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The ‘Just Transition’ deadly for the West
by Bruce Dowbiggin | Jan 25, 2023
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Forecast calls for a strong recovery in crude oil demand
by Rashid Husain Syed | Jan 23, 2023
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If we don’t get energy transition right, we’re screwed
by Bill Whitelaw | Jan 19, 2023
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Private facilities bring much needed competition to health care system
by Brian Day | Jan 24, 2023
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Canada’s health-care system is a disaster
by Roslyn Kunin | Jan 17, 2023
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Confusing signals from Ottawa on oil and gas
by David Yager | Jan 16, 2023
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Albertans saved big on holiday shopping with no PST
by Kris Sims | Jan 9, 2023
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Danielle Smith is right to shield firearms owners from Trudeau
by Kris Sims | Jan 5, 2023
Private health insurance would ease Canadians’ suffering
by Maria Lily Shaw | Jan 25, 2023
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Program offers homeless emergency patients permanent homes
by Gillian Rutherford | Jan 13, 2023
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New business provides services to seniors living alone
by Roslyn Kunin | Jan 3, 2023
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Fighting back against Big Brother’s brainwashing
by Frances Widdowson | Jan 13, 2023
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Regulated career colleges key to solving labour shortages
by Michael Sangster | Dec 22, 2022
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Tackling homelessness takes a community, says master’s grad
by Bev Betkowski | Nov 29, 2022
Politics
NationalManitoba Premier Stefanson should oppose carbon tax
by Gage Haubrich | Jan 25, 2023
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Is it time to celebrate the return of the Northlander train?
by Eric Boutilier | Jan 23, 2023
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Jordan Peterson is fighting for all Canadians
by Steve Ambler | Jan 23, 2023
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Saskatchewan has a history of failing to balance its budget
by Gage Haubrich | Jan 23, 2023
Business
The risks and rewards of offshoring your IT functions
by Yogi Schulz | Jan 24, 2023
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3 tips to buying or running a business during a recession
by David Fuller | Jan 20, 2023
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Ford needs to end the debt and inflation cycle
by Jay Goldberg | Jan 19, 2023
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Blaming foreigners will not resolve the housing shortage
by Vincent Geloso | Jan 18, 2023
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Liberal disloyalty toward John Turner was truly shocking
by Pat Murphy | Jan 22, 2023
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LIT Videobooks is changing the way the world consumes books
by Lance Johnson | Jan 20, 2023
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Education plays a key role in promoting understanding
by Gerry Chidiac | Jan 19, 2023
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New biography re-examines John Turner’s legacy
by Pat Murphy | Jan 12, 2023
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Ian Tyson was emblematic of an era
by Pat Murphy | Jan 3, 2023
Murdoch Mysteries – then and now
by Michael Taube | Dec 20, 2022
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New books connect sports with higher purpose in life
by Bev Betkowski | Dec 9, 2022
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1889 book provides a way forward for Aboriginal policy today
by Peter Best | Dec 7, 2022
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Every man is not in it for himself
by Gerry Chidiac | Dec 1, 2022
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The Search for Bridey Murphy a tale of reincarnation
by Pat Murphy | Nov 29, 2022
Health technology company helps dysphagia patients
by Lance Johnson | Jan 25, 2023
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New alcohol guidelines hard to swallow
by Sylvain Charlebois | Jan 22, 2023
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14 per cent of all lung cancer cases are attributable to radon gas
by Insoo Park | Jan 22, 2023
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Fifteen per cent of Canadians have long COVID symptoms
by Gillian Rutherford | Jan 17, 2023
Is there an upside to ARk storms?
by Geoff Carpentier | Jan 20, 2023
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How the feds are ripping off Canadian taxpayers
by Franco Terrazzano | Jan 20, 2023
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A convergence of technologies has only just begun
by Allan Bonner | Jan 18, 2023
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Toronto city council kills cat leash bylaw
by Geoff Carpentier | Jan 12, 2023
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We all pay for grocery theft
by Sylvain Charlebois | Jan 10, 2023
2022 the year net-zero fantasy ran smack into hard reality
by Gwyn Morgan | Jan 9, 2023
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Measuring your wastewater projects’ performance
by Lance Johnson | Jan 4, 2023
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How do birds stay warm in winter?
by Geoff Carpentier | Jan 4, 2023
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Can we still trust media reports on environmental issues?
by Michel Kelly-Gagnon | Dec 29, 2022
The life, legacy and career of wrestling great Jay Briscoe
by Michael Taube | Jan 24, 2023
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Pelé’s legacy in football will never be matched
by Michael Taube | Jan 3, 2023
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Dartmouth shows how football can be made safer
by Ken Reed | Dec 28, 2022
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How Kevin Bieksa conquered Hockey Night in Canada
by Bruce Dowbiggin | Dec 19, 2022
On the road to travel trauma? How to find a better route
by Faith Wood | Dec 22, 2022
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A drive through Normandy is a drive through history
by Travel Like This | Nov 12, 2022
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There’s room for everyone in nature – if we’re respectful
by Geoff Carpentier | Jul 24, 2022
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It’s time to scrap the ArriveCAN app
by Michael Zwaagstra | Jul 17, 2022
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Another award for the Ford F-150 Lightning
by Dale Johnson | Jan 20, 2023
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Toyota CrewMax Capstone takes on big luxury pickups
by Dale Johnson | Jan 13, 2023
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Loads of luxury in the Genesis G90
by Dale Johnson | Jan 6, 2023
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Lots of room in huge new Jeep Wagoneer L
by Dale Johnson | Jan 2, 2023
World


George Santos and the sad state of modern politics


The powerful legacy of Pope Benedict XVI

DOE expects further weakening in oil prices

The rise and demise of Andrew Tate

Oil price forecast for 2023 all over the map

My Christmas in Zaire was something special


Saudi Arabia looking for a new security blanket?

COP15 proposes an extremist planetary diet

Russian oil price cap is a go. But will it work?




Stringent Net Zero policies make no financial sense

CBC is a government monster gobbling up tax dollars

What the American midterms results really mean

Eight billion people now inhabit the earth

Why every good COP turns into a bad COP

World at a ‘tipping point’ in climate change talks


The ignominious end of the Ottoman Empire


Leaders are destroying our trust in government

The world needs Russian resources




We are at great risk of a nuclear holocaust




Genocide denied is genocide repeated

The CIA’s man in Cuba



Germany backtracks on a renewable energy future

The quest for truth is gaining momentum

Remembering the Cuban Missile Crisis 60 years later





Political orthodoxies are being challenged in Europe



Winston Churchill: ruffian or hero?

Oil once again being used as a political tool



The rise and rise of Daesh




Putin is the most dangerous terrorist on the planet



Europe is counting on natural gas from Canada


Why is Canada ignoring starvation in Africa?




The final act of Boris Johnson’s political career




Ukraine must be victorious, for all of our sakes



Canada effectively absent in the Indo-Pacific






Why Canada still needs the Trans Mountain expansion

Hereditary empires and the struggle with modernity

How empires grab and hold on to power

No end in sight for soaring oil prices



Is it curtains for Boris Johnson?

Why do we keep electing energy idiots?

How to win the war against global famine

Punishing Russia has upended global economics


Energy doesn’t have to be a political weapon




Saudis using oil market leverage to their advantage


War and brutality go hand in hand

Putin’s War is redrawing the geopolitical map

Wheat makes the world go round

Irish lead the way in the push to decolonize





Birdwatching in Honduras – plumage aplenty


The global energy map faces dramatic revisions


The world is on the brink of a food shortage




Western leaders ignore their own genocidal acts

From evil to relativism and back again


Plenty of blame in a world of strife


Will oil prices stall or continue to rise?




Crude oil markets weaken as U.S. opens taps



Ukrainians fleeing war face Canadian red tape



Clearing the fog, and friction, of war

Oldest human DNA ever found in Africa uncovered.



The West needs to step up to curb Putin’s aggression




Trudeau’s double standards on Iranian immigrants

Playing Russian roulette with food security



Why the world won’t sanction Russian oil









The making of a Ukrainian hero

CPAC is red meat for the conservative core


Russia’s most formidable weapons? Oil and gas

Trump tees off on Trudeau’s treatment of truckers



Ukraine tension, Iran talks prod oil prices upward


Did John F. Kennedy really win the U.S. presidency?


Patrice Lumumba left a legacy we can’t ignore






The quixotic push for Hillary in 2024


What Elvis Costello got right in Oliver’s Army


To my unknown friend who died on Flight PS752


In defence of Bishop Desmond Tutu






Expect more oil price uncertainty in 2022


Think the oil industry is dying? Think again

Thunberg has world leaders in the palm of her hand


Putin wants to turn Ukraine into a vassal state

Why attempts to change Afghanistan keep failing






Do lockdowns actually worsen COVID-19’s impact?





U.S. tries to force a drop in world oil prices

Achieving net-zero will take decades to accomplish





Pressure mounts on OPEC+ from all sides





Oil market turmoil may well benefit consumers

The messy transition to a ‘new world disorder’



The 26th Blah Blah Blah Festival (aka COP26)




Raising corporate tax rates will hurt us all


The bloody end of Anwar Sadat

Crude oil prices are soaring as production slows


Warning shots fired over cryptocurrencies?

Oil prices on the rise as output squeezed

AUKUS may create as many problems as it solves



Is China turning its back on science and progress?

Dampening Asian demand cools crude oil prices

The economic dangers of a new inflationary era

When Reagan fired the air traffic controllers

Canada must help ease the chaos in Afghanistan


Delta variant hammering crude oil prices



Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban. Do you care?

Chinese demand drives world oil markets

What’s in a name when it comes to groups of animals?




Lebanon on the verge of becoming a failed state

When travel resumes, Canadians should avoid Cuba




More than ever, we need to embrace diversity






Welcome to the gluten-free, sushi-less Olympic Games







The world gives a COVID cold shoulder to refugees


OPEC dispute sends oil market reeling

Longshore workers stand firm for justice







Richard Nixon’s shocking summer and its big payoff


What the Germans can teach us about reconciliation


No Senate reform without public engagement


Canada-U.K. trade links more important than ever

Diseases don’t care about our nationality or wealth



A medieval disaster is playing out in modern India





Biden can’t go back to a pre-Trump China policy







Is Scotland poised to push forward with separation?


America may not like it but pipelines are crucial

Quebec, France poised to reject diversity, pluralism

Napoleon was a bitter man in his final years

What you see with Joe Biden is what you get




The huge challenge of holding police accountable



If China invades, will Taiwan be on its own?


Alberta can forget becoming the 51st American state


Biden’s green revolution is a disaster in the making






OPEC+ expected to continue to dampen oil output

Canada must stand up to China now

Taking the temperature of U.S. Republicans

Canadian oil still the safest bet for Americans

Is Canada on a well-worn path to destruction?

Oil market recovery may be on borrowed time


When will Canada start to stand up to China?



An Irish hero for St. Patrick’s Day


Troubling trends for human rights in China and India

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown





Canada needs to deepen its ties with India

This is Canada’s moment to change the world

Shunning Taiwan no longer an option for Canada


Get ready for a Trump 2024 campaign

Mourning the passing of an oil industry giant




Biden using COVID-19 to advance radical policies


Oil prices rise as Texas drops into deep freeze

Time for Canada to stand up to China’s bullying


Silent Witness of a Holocaust Suitcase

Understated George Shultz left a lasting legacy

Is the crude oil market rally just a mirage?


U of A teams up with West African universities


Iran returns to the oil market in a big way

The dawning of a new trade era in the United States

What the Biden administration means for Canada

Trump is a case study in bad leadership

Boris Johnson: the man who got Brexit done

Trump’s final day as president


Crude oil market remains in flux


Eisenhower was cagey but Kennedy rushed in

Impeaching Trump will make a bad situation worse

Saudis sacrifice to broker oil production cuts

Remembering the lives lost on Flight PS752

Ruth Ellis the last hanged woman in Britain

The year the world finally said, ‘Enough is enough!’


Tensions rise in Persian Gulf over oil shipments

Many questions will linger post-pandemic

Just the facts? Don’t count on fact-checkers





OPEC+ fault lines growing deeper

Attacking activists doesn’t make them wrong


How Donald Trump could still win re-election

Financial quagmire engulfing oil-producing countries

What did Germans really think of Hitler?

Shaking off colonial shackles no easy task

Margaret Thatcher and the end of apartheid

Autocratic regimes use energy as a weapon

A KGB guide to subverting the press to your agenda

Combatting the rising tide of hostility


Adolf Hitler’s fateful mistake

Is Biden about to alter the war on climate change?

Diving into man’s complicated relationship with war

Lose sight of justice and society starves

U.S. election is far from over

Sunny days a long way off for oil producers

Early takeaways from the U.S. election



Who will be the next U.S. president?



The beauty of secularism

Dark days ahead for oil-rich Gulf economies


The ugly truth about democracy in decay

Energy use forecasts pivot dramatically

Do voters just tune out Trump’s sins?



Has the tide finally turned on Donald Trump?

What Trump’s leadership style says about us

The people versus Donald Trump



Trump defies the fundamentals of faith

More dark days on the horizon for oil industry



It’s time we all stood up for Julian Assange

Memories of Walter Reuther, an American labour giant

Politics as compelling theatre

Trump scrambles to find a message that resonates

Trudeau has eroded Canada’s place in the world

We are witnessing the demise of the American empire


Has Donald Trump finally been tripped up?

Did Donald Trump disparage the U.S. military?

Canada must stand up to China: O’Toole


The overblown panic of COVID-19

Can we save humanity?

Canada must boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Will petrochemicals be the last gasp for big oil?

Finding ways to help victims of Beirut blast

We need clarity to conquer COVID-19

Pandemic policy is mob policy

Celebrity status can be a catalyst for change


Memo to Joe Biden on how to win U.S. election

China targets everyone in the world

At 90, Thomas Sowell remains one of a kind

Trump’s oil industry optimism is misplaced

Is it time to walk away from trade with China?

Why does the culture of impunity persist?

More than just a Spectator to world events


Bad leadership at the heart of police brutality

How to put the legacy of John Lewis to good use

Justice for all, whether you kneel or stand


The building of the Atomic Bomb Part 1

Facing up to racism in Canada and around the world



Crude oil crystal ball shows cloudy future

Developing countries face hard economic choices

China the big winner in world oil price calamity

Oil industry not dead yet despite disruptions



Exposing the roots of racism through song


Gagging social media won’t halt criticism

Canada’s foreign policy isn’t what it used to be

We must stand up to China’s bully tactics

Oil-rich Saudis squeezed by Trump

Let people make their own risk assessments

Do we choose chaos or community?

Sweden forged a COVID-19 path that preserves freedom


Energy industry investment cools dramatically


We all need the moral courage to confront racism

Turning protesters into terrorists

Some day soon, we have to stand up to China

Oil market resurgence sustained by hope

Bringing the facts back to the Keystone XL debate

Celebrating the human spirit can change the world


Tyranny oil should be treated like blood diamonds



Chernobyl disaster’s legacy still resonates

Bringing the Architect of the Holocaust to justice

Should ex-leaders indulge in political mudslinging?


Labels just hurtful in search for Middle East peace

Hubris, conspiracy and the fall of Margaret Thatcher

The White House’s internal battle with COVID-19

Post-pandemic oil market slowly takes shape

The Year 1000: a look at globalization’s roots

Don’t sacrifice truth for illusion of security

Ottawa’s response to pandemic rooted in politics

Glut, pandemic keep world oil market on edge


A close-up look at J.F.K. on the campaign trail


Is the world’s most powerful economy unravelling?

Oil production cut numbers don’t add up


Exiting the lockdown with care and intelligence

They don’t build borders like they used to

The miraculous recovery of Boris Johnson

Ten key messages to navigating a crisis

Crude oil cuts finally made, but to what end?

A dose of COVID-19 reality

Who will blink first in crude oil crisis?

Are Canadians prepared if the power grid fails?


COVID-19 will prompt a rethink of globalization


How Canada can face down Chinese tyranny

Are Trump and Sanders two sides of the same coin?

Just do the right thing – no matter what

Flu pandemic of 1918 brutal, virulent killer

The macro consequences of the coronavirus

The crude story behind the Russia/Saudi oil war

We can’t afford to be casual about COVID-19



Lies, damned lies and statistics

The American melodrama after Super Tuesday

The fine art of panic buying in COVID-19’s wake

Will Britain finally get tough on terrorists?

Ireland on the cusp of political upheaval

Chile is no longer a beacon of stability


Censure Pelosi for ripping up Trump’s speech


We must attack the coronavirus at its root

The Democratic fight to take on Trump heats up

Carney was dead wrong about Brexit

The making of an unlikely U.S. president

Don’t blame Australian fires on climate change

The Coronavirus – 1918 all over again?

McCain’s Twitter rant bizarre, ill-advised

Canada missing a golden post-Brexit opportunity

Push back against China’s pro-communist Bible


Sport, at its best, can help change the world

The American melodrama heads for home

Canada fails internal, external defence expectations

Boris Johnson is a consequential politician

Thank you, Mr. Trump, for rousing us

The rise and fall of Spiro Agnew


Humanity faces a huge and growing crisis

Venice flooding a sign of deepening climate crisis


Fall of the Berlin Wall was just a starting point

Brexit’s potential for unintended consequences

Is the world on the verge of a nuclear winter?


Brexit’s endgame finally beckons

Silver lining: NBA boss shows how to handle China

No gun fire in the Moose Wars. Yet

Clean, timely Brexit good for Britain and Canada

Brexit triggers the beginning of the end of EU



Is cash doomed to extinction?

Embrace higher ideals to truly change the world






How Ireland stayed neutral in a world at war




Welcome to the Age of Wilful Stupidity


No, Boris Johnson isn’t another Donald Trump

What can we learn from one another today?



Why Trump will win in 2020


Canada can end the China crisis in one simple move

The unsung heroes of Waterloo

The unsung heroes of Waterloo

Climate change could bring huge payoff to Canada



Human spirit has the strength to tear down walls




How the world can win the hunger games

The truth always comes out and truth liberates



China represents world freedom’s greatest threat

China is driving the rise of omniscient machines

We shall overcome crimes against humanity




The primary function of U.S. presidential primaries

What purpose do hatred and vengeance serve?

Brain drain puts Venezuela at a further disadvantage

A ray of hope after a brutal week

What CBC gets wrong about the crisis in Venezuela

Ireland’s greatest mythical hero

Venezuela’s descent into chaos was predictable








San Miguel de Allende losing its lustre


Music can touch our hearts and give us hope

Music can touch our hearts and give us hope

We can’t let outside powers dictate law in Canada









Central banks’ overreach risks another recession


As cyber wars erupt, Canada must protect itself

Brexit drama has historical echoes


The political fragility of George H.W. Bush


TV’s Vikings is good fun and semi-reasonable history




Harold Macmillan and the fickleness of history

‘Countless white crosses’ a century later

The truth about the roots of most terrorism



Putting Columbia River salmon restoration at risk



Rhodes cultural policy is a template for Canada

Government debt will worsen the next recession

Ontario takes the initiative tackling terrorists

Legend, reality and the Outlaw King

Globalism trumped by Trump’s international vision


A spiritual leadership grounded in reality

The abysmal scorecard of socialist revolutions

Coping with the uber angst of the modern world


The man who shot Billy the Kid



Fear and loathing in the realm of Donald Trump


A Brexit perspective with 55-year-old roots

How USMCA democratized supply management

Can we avoid another financial crisis?


Canada can’t afford to be bullied by Trump on trade

Compassion is at the heart of the best of humanity


Canada’s trade hurdle is all about supply management


The right of women to choose their own futures

Support for multiculturalism declining in Sweden


The Swedes weren’t always peace-loving



How to confront sex abuse in the Catholic church

Cruising the Baltic, gathering perspectives


The Saudi-Canada spat and the New World Order of Oil


Canadian Forces pulling their weight


Tim Hortons rolling up the rim to win over China



What fate awaits our treasured monarchy?

What if Bobby Kennedy had lived?



‘Happy’ New Zealand has a teenage suicide problem

The man who cheated death again and again

How soccer revitalizes nationalism


Is western civilization worth defending?
