1 week ago Calgary civic election: Disgruntled small businesses | Mayoral candidates hold debate | The 'other four' would

Continuing coverage of the 2025 Calgary municipal election campaign

Politics

1 week ago Calgary civic election: Mayoral candidates debate | The 'other four' mayoral candidates | Surrounding community nominations

Continuing coverage of the 2025 Calgary municipal election campaign

Politics

1 week ago Tuesday's letters: Invoking notwithstanding clause a petty distraction

Alberta’s plan to invoke the notwithstanding clause in the Canadian Charter of Rights to amend three laws that affect transgender people is another example of petty distractions instead of focusing on the big issues: housing, health, education. This clause was added to the Charter (although Pierre Trudeau opposed it) as some premiers argued that it […]

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2 w. ago Tuesday's letters: Neutral candidates' debates needed for civic elections

As a former mayor, I eagerly tuned in Friday night to watch the Edmonton mayoral debate hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. As a candidate and leader, I always appreciated the efforts of many interest groups, including the chamber, to host candidate forums and debates. But I am deeply concerned that due to budget cuts, […]

Politics

3 w. ago Top Hollywood stars, directors sign pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions

NEW YORK — Some prominent Hollywood names are among the filmmakers and industry figures who’ve signed a pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions — including festivals, broadcasters and production companies — that are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people,” organizers said Tuesday. The group Film Workers for Palestine posted an open letter […]

Culture

last month Lorne Gunter: Bloody weekend in Edmonton heightens calls for bail reform

On Tuesday, Edmonton mayoral candidate Rahim Jaffer issued an open letter calling on big-city mayors across the country to band together and demand the Carney government bring in meaningful bail reforms, not the piddly, window-dressing reforms introduced by the Trudeau Liberals last year. “We’ve seen police in particular find it very hard to do their […]

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