cumulative number of...
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Letters for Thursday, May 21
Give Drever chance to prove herself Re: “Saying sorry isn’t good enough,” Editorial, May 20. I disagree with most of your editorial on Deborah Drever. The problem Drever faces is that her past has been...
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Braid: No campaign spending pledges from NDP during byelection, Notley says
Premier Rachel Notley finally made it clear Wednesday — the NDP government will make no money announcements during the Calgary-Foothills byelection campaign. The situation was fuzzy for a while, after...
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Plane crashed in northern Manitoba may have had wrong fuel
THOMPSON, Man. — A plane that crashed in northern Manitoba, sending eight people to hospital, may have had the wrong fuel. The Navajo Chieftain aircraft operated by Keystone Air, crashed just short of...
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Big thrills and chills in Churchill
Growing up in the heart of Canada’s polar bear country, Sheldon Walkoski doesn’t remember how old he was the first time he saw a polar bear. “I was probably pretty young at the time,” he says with a...
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Going to Winnipeg: Manitoba capital's winding streets offer up hidden gems
Winnipeg in late November? Don’t despair, Grey Cup goers — but layer up. There’s a Russian novel lurking underneath Winnipeggers’ cheery, down to earth demeanour. Thanks to an economy that’s been about...
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Alberta-Manitoba to co-operate on energy efficiency and climate change
The premiers of Alberta and Manitoba agreed Friday to co-operate on energy efficiency and climate change, but there’s no firm commitment yet on Manitoba’s support for the proposed Energy East pipeline...
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