Opinion

Tuesday’s Advocate carried two banner headlines: Awash in debt: Recession deficits could reach almost $156 billion, with hundreds of thousands out of work.And: City could ride high-speed rail to ‘Super Zone.’

I am subscribed to Dr. John McDougall’s newsletter. He is an American medical doctor whose own illnesses caused him to seek out a healthy diet; his discoveries in turn led to his lifelong mission of providing a starch based, vegan diet for maximum health.

It’s far too easy to sacrifice the environment when economic conditions deteriorate.So it’s refreshing and reassuring to note that federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice’s visit to Red Deer last week wasn’t just about platitudes and empty promises — it was about action.

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach never had much use for the Heritage Fund. He said as much upon taking the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives.

Storm clouds are gathering and I’m not talking about the weather.

Have you noticed that Canadians seem to care surprisingly little about the bombings in northeastern B.C. targeting EnCana Corporation, North America’s largest natural gas producer?

One of the amusing aspects of society’s current interest in nature and personal fitness is to walk through a quiet forest in the city parks system (Kin Kanyon and the forest area along the river near Heritage Ranch come to mind) and be surrounded by the beautiful trees and mossy undergrowth, to see fit, happy people striding or jogging through — with earbuds firmly planted, listening to music as they go.

We often write about the challenges facing Canada – the lack of a credible plan to address climate change, the overreliance on tar sands to fuel our energy needs and economy, the snail’s pace with which we work to protect endangered species and their habitat, including iconic wildlife like polar bears and caribou.

To local Canada Day organizers and the thousands of Central Albertans who gathered at various community events to salute Canada’s 142nd birthday.

There’s obviously an insatiable public curiosity about the late Michael Jackson.Since he died suddenly and unexpectedly last week at age 50, the media has jumped on the story with a vengeance.