Opinion

As the dust settles on the 2019 provincial election, there will be a slurry of emotions around the province – joy, sadness and even outrage – at the results. During the advance polling 700,000 Albertans voted.

A new report that finds a disproportionate number of extremist movements in Alberta should raise alarm bells, including with the new Jason Kenney United Conservative Party government.

Fortunately, emergency crews in Olds say they didn't have to respond to any accidents in the area during Saturday's snowstorm. Olds RCMP Staff Sgt. Jim MacDonald says they only received one report of a collision.

A new report that finds a disproportionate number of extremist movements in Alberta should raise alarm bells, including with the new Jason Kenney United Conservative Party government.

Now comes the hard part for premier-elect Jason Kenney, the svelte young man in the light grey suit who doesn’t look like he’s spent 18 months carving his way to the premiership.

Progressives within the Alberta NDP are determined to look forward

Sundre’s council again found itself in the unenviable position of setting the tax rate for another year.

To premier-elect Kenney. You talked big and tough during the campaign. Talk is cheap. Now let’s see the follow through action. The premier of Quebec has already stated publicly, “No new oil pipelines” through his province.

As Highway 27 descends the Sundre hill, all traffic decelerates quickly to 50 kilometres per hour. The road immediately becomes a residential-industrial mix. Years back, the Youth for Christ (YFC) centre sat along the main road, back from the street.

It can be hard for many people, who come from places of privilege and have only known what it is like to be part of the status quo, to understand just how dangerous it is to have a marginalized existence.