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We don’t need newspapers, we need news
Arguing that newspapers are dead makes about as much sense as arguing that rotary dial telephones are dead: It’s pointless.
Apr 8, 2009 7:42 PM
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Blame ourselves for recession
Back in October, Jeff Rubin looked at the housing meltdown and found that it didn’t fully explain the global recession that was then forming.
Apr 7, 2009 7:16 PM
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Risks fall on producers
If Alberta had a planned economy, you’d have to say the plan has worked out exceedingly well. That is, if you happen to be a transnational corporation doing business in either of the province’s two top industries, energy and agriculture.
Apr 7, 2009 1:55 PM
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Possible gang involvement worrisome
The explosion of gunfire in a quiet Red Deer neighbourhood on the weekend has awakened the community in more ways than one.
Apr 7, 2009 1:51 PM
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Ed Stelmach just like Getty
In March 1987, then Alberta treasurer Dick Johnston — back when finance ministers were called treasurers — told Albertans they enjoyed the highest per-capita program spending in the country.
Apr 7, 2009 1:48 PM
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Will seniors be heard?
Like most Alberta newspapers, the Red Deer Advocate has received plenty of letters from seniors angry about the province’s plan to charge some of them more money for pharmaceuticals.
Apr 6, 2009 1:17 PM
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Suncor fine too small
To the Pembina Institute, for lashing out against a fine imposed against the oilsands giant Suncor Energy and its work-camp operator, Compass Group, for breaking environmental laws in two incidents.
Apr 3, 2009 6:10 PM
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NATO choking on its own success
The French city of Strasbourg and the German town of Kehl, which face each other across the river Rhine, will be in lock-down this weekend as the grandees of NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) gather to celebrate the alliance’s 60th anniversary and protesters home in on the site from all over Europe.
Apr 3, 2009 5:48 PM
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Arlington’s fate a public issue
The city’s muddled handling of the fate of the Arlington Inn is a case study in how not to make public decisions.
Apr 2, 2009 7:39 PM
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Abstinence is the answer to AIDS in Africa
There has been much controversy lately over the Pope’s remarks that condoms are not the answer to the issues of HIV/AIDS — particularly in Africa.
Apr 2, 2009 7:29 PM
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