January 22nd, 2026
Chamber of Commerce

Commentary

Letters to the Editor

  • The public deserves results of local school divisions’ bookshelf clearing

    Editor: In the first week of January, the UCP’s battle with school libraries ended.  Following the ministerial order, schools in Alberta yanked all so-called “graphic” visual materials from their libraries. The results were varied.  While the Calgary Board of Education tossed 44 titles, the Edmonton Catholic School Division pulled only 6 from their collections.  Edmonton’s [...] Read More »

    4 minutes ago
  • Alberta will not be made an island

    Editor: When reading posts on social media these days concerning our province of Alberta, the separatist’s movement continues to reference change. The “take back our province from Ottawa and bring about change” narrative is so out to lunch because their agenda is to join the US. We have been voting for the same political party [...] Read More »

    2 days ago
  • Is Alberta’s separation really the UCP’s priority?

    Editor: On January 3, 2026 I emailed the following to Mr. Neudorf, MLA for Lethbridge East.  Mr. Neudorf, as you know a bunch of separatists have been given the go ahead to collect enough signatures for a referendum for the Province of Alberta to quit Canada and become an independent state.Obviously your Government made it much easier for [...] Read More »

    1 week ago
  • Supporting Trump’s lawlessness impacts average people

    Editor: In the last seven days, the United States kidnapped a criminal foreign leader (the ends justifying the means), threatened Greenland and Venezuelan sovereignty, and ordered the Ice “Agent” into Minneapolis who then executed someone for trying to leave. 20 to 25% of Albertans support Trump to some extent. Are you ready to get off [...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago
  • Albertans should seek fiscal responsibility answers

    Editor, Albertans are repeatedly told that fiscal responsibility requires restraint and tough choices. If that is true, then replacing the RCMP with a provincial police force demands a serious business case—not slogans. Under the current RCMP contract‑policing model, Alberta receives between $250 and $300 million per year in federal funding. If the province exits that [...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago

Opinions

  • Why Carney changed course on China

    Sylvain Charlebois TROY MEDIA   The trade feud between Canada and China is finally thawing—and it was long overdue. The rupture began in 2018 with the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, a senior executive of Huawei, in Vancouver. What followed was not merely a diplomatic dispute but a calculated economic response. China weaponized trade, and Canadian [...] Read More »

    5 minutes ago
  • Is Alberta about to hit its oil sands emissions cap?

    Lennie Kaplan TROY MEDIA New federal emissions projections show Alberta’s oil sands are on track to hit or exceed the province’s legislated 100-megatonne emissions cap within the next decade, forcing the Alberta government to choose between enforcing the cap or following through on its plan to sharply expand oil production. Environment and Climate Change Canada [...] Read More »

    2 days ago
  • Ottawa’s gun confiscation failed its first real test

    Gage Haubrich  TROY MEDIA There comes a point in almost every Canadian’s life where someone sits you down and tells you that no matter how hard you try, it’s very unlikely that you are going to make it to the NHL. That same type of tough love needs to be shown to Prime Minister Mark [...] Read More »

    6 days ago
  • Much of Lethbridge’s financial strain is caused by the provincial government

    For years, Lethbridge residents have been met with a recurring refrain: that ballooning municipal budgets, climbing property taxes, and the erosion of public services are the unfortunate but unavoidable byproduct of “economic realities.” A close look at our finances reveals that our city’s economic strain is not an act of nature; it is the calculated [...] Read More »

    1 week ago
  • A reliable power source crucial for Alberta

    Nathan Neudorf, Lethbridge East MLA A new year brings new possibilities and opportunities for Lethbridge, our province and our country. Whatever those opportunities may be, electricity will be crucial.  As Alberta’s Minister of Affordability and Utilities, my goal is to ensure that we’re building a strong foundation for the future of our electricity system and [...] Read More »

    2 weeks ago