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COVID-19 Hoarding Shows a Lack of Community Cohesion

While the young are less averse to suffering the virus’ worst outcomes, there is a commitment all Canadians share to protect the vulnerable. Hyper individualism coupled by a carefree subjective attitude can procure potentially fatal outcomes.

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Edson Alberta’s Food Bank Was Robbed Saturday Morning

In order to make up for the massive loss the Edson Food Bank Society suffered Mayor Zahara is encouraging members of the public to make monetary donations to the charitable organization. The food bank has also released a list of physical goods it is current experiencing a shortage of.

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Buffalo Declaration could be the start to a New Canada

According to Dr. Randy Royer, “The West would benefit from greater autonomy and self-reliance, as well as a bottom-up government. The colonial mentality of Central Canada represents a key divergence between the different Canadas.”

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First term MP continues resource advocacy despite Teck Mine withdrawal

Before the withdrawal of Teck’s regulatory application, Hallan was quick to defend Alberta’s struggling resource sector. And that support remains unwavering, despite employment in natural resources declining in five provinces, most notably Alberta and British Columbia. In 2019, 29,000 such jobs were lost, according to this Labour Force Survey by Statistics Canada.

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Alberta Mayor Fights The Liberals On The Teck Mine

The National Telegraph interviewed Mayor Don Scott of the regional municipality of Woodland Buffalo, who was recently in Ottawa, advocating for the approval of the new Oil Sand mine for the benefit of his community, the rest of Fort McMurray and all the First Nations that approve the new Teck Frontier mine.

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UCP Calls out Edmonton NDP MP who opposes the Teck mine

Regardless of the ideology of the NDP when it comes to energy projects it may not tactically smart to have the only NDP MP in Alberta also take shots at the Teck mine. If the NDP hopes to keep a foothold in Alberta it may be wise for them to not attack the provinces economy.

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Alberta group will provide Quebec with natural gas

Currently, 44% of Québec’s comes from Alberta and according to The Canadian Energy Centre over the next year, Seven Generation will supply 20% of Énergir’s gas. This comes at a time when the Québec gas distributor is making attempts to move in an environmentally-friendly and transparent direction.

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Black History Month isn’t about partisanship, but something that can bring us together

Black people have been existing and contributing to this great land since pre-confederation, yet we don’t know a lot of their stories. From John Ware to Eleanor Collins, to Lincoln Alexander, to the all-black battalion in Word War 1 – we have so many stories of black history to tell. I look forward to seeing these stories become more known through Black History Month.

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Liberals will either cancel gun ban or get trampled next election

With the petition e-2341 calling for the Liberals to debate their proposed gun legislation and various bans ticking closer to 160,000 signatures, it seems that the gun lobby organizations like the National Firearms Association (NFA) have already won the debate.

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Alberta ditches experimental environmentalist curriculum for something practical

Alberta’s Education Minister, Adriana LaGrange, has endorsed the Curriculum Advisory Panel report recommending Alberta’s curriculum to emphasize teaching students to perform well on standardized testing. 

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