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EDITORIAL: Council determines vision, policy, service levels

EDITORIAL: Council determines vision, policy, service levels

Council leads, staff follows.
EDITORIAL: Lowering municipal, provincial speed limits increases safety

EDITORIAL: Lowering municipal, provincial speed limits increases safety

Across the country, municipalities are lowering speed limits across the board – particularly on residential and collector roads – as evidence and research has borne out the impact it has in increasing safety.
COMMENTARY: Albertans deserve better protection

COMMENTARY: Albertans deserve better protection

COMMENTARY: Since 2016, more Albertans have died of opioid poisonings than COVID-19 in the province.
EDITORIAL: Announcements best left for other parts of province

EDITORIAL: Announcements best left for other parts of province

EDITORIAL: Alberta is calling. And while thousands of people have picked up the phone, packed their bags and headed west, not all parts of the province are created equal.
EDITORIAL: More resources should be dedicated to avalanche safety, education

EDITORIAL: More resources should be dedicated to avalanche safety, education

EDITORIAL: For people who live or visit the mountains in the winter, the threat of avalanches is a real issue for those travelling into certain areas across the Rocky Mountains.
EDITORIAL: Election budget throws money with close provincial race

EDITORIAL: Election budget throws money with close provincial race

EDITORIAL: With an election mere months away, it was the biggest selling point for the UCP’s who are neck-and-neck in the polls with the NDP.
EDITORIAL: How much is too much tourism?

EDITORIAL: How much is too much tourism?

EDITORIAL: How much is too much tourism? It’s a question being grappled by area municipalities, the province and Parks Canada. All three levels of government face the question each day, but also look to solve how best to manage it.
COMMENTARY: Healthcare reform is within reach

COMMENTARY: Healthcare reform is within reach

COMMENTARY: Canadians are mounting pressure on politicians for change, and in the aftermath of the pandemic, every level of government wants to be seen acting to improve the health of its voters. We have the knowledge, the tools, and the collective will to make it happen. Now is the time for meaningful healthcare reform.
EDITORIAL: New potential federal boundaries beneficial to Bow Valley

EDITORIAL: New potential federal boundaries beneficial to Bow Valley

EDITORIAL: The newly proposed redistribution of federal ridings could be a late Christmas gift to communities in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains.
EDITORIAL: Healthcare system needs much needed resources, fixes

EDITORIAL: Healthcare system needs much needed resources, fixes

EDITORIAL: The news of Canmore General Hospital having to shutter its operating room on weekends because of a staffing shortage is the latest wrench tossed at the region’s and province’s beleaguered healthcare system.
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