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Escape if you want to: the freedom to read

Escape if you want to: the freedom to read

We need a break! Workdays are long, chores at home are never-ending, family is rewarding but also hard work, and the pandemic is wearing everybody down. If there has ever been a time when people should take advantage of reading as an escape, it’s now.

The dynamics of recent times

To Members of the Legislative Assembly;
The Importance of Reducing Red Tape

The Importance of Reducing Red Tape

Alberta has many advantages: abundant resources, beautiful natural landscapes, thriving cities, a young labour force and a comparatively low cost of living. As part of Alberta’s Recovery Plan, Alberta’s government is building on these advantages to make this province the best in the country to do business, invest, find jobs, acquire new skills or start a family.
Hospital capacity urgently needs to be addressed

Hospital capacity urgently needs to be addressed

We have a problem with hospital capacity. It has been a problem for a long time, but it was a problem that governments felt could be contained and ignored. When COVID hit, we couldn’t ignore it anymore. Central Alberta has grown a lot. We have the third-largest city in Alberta and our rural communities have led the province in population growth. However, the ability to care for the health of our residents has not grown.
World Wetlands Day: Nature needs us to do more

World Wetlands Day: Nature needs us to do more

Canada’s largest land conservation organization says there has never been a more important time for nature conservation
The unexpected joy of audiobooks

The unexpected joy of audiobooks

Before last year, I never had any interest in listening to audiobooks. This is mostly a control issue; I’m a speed reader, so having to give up the pacing control to someone else has always felt daunting and unappealing.
FONG: Legal reform needed to protect young women from growing online sexual violence

FONG: Legal reform needed to protect young women from growing online sexual violence

Liberals promised to rework online harms legislation within 100 days of Parliament’s Nov. 22 return
What do you like to read?

What do you like to read?

Tough question isn’t it?
CHEF DEZ ON COOKING – Chicken Chow Mein

CHEF DEZ ON COOKING – Chicken Chow Mein

Almost everyone loves good Chinese take-out food, so in my most recent cookbook, Cooking Around the World with Chef Dez, I included a whole chapter on this. In that chapter you will learn how to make all your favourites at home, including this most popular recipe for Chicken Chow Mein. Happy Cooking!
Innocent until proven guilty, not so much

Innocent until proven guilty, not so much

The changes recently announced by the province regarding the virtual elimination of the traffic court system are not sitting well with many. I get it.