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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
By Cyril Cook
Cyril CookI remember as a child watching a CBC program called Fraggle Rock....
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Predictions of a political junkie
Monday, March 3, 2008
By Cyril Cook
Cyril CookBring out the popcorn folks because tonight is the night political nerds like me get to sit in front of their televisions and watch the results of the 83 ridings roll in....
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Rent controls: a help or a hinder?
Thursday, February 28, 2008
By Cyril Cook
Cyril CookAs some of the parties call for rent controls I thought I would tell a story about a middle-aged couple I know....
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It's all right... or is it?
Thursday, February 21, 2008
By Cyril Cook
Cyril CookIt seems Greenpeace’s environmental minions are intent on dogging the premier on every stop of his campaign....
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Impending disaster?
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
By Cyril Cook
Cyril CookKevin Taft says “Climate change is real, and it is bearing down on Alberta like a locomotive. We must act, and we must act urgently." And “it’s an issue of national security” that “threatens virtually everything we value...
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Crime and punishment
Thursday, February 14, 2008
By Cyril Cook
Cyril CookA few things I noticed on the party’s websites concerning crime…...
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Giving back
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
By Cyril Cook
Cyril CookInfrastructure in my community has been a hot topic like many northern Alberta communities. A large influx of hard working men and women looking for wealth in the oil patch have found their jobs, thanks to Alberta’s “Texas...
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Oil companies are not our enemies
Thursday, February 7, 2008
By Cyril Cook
Cyril CookThe NDP are using an interesting election slogan of “on your side." They didn’t appear to be on the side of pipefitters, drillers, or operators as they came out guns blazing against the oil and gas industry, asking...
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The average family
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
By Cyril Cook
Cyril CookThere are a couple of union groups, collectively called Albertans for Change, that claim to represent 200,000 members. Obviously well-funded, they recently produced a number of attack ads in various media outlets to try and convince me that...
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Balancing carbon emissions reduction and industry growth
Monday, February 4, 2008
By Cyril Cook
Cyril CookWhen pollsters ask people what their top concerns are, the environment is usually at or near the top lately. It’s not much different for me, just not the way you might think....
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'Good-enough' Tories or viable alternatives?
Monday, February 4, 2008
By Cyril Cook
Cyril CookAs Albertans march to the polls soon, whether we want to or not, and candidates slog through the snow up to March 3th, I feel there are some general questions of the major provincial parties. Firstly, we have...
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