6 h. ago Letters April 29, 2025: ‘We need a better way to handle elections.’

A NEW VOTING SYSTEM? Canada seems to be stuck halfway between the status quo and a new reality as to our voting system. What advance polling has shown is that perhaps the time has come for a four-day vote, perhaps starting on a Saturday and ending at a reasonable time on a Tuesday (say 7 […]

Politics

30 h. ago Letters April 28, 2025: ‘It’s hard to believe anything the Liberals say.’

Grits NEW MOUTHPIECE  How can you believe anything Mark Carney or the Liberals say? Carney was Trudeau’s choice. He’s hidden his investments and refuses to give Canadians an honest answer. When the polls were down, they grabbed the Conservative play book and reversed their own ideals. The Liberals denied Canadians their constitutional rights of having […]

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4 d. ago Letters, April 25, 2025: ‘Life under Carney no pretty picture’

Hour of darkness After hearing and reading the Prime Minister’s own Privy Council Report about Canada’s bleak and desolate future. With Mark Carney as Prime Minister, Canada will enter the darkest hour of the night. It ain’t pretty and it’s pretty ugly what Justin Trudeau did and what Mark Carney will do to Canada. Canada […]

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5 d. ago Letters for April 24, 2025: ‘Vote for change out of bravery, not fear.’

TIME FOR A CHANGE  Re “Fear major motivator steering Canada toward disastrous 4th Liberal term, poll shows” (Lorne Gunter, April 20): Gunter says fear is a lousy reason to vote for any party. Frank Sinatra, ‘Chairman of the Board,’ told us: “Fear is the enemy of logic.” My ‘seniors’ cohort listens to the former chairman […]

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6 d. ago Letters April 23, 2025: ‘If you don’t like Alberta’s ways, feel free to leave.’

Troubled adult In response to Abram Wiebe’s “Problem Child” letter, my question to him is: is he aware of the amount of transfer payments that Alberta blows to the provinces of Ontario and Quebec? If Alberta could keep the billions and billions that is sent east, then perhaps our government would not have monster deficits. […]

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7 d. ago Letters, April 22, 2025: ‘Remember the party that brought this country to immense discomfort’

History lesson One advantage of choosing print over TV news some 40 years ago, because I wanted more than 30-to 90-second sensationalized sound bites, is an improved recall of current and historical events. When Mr. Carney introduced his Soviet-style rental housing plan, strong feelings of deja vu ensued. It stank of the recent Trudeau waste […]

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1 week ago Letters April 17, 2025: ‘Voters need to see that Carney isn’t the right way to vote.’

Think on it a little longer If so many Canadians detest and distrust Donald Trump, then why on Earth would so many voters (as reported in so many polls) be considering casting their vote for Mark Carney, if he is Trump’s preferred choice for Prime Minister? I doubt that they’ve thought this through. Ken Pelland […]

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1 week ago Letters April 16, 2025: ‘Carney isn’t in this to bring anything new to Canada’

Why now? Carney’s platform consists mainly of addressing externally forced issues such as tariffs and NATO, copied and borrowed Conservative planks like affordability, and continuation of prior Liberal policies such as no pipelines and emissions caps. There is nothing original in his platform and there is nothing or nobody original in his party. Why would […]

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2 w. ago Letters April 15, 2025: ‘No need to blame Trump for dividing Canadians, the Liberals did that.’

LIBS DIVIDED US, NOT TRUMP It is time for us all to take a deep breath and reflect on what is happening here in Canada. Donald Trump is not running in this election, so everyone needs to close out the noise from south of the border. No. 1, we can thank the Donald for bring […]

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2 w. ago Letters April 14, 2025: ‘Carney is just as out of touch with real Canadians as Trudeau was.’

OUT OF TOUCH Silver spooners and elitists should never be elected to the position of prime minister and here is why. They are incompetent and clueless as to the rest of the population’s needs. We have needs that are not being met. They have wants that they take at our expense. We need someone who […]

Politics

2 w. ago Foremost Clean Energy Receives Nasdaq Notification Regarding Minimum Bid Price Requirement

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Foremost Clean Energy Ltd. (NASDAQ: FMST) (CSE: FAT) (“Foremost” or the “Company”) announces that on April 7, 2025, it received a notification letter (the “Notification Letter”) from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Company is not currently in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule […]

Economics

2 w. ago Letters April 11, 2025: ‘Carney is twisting the facts, just like Trump.’

FAST AND LOOSE WITH THE TRUTH Like Donald Trump, Mark Carney thinks he’s entitled to his own facts — a variation of that Liberal view of entitlement. In two separate campaign ads, Carney claims: 1) he helped Paul Martin slay the deficit when in fact he wasn’t even in Canada; and 2) claims credit under […]

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2 w. ago Letters April 10, 2025: ‘The attendance at Carney’s Calgary event was impressive.’

What a crowd! It was impressive to see the overflow crowd of supporters that Mark Carney was able to attract during the Calgary Liberal rally. The 13,646 square foot Red and White venue was filled to capacity, plus some overflow. I believe the capacity of that venue is around 900. Taking away the three Liberal […]

Culture

3 w. ago Letters April 8, 2025: ‘Well, Liberals, what’s more important: style or substance?’

STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE  Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that in 2015, former PM Stephen Harper was seen as stuffy, boring, and not terribly exciting, but Justin Trudeau was seen as cool, hip, and a true rock star!  It’s no wonder Canadians chose Justin over boring Stephen, as he is one of […]

Economics

3 w. ago Letters April 7, 2025: ‘Carney defended horrible behaviour and it’s not OK.’

TAUGHT US WRONG LESSON So, claim the Liberals, “we are a changed party.” No, you aren’t. Mark Carney’s despicable defence of candidate Paul Chiang (who told people they could collect a bounty if they turned over a Conservative candidate to Chinese authorities) was indefensible. Even worse, by calling it a teachable moment, he was continuing […]

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3 w. ago Letters April 4, 2025: ‘We need a different government, not just a different leader.’

Carney’s no improvement One positive thing, which came out of the Chiang fiasco, is it basically exposed as to what kind of a leader Mark Carney would be while leading this nation for the next four years. From snowboard instructor to bean-counter, can the incumbent federal Liberals slide any further down the septic pipe? Canadians […]

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3 w. ago Letters April 3, 2025: ‘Carney is welcome to have the door hit him on his way out.’

Just leave, Carney So we had a great April fools day with the drop in gas prices didn’t we? Funny thing though, the prices two weeks ago were the same as they are now, then the major oil companies jacked up the prices over twenty cents a litre in some places. The only fool in […]

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3 w. ago Patagonia Gold Enters Into Option Agreement With Newmont Corporation

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Patagonia Gold Corp. (“Patagonia” or the “Company”) (TSX.V:PGDC) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding letter agreement dated 1 April, 2025 (the “Option Agreement”) with Oroplata S.A., an Argentinean subsidiary of Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT, ASX: NEM, PNGX: NEM) (“Newmont”). […]

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3 w. ago Letters April 2, 2025: ‘Once again the little guy, Bay employees, are getting a bad deal.’

LITTLE GUY GETS SHAFTED AGAIN It’s sad that Hudson’s Bay, with a history of more than 350 years, is closing. We’re hearing that there will be no severance pay for the employees losing their jobs but, lo and behold, there’s a plan to give “retention bonuses” to upper management so that they don’t look elsewhere […]

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