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Amarjeet Sohi
Feb 17 2017 | by David J. Climenhaga | Alberta voters are likely to have an opportunity soon to demonstrate whether or not they’ve been paying attention. After all, anything can happen in a by-election!
 Image: PMO/Adam Scotti
Feb 17 2017 | by Gerry Caplan | The Trudeau government is looking for a new Africa strategy. Surely telling the truth about who is ripping off whom would be a very constructive way to begin.
Image: YouTube
Feb 16 2017 | by Vibhor Garg | U.S. President Donald Trump has a long, complex and mutually profitable relationship with the WWE and its billionaire owners, Linda and Vince McMahon.
Image: Twitter/@IvankaTrump
Feb 16 2017 | by David J. Climenhaga | If you want to worry about the Trump Family, think about the fact Mr. Donald now has the firing codes to 4,000 nuclear weapons.
dirty tap water
Feb 15 2017 | by David Suzuki | The David Suzuki Foundation and Council of Canadians have published a report card rating government progress on its commitment to ending drinking water advisories in nine First Nations in Ontario.
Justin Trudeau and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Feb 15 2017 | by Doreen Nicoll | Justin Trudeau, self-proclaimed feminist, is looking more misogynous with each passing day.
Photo: Premier of Alberta/flickr
Feb 15 2017 | by David J. Climenhaga | Rachel Notley reacts to threats with remarkable aplomb as many of the people who contribute to this problem shrug their shoulders and say, "Who? Me?"
Image: @realDonaldTrump/Twitter
Feb 15 2017 | by J. Baglow | By conceding Canadian sovereignty to American border officials, the Trudeau government has crossed a bridge.
Image: Facebook/Yusra Khogali
Feb 15 2017 | by Yves Engler | A Black Lives Matter - Toronto spokesperson recently called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a "white supremacist terrorist." "White Supremacist," sure -- but what about "terrorist"?
Image: Wikimedia Commons/Jeffery J. Nichols
Feb 14 2017 | by David J. Climenhaga | Maybe higher oil prices will be back soon, but the realities of the market, and the realities of the biosphere, won't be changed by the ideology of capitalism.
Image: Adam Zeek/flickr
Feb 14 2017 | by Liz Kessler | "Normalcy" isn't possible, and it's not the goal, so trying to reassure me that I seem normal is useless.
Image: Connor Tarter/flickr
Feb 14 2017 | by Penney Kome | Women are going to jail in Canada, especially Indigenous women, because they are unable to pay fines for small infractions.
Dave Hancock Portrait
Feb 14 2017 | by David J. Climenhaga | When by-then-premier Jim Prentice appointed a new cabinet in the fall of 2014, Dave Hancock was out, with barely a word of thanks.
Photo: World Bank Photo Collection/flickr
Feb 13 2017 | by Yves Engler | Rather than contrasting Trump's ban with Israel's openness, if Israel supporters truly embraced universal human rights they would criticize Trump for mimicking Israeli policy.
Feb 12 2017 | by David J. Climenhaga | When it comes to education in Alberta, it turns out that competition is always good … except when it isn't! Who knew?
Feb 12 2017 | by Lizanne Foster | Finance Minister De Jong's claims to a balanced budget actually reveal years of fiscal mismanagement and neglect.
Feb 10 2017 | by Sabreena Ghaffar-Siddiqui | The six men murdered by a white nationalist in their place of prayer became ironic victims of the very label that the media and public use to condemn them: terrorist.
Dave Hancock
Feb 10 2017 | by David J. Climenhaga | If we ask why we are spending public money on portraits of Alberta premiers (and Legislative Speakers, too, it must be added) we are asking the wrong question.
Image: Flickr/World Bank Photo Collection
Feb 10 2017 | by Karl Nerenberg | The PM's warning that an extremist party could gain some seats in parliament under a proportional system ignores the fact that the extreme right can win a majority under the current system.
Image: Twitter/@RealDonaldTrump
Feb 10 2017 | by Nahla Abdo | All U.S. presidents, including Obama, have taken part in wars attempting to bring the Middle East to heel. Now it is Trump's turn.
Feb 9 2017 | by Gary Engler | As long as there have been battles over resources people have objectified and demeaned the “other” but racism was invented to serve the economic interests of European capitalists.
Image: PMO/Adam Scotti
Feb 9 2017 | by Greg Squires | Trudeau's about-face on electoral reform and massive deficits will likely cost him the soft conservative and left vote that delivered a majority in 2015.
Brian Jean
Feb 9 2017 | by David J. Climenhaga | If unification of the right happens, it will be under the Wildrose structure, says Opposition Leader Brian Jean, and he will be a candidate to lead it.
Nelson Mandela, terrorist
Feb 9 2017 | by Caroline Biotteau | Terrorism is more or less some form of violence used against civilians for ideological purposes. Unless the government is OK with it.
Trump Supporter at Neo-Nazi Rally
Feb 8 2017 | by Ben Powless | As corporations become more progressive than the GOP, how far will they go to retain their base?
Newspaper headline, "Great Storm Hits after 4-inch rain"
Feb 8 2017 | by David Suzuki | Trying to communicate complex ideas and distill entire studies into eye-catching headlines and brief stories can open the door to misinformation and limited understanding.
Michael Janz
Feb 8 2017 | by David J. Climenhaga | Horror-stricken Catholic school trustees quickly responded to Edmonton Public School Board Chair Michael Janz's call for optional Catholic programs in public schools.
Feb 8 2017 | by Donald Cuccioletta |, | by Michel Lambert | In the aftermath of the Quebec City tragedy, we need more than solidarity messages.
Feb 7 2017 | by Cheryl McNamara | Last January, KAIROS released its wish list for the year -- 10 plus one hopes for the federal government and the provinces to fulfill. Two of these were realized. Here are our wishes for 2017.
Image: Flickr/Olivia Chow
Feb 7 2017 | by Penney Kome | If you think news media cost too much, try making decisions in the dark.