Opinion

The Harper government has announced that tobacco product labelling in Canada will soon become far more graphic and far more shocking in an effort to deter people from smoking and chewing.

Re: Council taking wise second look at Netook (Lloyd Quantz letter, Sept. 20).I am not entirely in agreement with Lloyd Quantz's views about the Netook saga and a few of his other theories.

Guest editorial Up to governments to do heavy lifting At a certain point in almost every team sport, there comes a point at which the play is passed. The right-winger sets up the shot, but the centre scores the goal.

VENICE, Italy – The face of the young sales clerk brightens as she discovers we are English-speakers. When we tell her we are from Canada, she exclaims: “Canada! I want to move there.

In any community acknowledging and respecting the past is a gift for future generations to come. We hold dear to our past because it is critically important to never forget where we came from.

This week's scheduled election of a new Alberta Progressive Conservative leader and premier marks the unofficial start of the next provincial election campaign.

No good can come to Canada from participating in foreign civil wars. Regardless of which side wins, outsiders will be justly hated when the war is over.

Recently in an exchange in the House of Commons, opposition MPs were asking that the Conservatives respect the CWB farmer plebiscite vote. This vote resulted in the majority of farmers voting to retain the single desk for wheat and barley.

I would like to express my appreciation to all Albertans who cast a ballot in the Progressive Conservative leadership election on Sept. 17. While voter turnout was lower than some expected, the direction of voters was definitive.

The recent shocking abduction of a three-year-old from his Sparwood, B.C. home and the arrest of his alleged kidnapper in Alberta has caused outrage and disbelieve across Canada.