
Pattern Energy Begins Operations at Lanfine Wind Project in Alberta
Lanfine Wind will provide economic benefits and jobs that will last generations. The project will generate clean energy for up to 30,000 Alberta homes and is projected to provide millions of dollars per year to local communities. The facility is located in Special Area No. 3, southwest of Oyen, Alberta.
Commentary
Everyone needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home. But for too long, our housing system has felt like an unfair game rigged against us all.
Today is one of those “That’s enough, shut ‘er down” days. And by that, I mean enough with the doom-scrolling, the gawking at the latest “fast-breaking,” hard-hitting” news!
A golfer hits a ball, and it misses the green by inches. His partner says, “That’s called a son-in-law shot. It is not what you expected, but you will take it.”
Our late Father owned a piece of bush property several miles away from where we had our home in the country. It is still in our family today.
I was introduced to the so-called “reality” show “The Apprentice” in 2004 in a Chicago train station. It was late at night. I had a fever and wondered if maybe I was hallucinating.
The one thing we all have in common is we’re all getting older every day … some of us more so than others. Radio broadcaster Andy Rooney said…
Calls for justice are everywhere these days. At least once a week, I hear abolitionist preacher Theodore Parker’s quote, made popular by and often attributed to Martin Luther King Jr…
This week, I was not planning on writing about politics, but after listening to a ‘4 My Canada’ broadcast, I was reminded how much is at stake in this election.
Death, politics and religion - three topics we are told to avoid at parties and the family dinner table. But in this age of polarization and uncivil public discourse…
In this time of unrest and unknowns I cannot help but see the process of grief at work in all of us. At a time when we are shaking our heads…
Well, that was nice for as long as it lasted. For a minute, we Canadians were all getting along. Mind you, how long does a family stay united when their sole reason is a shared enemy?
Two kids biking in an unfamiliar neighbourhood said, “We could be lost and not even know it.” Canadians could also be lost and misled and not even know it.
When we were young, our late father, early one Saturday afternoon on our bush property as our family culled and cut down dead and decaying trees…
Back in my days as a reporter, I interviewed the researcher Michael Adams about his intensive studies concerning the differences between The States and Canada.
As April Fools Day is just around the corner, a few people shared their favourite pranks. A teacher who taught one of two Grade 5 classes in her school recalled an April 1st morning.
I ordinarily flirt a little too much with deadlines, but this time I wasn’t playing. The political and economic climate has been changing so frequently…
Equity, equal access, is a cornerstone of Canada’s health care system. So is the less documented frequency of chance, possibility, surprise, and fortuitous circumstances…
One thing is clear, after nearly ten years of Liberal Government, led by Justin Trudeau and supported by people like our newly-sworn-in Prime Minister, Mark Carney…