Will you visit Jasper once the town rebuilds? Vote in our daily poll! Awful decision by the Oilers to hire Stan Bowman, especially since there are other qualified candidates with unblemished backgrounds. I, like many others, will be waiting for the first mistake by Bowman. If the choice for GM was anyone else and a ..read more

Don’t blame the federal government for coming too slowly to Alberta’s aid in fighting the monster fire that has destroyed a significant portion of the Jasper townsite. The problem is the reverse: Blame the feds for being to slow to ask Alberta to become part of its integrated firefighting efforts inside Jasper National Park, where ..read more

Do you support Stan Bowman’s hiring as Oilers GM? Vote in our daily poll! Enough of the Oilers! Every hour and every day of Oilers news is far too much in the summer and off-season. All news outlets in Edmonton are doing a disservice to our communities. There are many other sports teams we need ..read more

Kiss Downtown goodbye. Downtown is already struggling. Too much crime, homelessness and open drug use. Not enough shops or major stores. The city’s road construction site says of our city centre, “Your daily commute can change day-to-day” due to “traffic disruptions.” No kidding. You can find a route to your Downtown destination — city hall ..read more

Is enough done to protect politicians in Canada? Vote in our daily poll! Read More ..read more

Alberta cabinet ministers accepting free Oilers playoff tickets in luxury suites reminds me of the infamous Sky Palace dinner involving then-premier Jason Kenney, three senior ministers and assorted staffers dining on an outdoor terrace atop what is now the Queen Elizabeth II building on the legislature grounds. While not technically against the rules, both events are politically tone-deaf. Read More ..read more

Craig MacTavish has fun. Read More ..read more

VOTE IN OUR DAILY POLL: Did the smoke make you change weekend plans? Read More ..read more

VOTE IN OUR DAILY POLL: Were you affected by the global IT outage? Read More ..read more

On Tuesday, when the heat in Alberta was building into one of the hottest days in a decade, the province’s nearly 1,600 wind turbines were producing exactly zero watts of electricity, according to Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO). Not one watt. Read More ..read more