Opinion

s the ubiquitous plastic bag a sign of pending environmental disaster?

Honduras has been the centre of what most world governments and the media are calling a “military coup” on June 28. The international community wants to reinstate Manuel Zelaya as president.

Every business, profession or public service — and all the workers within them — operate under codes of conduct.

Exploration is often inspired by politics, and certainly the quest for space travel in the last 50 years has been driven by political desire.

This is how the human race does business. What the G8 summit in Italy decided to do about climate change earlier this monthwas much less than is necessary, but the very best that a realist could have hoped for.

How much power is enough for our Alberta government? Apparently, the government no longer feels a need for even lip service to the democratic process or constituency representation.

There wasn’t much left to mourn when the Green Party of Alberta deregistered as a political party last week.

To Clearwater County and the groups supporting a trail link from Rocky Mountain House to Nordegg.

There’s bleak humour in Jean Chretien joining the Queen’s honour roll just as asylum seekers again tug at the nation’s sleeve. Giving problems time to solve themselves was among the former prime minister’s favoured, and often successful, tactics. A chronically dysfunctional refugee review system is one result.

The misadventure over the fate of eight hospital helipads in Alberta should be a crash course in public relations and consultation for Alberta Health Services executives.It should also now be clear to Albertans that they must demand a role in any renovation of health services. Public vigilance in examining the process, and voicing needs and concerns, is essential.