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New issue online now!

Crossing the Line by Jeff Gailus
Dirty Cleanup Scheme by Bob Weber
Restoring Native Grasslands by @amberbracken.bsky.social
Should Canada Cap Oil and Gas Emissions? by Aly Hyder Ali and Heather Exner-Pirot

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November 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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We find ourselves “adrift in a storm of information chaos,” according to Caulfield, “and we are tearing down the lighthouses...”
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The Certainty Illusion by Timothy Caulfield. Reviewed by Peter Hemminger
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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I keep expecting mayors to scream bloody murder—to organize massive public outcries against each incremental assault—but instead the reaction I most often see is disappointingly tepid, far too cautious. I believe our leaders are fearful of Smith’s retribution.
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Laurence Decore and Yolande Gagnon visiting the University of Calgary to meet with the Calgary alliance of students, including a young Naheed Nenshi.
October 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Check out the October issue of Alberta Views online!

In this issue:
Parties Over People
Should We have Food Banks?
Exclusion by Design
Where are the Fearless Mayors?

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Alberta Views October 2025 Municipal Elections, Parties Over People. Danielle Smith imposes partisanship on municipal politics. Two people in business suits holding blue and red circles over their faces.
October 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Danielle Smith alluded that the medical establishment couldn’t be trusted on gender issues and snapped back when Kim referred to the new policies as “anti-trans.”
“She did not come to listen. She did not care."
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Alberta Views June 2025 Cover: An illustration of a statue of Danielle Smith that has been defaced with Blue and Pink paint evoking a trans flag.
September 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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September 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Independent Senator @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social on the backlash against international students.

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An illustration of Paula Simons in front of the parliament building. The caption reads "Applications have plummeted. International students got the message they're no longer welcome here."
August 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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A couple buys hummus that has recently been the object of some boycotts—yet, Ramadan concludes, “…I don’t lay the blame at their feet, or in their hands, or on their tastebuds.”
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#Booksky #BookReview #Poetry #AlbertaBooks #Lebanon
August 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Albertans may be known for our touchiness, at least politically, but we aren't generally known for our sensitivity—which is to say Albertans are not particularly known for leaning into the sense of touch either literally or figuratively
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August 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Central Alberta bursts into action with the surprise arrival of an unknown teenage son into the stagnant life of an absentee deadbeat dad.
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Cattail Lane by Fran Kimmel. Review by Jane Kubke
August 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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We’re living in an Alberta version of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” In the most fraught of political moments, we’re governed by a premier playing with forces she doesn’t understand and can’t control.
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July 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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I hope readers take away the fact that Métis matriarchal leaders were able to keep our culture and history alive even as colonialism threatened to destroy it. albertaviews.ca/metis-matria...
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Metis Matriarchs, Agents of Transition by Cheryl Troupe and Doris Jeanne MacKinnon
July 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Ripples of familial estrangement pulsate through Morgan Dick’s debut novel, Favourite Daughter... What if a person uniquely equipped to hold up a mirror to your life did precisely that?
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The cover of Favourite Daughter by Morgan Dick. Book review by Jessica Waite.
July 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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New issue online now!
‪MELTDOWN by @lynnmartel.bsky.social,
The Modern Miracle Problem by Tadzio Richards
Ground Truths by Bob Weber

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July 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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CONTEST CLOSES TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. You can still submit to the 26th annual Alberta Views Short Story Contest today. Win $1000 dollars and get published! See our website for more details
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Short Story Contest last call. Deadline: June 30, 2025. Background is pink with white handwriting that has many words scribbled out.
June 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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“‘Parental rights’ as a term is used to bring people into right-wing extremist movements under the guise of loving, protecting and wanting the best for your children,” Mason said. “Because who doesn’t want that?”

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June 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Jagersma: Structured, personalized learning environments contribute to independent schools’ positive outcomes.
Bushfield: Once you control for family privilege, there is little evidence that private schools provide a better education.
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June 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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"Tension between government intervention and individual liberty is a central theme in public health. The value of improved health outcomes from mandatory public health measures versus personal freedom of choice has been hotly debated."
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The cover of A History of Public Health in Alberta 1919-2019
June 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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We haven’t been breathing easy. We’ve had summer after summer filled with smoke, even in cities far from the wildfires. A haze that burns our eyes and throats and turns our sun a post-apocalyptic red. @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social #wildfire #climatechange #ABpoli albertaviews.ca/smoke-gets-i...
June 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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"When I started farming, I promised myself I would not deviate from my values regarding animal welfare. For 27 years I cared for and respected my birds to the best of my ability."
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Terry Fong crouched down in his barn full of chicks. He is holding a chick in his hands. Farewell to a Farm, Feature by Terry Fong
June 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Win $1000 dollars and get published!

Calling all Alberta writers to submit to the 26th annual Alberta Views Short Story Contest. Entry deadline: June 30.
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Short Story Contest. Prize: $1,000 Submit your previously unpublished story of a chance to be published in Alberta Views magazine. Entry Deadline: June 30, 2025 Full Rules: albertaviews.ca/short-story-contest
June 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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New issue online now!
The War on Trans Youth Comes to Alberta
Do Private Schools Offer Better Education?
The Inspiring Legacy of Sharon Pollock
Farewell to a Farm
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Alberta Views June. A statue of Danielle Smith covered in pink and blue paint. New issue online Now!
May 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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"Let’s have an aggressive target to double our population," said Danielle Smith. “Because then we’ll be the second-largest province, We want to build this place out so that we can actually have the political clout we deserve."
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May 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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“From his shaded perch, he could make out tattoos of small birds down the length of her left arm as she gathered ripe baby tomatoes.”
Written by @robmclennan.bsky.social Review by Andrew Torry
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May 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Facade, Calgary Herald Building by Steve Speer.
More about the newspaper industry and how they are fighting back here: albertaviews.ca/fighting-back/
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May 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM