3 d. ago Jamie Sarkonak: Charlie Kirk was reviled by the left because he was effective

He spread his ideas with debate, not might

Other

5 d. ago Braid: As Alberta revises school library book ban, minister insists it was all a 'misunderstanding'

Big changes in ministerial order come down to one little word: visual

Politics

5 d. ago Braid: Alberta shrinks school book ban, minister insists it was all a 'misunderstanding'

Big changes in ministerial order come down to one little word: visual

Politics

5 d. ago Revised Alberta school book ban expected to be released Monday

The Alberta government had promised an updated ministerial order with the revised school library book ban on Friday, but the announcement was rescheduled for Monday.

Society

7 d. ago 'Revised and revealed': Smith defends delayed book ban order coming Monday

On Saturday, Smith reiterated the revised order will apply only to images and that classic books should remain on library school shelves

Other

7 d. ago Jamie Sarkonak: The TFW program came for youth jobs. Now Poilievre is coming for it

The immigration system needs a lot of fixing, and the temporary foreign workers program is a great place to start

Other

8 d. ago Braid Trudeau's long gone and look who's virtue signalling now

Former Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was often blasted for his smarmy, progressive virtue-signalling. That’s gone now, but in Alberta the void is nicely filled by smarmy conservative virtue-signalling. The UCP’s school library book ban is exactly that. It’s a political play that starts from a grain of truth and escalates to high emotion and […]

Politics

8 d. ago Alberta government postpones release of revised school library book ban

'We are taking the time needed to ensure that the revised ministerial order is clear for all school boards,' Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said.

Politics

1 week ago Alberta government pauses ban on school library books containing sexual content

The Alberta government's move came after a draft list from Edmonton Public Schools of books to be removed from libraries was leaked online last week.

Politics

1 week ago Alberta pauses ban on school library books with sexual content

The move comes after controversy surrounding Edmonton Public Schools' list detailing books it was removing from libraries

Society

1 week ago 'Leave the classics alone': Alberta rewriting order on library books to include only texts with pornographic images

The move comes after controversy surrounding Edmonton Public Schools' list detailing books it was removing from libraries

Events

1 week ago Atwood takes aim at Alberta’s school library books ban with satirical story

EDMONTON — Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta’s controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author’s novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” was yanked from some shelves due to the province’s sweeping new rules. In a social media post on Sunday, Atwood said since the […]

Society

1 week ago Margaret Atwood takes aim at Alberta’s school library books ban with satirical story

Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story.

Society

2 w. ago Jamie Sarkonak: We don’t need graphic child rape on Alberta’s school library shelves

Edmonton Public Schools is planning to remove 200 sexually explicit books, some with violent scenes involving children. That's reasonable

Society

2 w. ago Jamie Sarkonak: Defunding COVID vaccines a perfectly reasonable step for Alberta

With so little uptake and so much wastage, Danielle Smith rightly concluded the money would be better spent hiring more doctors

Culture

3 w. ago Jamie Sarkonak: DEI gardening — the new Liberal priority for agriculture

Local Food Infrastructure Fund narrows itself from serving 'at risk' to 'equity deserving' groups

Society