Article content For musicians, Marshall amplifiers continue to be highly regarded. Climate, too, is an amplifier. The former deals with sound, the latter is increasingly amplifying disasters. The intensity of the Marshall can be instantly turned down. Not so with climate. Humans have been increasing climate-amplified disasters for over 200 years, unwittingly at first. As […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links Politics Opinion News Local News Columnists COVID barely exists in the government’s rhetoric as cases rise sharply in senior care homes. The new message is that individuals have no wider responsibility. Get the latest from Don Braid, Calgary Herald straight to your inbox Sign Up Author of the article: Don Braid • […]
Wit and wisdom: A look at recent editorial cartoons from the Herald
Article content While I go by Doreen Healy, my Blackfoot name is seebyhanhgyahkii, which means “night singing woman”. I’m from the Blood (Kainai) Tribe in Southern Alberta and I have made my home in Calgary since I moved here at 17. I am a residential school survivor. I was taken from my family at five […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links Letters Published Sep 30, 2023 • Last updated 3 hours ago • 5 minute read In this handout photograph taken by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on Sept. 22, 2023, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky listens to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the House of Commons. (UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) Photo by […]
Article content On Sept. 19, at this year’s World Petroleum Congress, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas Rebecca Schulz announced that the Government of Alberta would invest $7 million into a study by Cenovus Energy on the potential usage of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) to power future oilsands operations. Over the past year, the government […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links Columnists Published Sep 30, 2023 • Last updated 4 hours ago • 3 minute read A Calgary charter school teacher argues that elementary-aged children can learn complex concepts like those in Alberta’s Social Studies curriculum. Photo by Getty Images/iStockphoto /Postmedia Network Article content By Janine Gorman Alberta’s social studies curriculum is back in […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links Columnists Published Sep 30, 2023 • Last updated 5 hours ago • 3 minute read A supply of Naxolone at a supervised consumption site in case of an overdose. Postmedia files jpg Article content A recent opinion column in the Calgary Herald, Compassionate intervention for addiction saves lives, discussed how decision-makers may be able […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links Politics Opinion News Columnists Control of the party apparatus is what’s at stake here, with serious potential for another UCP upheaval Get the latest from Don Braid, Calgary Herald straight to your inbox Sign Up Author of the article: Don Braid • Calgary Herald Published Sep 29, 2023 • 4 minute read […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links Columnists Published Sep 29, 2023 • Last updated 2 hours ago • 3 minute read Renewable energy output is set to soar in the coming years, according to a report from research company Rystad. Photo by The Canadian Press Article content A new Leger poll, released yesterday, confirms that a majority of Albertans […]