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EDITORIAL: Kananaskis Country management plans badly in need of update

EDITORIAL: Kananaskis Country management plans badly in need of update

EDITORIAL: Regardless of which party is in power in Alberta four weeks from now, if Kananaskis Country is going to be of continued importance for residents work needs to begin on new management plans before the year is out.
EDITORIAL: Election season alive and well in Bow Valley

EDITORIAL: Election season alive and well in Bow Valley

Election season has the money and promises flying left, right and centre in Alberta.
EDITORIAL: Bylaw attempts to solve problem that doesn't exist

EDITORIAL: Bylaw attempts to solve problem that doesn't exist

How a municipality passes information to its residents is among the most essential tasks for local government.
COMMENTARY: Cancer and climate – a multitude of parallels

COMMENTARY: Cancer and climate – a multitude of parallels

Canada has a fever. Our north is already warming at two to three times the mean global average. Even in the increasingly unlikely event that the world does manage to come together to keep mean temperature increases to below 2 Celsius, Canada is rapidly on its way to being at least 3 C hotter later in this century.
EDITORIAL: Wildfire season brings need for vigilance from everybody

EDITORIAL: Wildfire season brings need for vigilance from everybody

Despite weather suggesting the contrary, wildfire season has returned to the province, taking up the better part of the year running from March 1 to Oct. 31. While snow can linger well into May and make periodic appearances any other day of the year, the hot spots for potential fire dangers are around the corner.
EDITORIAL: Procedural bylaw vital, oft forgotten document

EDITORIAL: Procedural bylaw vital, oft forgotten document

A procedural bylaw is the governing document for how municipal councils conduct their business. It can regulate how bylaws are passed, motions raised and public notices issued among dozens of other details that can rarely be thought of in the minutiae of governance.
EDITORIAL: Council determines vision, policy, service levels

EDITORIAL: Council determines vision, policy, service levels

Council leads, staff follows.
EDITORIAL: Lowering municipal, provincial speed limits increases safety

EDITORIAL: Lowering municipal, provincial speed limits increases safety

Across the country, municipalities are lowering speed limits across the board – particularly on residential and collector roads – as evidence and research has borne out the impact it has in increasing safety.
COMMENTARY: Albertans deserve better protection

COMMENTARY: Albertans deserve better protection

COMMENTARY: Since 2016, more Albertans have died of opioid poisonings than COVID-19 in the province.
EDITORIAL: Announcements best left for other parts of province

EDITORIAL: Announcements best left for other parts of province

EDITORIAL: Alberta is calling. And while thousands of people have picked up the phone, packed their bags and headed west, not all parts of the province are created equal.
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