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Geopolitical tensions losing grip on oil prices
Nov 4, 2024
Think beef prices are high now?
Nov 4, 2024
One last walk on Halloween with my son
Nov 6, 2024
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How will oil markets respond amidst rising tensions in the Middle East?
by Rashid Husain Syed | Oct 28, 2024
Fear premium fades as oil markets await Iran's next move
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Royalite No. 4 was a game-changer for Alberta’s energy industry
by Bill Whitelaw | Oct 16, 2024
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Global energy transition is doomed without a realistic plan
by Yogi Schulz | Oct 11, 2024
Why Albertans pay so much for power
by Doug Firby | Nov 3, 2024
Alberta’s energy deregulation experiment has failed miserably
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Alberta Premier is prioritizing politics over patient care
by Doug Firby | Oct 7, 2024
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Alberta NDP leader Nenshi dodges questions on carbon tax
by Kris Sims | Oct 2, 2024
Leaked files reveal doctors’ doubts about youth gender transition procedures
by Lee Harding | Oct 28, 2024
Experts question whether young patients fully grasp the risks of transitioning
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Alberta healthcare costs threaten long-term fiscal stability
by Lennie Kaplan | Sep 29, 2024
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Healthcare innovation isn’t ‘scary.’ Canada’s broken system is
by Joseph Quesnel | Sep 13, 2024
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Alberta hospital overhaul plan could improve access to healthcare
by Staff | Sep 3, 2024
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Not all teachers are left-wing ideologues
by Michael Zwaagstra | Sep 25, 2024
Despite the one-sided public perception shaped by union leaders
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Schools should educate rather than indoctrinate
by Michael Zwaagstra | Sep 5, 2024
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Politics
National
How Canadians lost the rule of law
by Colin Alexander | Nov 6, 2024
Judicial and regulatory systems have abandoned the protection of rights and justice
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Will the nightmare ever end for Indigenous Canadians?
by James McCrae | Nov 4, 2024
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Business
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How risk and failure drive entrepreneurial success
by Warren Bergen | Nov 1, 2024
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Canada’s food waste epidemic needs a wake-up call
by Sylvain Charlebois | Oct 31, 2024
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The love affair that shaped the First World War
by Pat Murphy | Nov 4, 2024
New book unveils the scandalous affair that altered Britain’s path to war
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Mockumentary ‘Am I Racist?’ exposes the dark side of DEI
by Danny Randell | Oct 30, 2024
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Is Trudeau attempting to save the CBC for political gain?
by Bruce Dowbiggin | Oct 25, 2024
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In a post-national Canada, why do we need the CBC?
by Our View | Oct 21, 2024
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Truman Capote is a literary influence for the ages
by Nick Kossovan | Oct 3, 2024
What we can learn from the fall of Carthage
by Pat Murphy | Oct 2, 2024
BOOKS: Some conquests wiped out entire cultures and populations, leading to the collapse of their civilizations
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Treasure Island’s ripping adventure stands the test of time
by Pat Murphy | Sep 20, 2024
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How extraterrestrials took over our culture
by Special to Troy Media | Sep 11, 2024
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Fantagraphics Books unveils new comic collections
by Michael Taube | Jul 30, 2024
Intense physical activity in sports could lead to long-term health issues for women
by Special to Troy Media | Oct 23, 2024
Missed periods can lead to pregnancy complications and heart disease
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At TMU medical school, some students are more equal than others
by Bruce Pardy | Oct 23, 2024
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How allergy-friendly restaurants are a recipe for success
by Sylvain Charlebois | Oct 10, 2024
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Wishful thinking won’t solve the addiction crisis
by Roslyn Kunin | Oct 7, 2024
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Six tips for staying safe on an e-scooter
by Staff | Oct 3, 2024
How Second World War vets brought military precision to the workplace
by Allan Bonner | Nov 5, 2024
They harnessed the skills they learned in uniform to transform post-war industries
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How hard times can lead to real growth
by Faith Wood | Oct 31, 2024
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I’ve had enough of rampant rudeness
by Faith Wood | Oct 26, 2024
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Here’s one solution to Canada’s housing crisis: Move
by Wendell Cox | Oct 25, 2024
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How a seasick electrician learned his lesson
by Allan Bonner | Oct 21, 2024
It’s time to legalize raw milk
by Sylvain Charlebois | Oct 23, 2024
The current prohibition is driven solely by the dairy lobby’s self-interest
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Billions of litres of milk wasted while families go hungry
by Sylvain Charlebois | Oct 18, 2024
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PBO confirms carbon tax hitting Canadians hard
by Franco Terrazzano | Oct 17, 2024
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To unlock its potential, B.C. must overhaul outdated policies now
by David Leis | Oct 17, 2024
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Why Trudeau’s gas and diesel ban will fail
by Franco Terrazzano | Oct 14, 2024
Danny Jansen’s history-making moment in baseball
by Michael Taube | Aug 27, 2024
He is the first player in history to play for two teams in the same game
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Potential disaster is looming at the Paris Olympics
by Gerry Chidiac | May 24, 2024
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The new book Deal With It explores the art of NHL trading
by Bruce Dowbiggin | May 7, 2024
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The Duel: Bannister, Landy, and the four-minute mile
by Pat Murphy | Apr 30, 2024
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U.S. firm’s grip on Banff and Jasper national parks sparks outrage
by Doug Firby | Sep 29, 2024
Firm’s monopoly sparking debate and competition concerns
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The truth about CATSA’s compensation process for damaged luggage
by Dale Johnson | Sep 29, 2024
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U.S. firm tightens grip on Banff and Jasper national parks
by Doug Firby | Sep 18, 2024
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The adventurer who claimed Newfoundland for England
by Gerry Bowler | Aug 28, 2024
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Is it Brugge or is it Bruges?
by The Frugal Traveller | Jun 17, 2024
The 2010 Honda Ridgeline stands the test of time
by Buying Used | Nov 1, 2024
Proven reliability and smart design keep 2010 Honda Ridgeline pickup popular year after year
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The 2020 Nissan Sentra offers no-nonsense value
by Buying Used | Oct 25, 2024
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2019 Ford Edge ST has serious get up and go
by Buying Used | Oct 18, 2024
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Mazda kept hitting all the right notes with 2020 MX-5
by Buying Used | Oct 11, 2024
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The 2018 Volkswagen Passat GT a sporty and practical choice
by Buying Used | Oct 4, 2024
World
In the face of atrocity, silence is a crime
Oct 28, 2024
Global stability on the brink
Oct 26, 2024
Why political leaders worldwide are bleeding support
Oct 25, 2024
The war in Ukraine a tale of two egos
Oct 8, 2024
Time to talk about the racism against Arabs
Oct 3, 2024
Israel demonized while Hezbollah war crimes ignored
Sep 23, 2024
Why the Harris-Trump presidential debate was a draw
Sep 17, 2024
Debunking the myth of Arab antisemitism
Sep 12, 2024
The Secret Service has a shocking history of failure
Jul 27, 2024
Was Biden forced to exit the presidential race?
Jul 23, 2024
Is Trump on an unstoppable path to victory?
Jul 16, 2024
Is the era of oil dominance coming to an end?
Jul 15, 2024
Exploring the roots of Islamic extremism
Jul 15, 2024
Civilian casualties are a tragic reality of war
Jun 18, 2024
The modern left is at war with history
May 24, 2024
Who pays for college Gaza protests?
May 13, 2024
Why is only Israel wrong when it defends itself?
May 3, 2024
Sporting bodies blind to Palestinian suffering
Apr 18, 2024
Will Israel launch a counterattack against Iran?
Apr 16, 2024
Cuba is an economic, social, and democratic failure
Apr 12, 2024
How conventional wisdom can change over time
Apr 8, 2024
Free Europe is facing a new Dark Age
Apr 2, 2024
The oil industry is not dead yet
Mar 25, 2024
Why Israel is right to reject a two-state solution
Mar 22, 2024
The battle for Guyana’s growing oil assets begins
Mar 11, 2024
What Navalny learned from Socrates
Mar 4, 2024
The rise and fall of the Britain’s Teddy Boys
Feb 25, 2024
How your tax dollars ended up with Hamas
Feb 16, 2024
Christian exodus from Iraq ‘alarming’
Feb 13, 2024
The hypocrisy behind cutting aid to Palestinians
Feb 8, 2024
The UN is not what many Canadians think it is
Jan 29, 2024
The absurdity of the Israeli genocide accusation
Jan 24, 2024
Houthi attacks shaking up stability of oil markets
Jan 15, 2024
What’s at stake in South Africa’s genocide case ...
Jan 11, 2024
Is bombing civilian populations effective?
Jan 4, 2024
OPEC is caught between a rock and a hard place
Jan 2, 2024
How bad could a Trump-Biden election rematch get?
Dec 31, 2023
Is Hungary’s Viktor Orban Putin’s poodle?
Dec 30, 2023
Jesus was a Palestinian Jew born under occupation
Dec 14, 2023
Hong Kong churches under threat from Communist China
Dec 10, 2023
Food industry under the spotlight at COP28
Dec 6, 2023
Every nation has the potential to commit genocide
Nov 30, 2023
Coping with the aftermath of the Israel-Hamas War
Nov 28, 2023
Will Israel ever be held accountable for genocide?
Nov 23, 2023
Where were you when JFK was shot?
Nov 19, 2023
The real story behind the Gaza hospital explosion
Oct 26, 2023
Calls grow for humanitarian corridor to reach Gaza
Oct 17, 2023
Fear of erasure fuels Artsakh exodus
Oct 16, 2023
When the ‘bad guys’ are hailed as heroes
Oct 4, 2023
Artsakh burns while Western leaders fiddle
Sep 24, 2023
Trudeau pokes a hornet’s nest in India
Sep 20, 2023
Piecing together the last days of Imperial Japan
Sep 14, 2023
The invisible genocide of Armenians in Artsakh
Sep 13, 2023
How the Canadian wildfires are viewed from abroad
Aug 22, 2023
What the world needs now is … détente
Aug 15, 2023
OPEC+ members extend production cuts
Aug 8, 2023
Is Europe drifting to the right?
Jul 28, 2023
Why NATO must continue to support Ukraine
Jul 20, 2023
How Taiwan became an eco-tourism leader
Jul 13, 2023
Beijing fiddles, while Canada burns
Jul 11, 2023
Wall Street analysts abandon oil rally optimism
Jun 26, 2023
If Britain had stood aside in 1914
Jun 13, 2023
Who was to blame for the First World War?
Jun 2, 2023
Geopolitical catastrophes in the making
May 9, 2023
Why China is gaining influence in Africa
Apr 20, 2023
Quake worsens problems for Syrian Christians
Apr 18, 2023
You know you’re a woke punchline when …
Mar 27, 2023
Time magazine was once a giant
Mar 23, 2023
We are in the foothills of a Third World War
Mar 16, 2023
The oil sector has its swagger back
Mar 13, 2023
Flirting with nuclear war over Ukraine
Mar 2, 2023
Jimmy Carter was an accidental president
Feb 27, 2023
Hybrid warfare and the New Cold War
Feb 13, 2023
Russia vs Ukraine: Is diplomacy dead?
Jan 26, 2023
George Santos and the sad state of modern politics
Jan 17, 2023
The powerful legacy of Pope Benedict XVI
Jan 10, 2023
DOE expects further weakening in oil prices
Jan 9, 2023
The rise and demise of Andrew Tate
Jan 5, 2023
Oil price forecast for 2023 all over the map
Jan 3, 2023
My Christmas in Zaire was something special
Dec 15, 2022
Saudi Arabia looking for a new security blanket?
Dec 12, 2022
COP15 proposes an extremist planetary diet
Dec 12, 2022
Russian oil price cap is a go. But will it work?
Dec 5, 2022
Stringent Net Zero policies make no financial sense
Nov 28, 2022
CBC is a government monster gobbling up tax dollars
Nov 22, 2022
What the American midterms results really mean
Nov 22, 2022
Eight billion people now inhabit the earth
Nov 14, 2022
Why every good COP turns into a bad COP
Nov 14, 2022
World at a ‘tipping point’ in climate change talks
Nov 11, 2022
The ignominious end of the Ottoman Empire
Nov 10, 2022
Leaders are destroying our trust in government
Nov 7, 2022
The world needs Russian resources
Nov 7, 2022
We are at great risk of a nuclear holocaust
Oct 27, 2022
Genocide denied is genocide repeated
Oct 20, 2022
The CIA’s man in Cuba
Oct 18, 2022
Germany backtracks on a renewable energy future
Oct 16, 2022
The quest for truth is gaining momentum
Oct 13, 2022
Remembering the Cuban Missile Crisis 60 years later
Oct 12, 2022
Political orthodoxies are being challenged in Europe
Sep 19, 2022
Winston Churchill: ruffian or hero?
Sep 10, 2022
Oil once again being used as a political tool
Sep 5, 2022
The rise and rise of Daesh
Aug 28, 2022
Putin is the most dangerous terrorist on the planet
Aug 15, 2022
Europe is counting on natural gas from Canada
Aug 7, 2022
Why is Canada ignoring starvation in Africa?
Jul 22, 2022
The final act of Boris Johnson’s political career
Jul 12, 2022
Ukraine must be victorious, for all of our sakes
Jul 5, 2022
Canada effectively absent in the Indo-Pacific
Jun 29, 2022
Why Canada still needs the Trans Mountain expansion
Jun 24, 2022
Hereditary empires and the struggle with modernity
Jun 22, 2022
How empires grab and hold on to power
Jun 16, 2022
No end in sight for soaring oil prices
Jun 13, 2022
Is it curtains for Boris Johnson?
Jun 8, 2022
Why do we keep electing energy idiots?
Jun 8, 2022
How to win the war against global famine
Jun 7, 2022
Punishing Russia has upended global economics
Jun 6, 2022
Energy doesn’t have to be a political weapon
Jun 3, 2022
Saudis using oil market leverage to their advantage
May 30, 2022
War and brutality go hand in hand
May 25, 2022
Putin’s War is redrawing the geopolitical map
May 23, 2022
Wheat makes the world go round
May 19, 2022
Irish lead the way in the push to decolonize
May 19, 2022
Birdwatching in Honduras – plumage aplenty
May 8, 2022
The global energy map faces dramatic revisions
May 2, 2022
The world is on the brink of a food shortage
May 1, 2022
Western leaders ignore their own genocidal acts
Apr 21, 2022
From evil to relativism and back again
Apr 20, 2022
Plenty of blame in a world of strife
Apr 14, 2022
Will oil prices stall or continue to rise?
Apr 11, 2022
Crude oil markets weaken as U.S. opens taps
Apr 4, 2022
Ukrainians fleeing war face Canadian red tape
Mar 25, 2022
Clearing the fog, and friction, of war
Mar 19, 2022
Oldest human DNA ever found in Africa uncovered.
Mar 19, 2022
The West needs to step up to curb Putin’s aggression
Mar 14, 2022
Trudeau’s double standards on Iranian immigrants
Mar 10, 2022
Playing Russian roulette with food security
Mar 10, 2022
Why the world won’t sanction Russian oil
Mar 8, 2022
The making of a Ukrainian hero
Mar 1, 2022
CPAC is red meat for the conservative core
Feb 28, 2022
Russia’s most formidable weapons? Oil and gas
Feb 28, 2022
Trump tees off on Trudeau’s treatment of truckers
Feb 27, 2022
Florida’s Ron DeSantis condemns Canada’s COVID-f...
Feb 25, 2022
Ukraine tension, Iran talks prod oil prices upward
Feb 21, 2022
Did John F. Kennedy really win the U.S. presidency?
Feb 17, 2022
Patrice Lumumba left a legacy we can’t ignore
Feb 10, 2022
The quixotic push for Hillary in 2024
Jan 26, 2022
What Elvis Costello got right in Oliver’s Army
Jan 20, 2022
To my unknown friend who died on Flight PS752
Jan 16, 2022
In defence of Bishop Desmond Tutu
Jan 12, 2022
Expect more oil price uncertainty in 2022
Jan 3, 2022
Think the oil industry is dying? Think again
Dec 27, 2021
Thunberg has world leaders in the palm of her hand
Dec 21, 2021
Putin wants to turn Ukraine into a vassal state
Dec 13, 2021
Why attempts to change Afghanistan keep failing
Dec 13, 2021
Do lockdowns actually worsen COVID-19’s impact?
Dec 3, 2021
U.S. tries to force a drop in world oil prices
Nov 22, 2021
Achieving net-zero will take decades to accomplish
Nov 18, 2021
Pressure mounts on OPEC+ from all sides
Nov 8, 2021
Oil market turmoil may well benefit consumers
Oct 25, 2021
The messy transition to a ‘new world disorder’
Oct 25, 2021
The 26th Blah Blah Blah Festival (aka COP26)
Oct 21, 2021
Raising corporate tax rates will hurt us all
Oct 10, 2021
The bloody end of Anwar Sadat
Oct 6, 2021
Crude oil prices are soaring as production slows
Oct 4, 2021
Warning shots fired over cryptocurrencies?
Sep 27, 2021
Oil prices on the rise as output squeezed
Sep 27, 2021
AUKUS may create as many problems as it solves
Sep 27, 2021
Is China turning its back on science and progress?
Sep 14, 2021
Dampening Asian demand cools crude oil prices
Sep 13, 2021
The economic dangers of a new inflationary era
Sep 10, 2021
When Reagan fired the air traffic controllers
Aug 29, 2021
Canada must help ease the chaos in Afghanistan
Aug 29, 2021
Delta variant hammering crude oil prices
Aug 23, 2021
Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban. Do you care?
Aug 16, 2021
Chinese demand drives world oil markets
Aug 16, 2021
What’s in a name when it comes to groups of animals?
Aug 15, 2021
Lebanon on the verge of becoming a failed state
Aug 8, 2021
When travel resumes, Canadians should avoid Cuba
Aug 3, 2021
More than ever, we need to embrace diversity
Jul 29, 2021
Welcome to the gluten-free, sushi-less Olympic Games
Jul 21, 2021
The world gives a COVID cold shoulder to refugees
Jul 14, 2021
OPEC dispute sends oil market reeling
Jul 12, 2021
Longshore workers stand firm for justice
Jul 8, 2021
Richard Nixon’s shocking summer and its big payoff
Jun 29, 2021
What the Germans can teach us about reconciliation
Jun 24, 2021
No Senate reform without public engagement
Jun 21, 2021
Canada-U.K. trade links more important than ever
Jun 20, 2021
Diseases don’t care about our nationality or wealth
Jun 17, 2021
A medieval disaster is playing out in modern India
Jun 11, 2021
Biden can’t go back to a pre-Trump China policy
Jun 2, 2021
Is Scotland poised to push forward with separation?
May 19, 2021
America may not like it but pipelines are crucial
May 13, 2021
Quebec, France poised to reject diversity, pluralism
May 13, 2021
Napoleon was a bitter man in his final years
May 11, 2021
What you see with Joe Biden is what you get
May 11, 2021
The huge challenge of holding police accountable
Apr 28, 2021
If China invades, will Taiwan be on its own?
Apr 21, 2021
Alberta can forget becoming the 51st American state
Apr 19, 2021
Biden’s green revolution is a disaster in the making
Apr 13, 2021
OPEC+ expected to continue to dampen oil output
Mar 29, 2021
Canada must stand up to China now
Mar 26, 2021
Taking the temperature of U.S. Republicans
Mar 25, 2021
Canadian oil still the safest bet for Americans
Mar 24, 2021
Is Canada on a well-worn path to destruction?
Mar 24, 2021
Oil market recovery may be on borrowed time
Mar 22, 2021
When will Canada start to stand up to China?
Mar 21, 2021
An Irish hero for St. Patrick’s Day
Mar 14, 2021
Troubling trends for human rights in China and India
Mar 12, 2021
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
Mar 11, 2021
Canada needs to deepen its ties with India
Mar 4, 2021
This is Canada’s moment to change the world
Mar 4, 2021
Shunning Taiwan no longer an option for Canada
Mar 3, 2021
Get ready for a Trump 2024 campaign
Mar 2, 2021
Mourning the passing of an oil industry giant
Mar 1, 2021
Biden using COVID-19 to advance radical policies
Feb 24, 2021
Oil prices rise as Texas drops into deep freeze
Feb 22, 2021
Time for Canada to stand up to China’s bullying
Feb 19, 2021
Silent Witness of a Holocaust Suitcase
Feb 14, 2021
Understated George Shultz left a lasting legacy
Feb 11, 2021
Is the crude oil market rally just a mirage?
Feb 8, 2021
U of A teams up with West African universities
Feb 5, 2021
Iran returns to the oil market in a big way
Feb 1, 2021
The dawning of a new trade era in the United States
Jan 28, 2021
What the Biden administration means for Canada
Jan 22, 2021
Trump is a case study in bad leadership
Jan 21, 2021
Boris Johnson: the man who got Brexit done
Jan 20, 2021
Trump’s final day as president
Jan 19, 2021
Crude oil market remains in flux
Jan 18, 2021
Eisenhower was cagey but Kennedy rushed in
Jan 14, 2021
Impeaching Trump will make a bad situation worse
Jan 12, 2021
Saudis sacrifice to broker oil production cuts
Jan 11, 2021
Remembering the lives lost on Flight PS752
Jan 10, 2021
Ruth Ellis the last hanged woman in Britain
Jan 3, 2021
The year the world finally said, ‘Enough is enough!’
Dec 31, 2020
Tensions rise in Persian Gulf over oil shipments
Dec 28, 2020
Many questions will linger post-pandemic
Dec 28, 2020
Just the facts? Don’t count on fact-checkers
Dec 27, 2020
OPEC+ fault lines growing deeper
Dec 7, 2020
Attacking activists doesn’t make them wrong
Dec 3, 2020
How Donald Trump could still win re-election
Dec 1, 2020
Financial quagmire engulfing oil-producing countries
Nov 30, 2020
What did Germans really think of Hitler?
Nov 29, 2020
Shaking off colonial shackles no easy task
Nov 26, 2020
Margaret Thatcher and the end of apartheid
Nov 22, 2020
Autocratic regimes use energy as a weapon
Nov 22, 2020
A KGB guide to subverting the press to your agenda
Nov 20, 2020
Combatting the rising tide of hostility
Nov 19, 2020
Adolf Hitler’s fateful mistake
Nov 18, 2020
Is Biden about to alter the war on climate change?
Nov 16, 2020
Diving into man’s complicated relationship with war
Nov 16, 2020
Lose sight of justice and society starves
Nov 12, 2020
U.S. election is far from over
Nov 10, 2020
Sunny days a long way off for oil producers
Nov 9, 2020
Early takeaways from the U.S. election
Nov 6, 2020
Who will be the next U.S. president?
Nov 3, 2020
The beauty of secularism
Oct 29, 2020
Dark days ahead for oil-rich Gulf economies
Oct 26, 2020
The ugly truth about democracy in decay
Oct 19, 2020
Energy use forecasts pivot dramatically
Oct 19, 2020
Do voters just tune out Trump’s sins?
Oct 19, 2020
Has the tide finally turned on Donald Trump?
Oct 13, 2020
What Trump’s leadership style says about us
Oct 8, 2020
The people versus Donald Trump
Oct 8, 2020
Trump defies the fundamentals of faith
Oct 5, 2020
More dark days on the horizon for oil industry
Oct 5, 2020
It’s time we all stood up for Julian Assange
Oct 1, 2020
Memories of Walter Reuther, an American labour giant
Sep 30, 2020
Politics as compelling theatre
Sep 29, 2020
Trump scrambles to find a message that resonates
Sep 27, 2020
Trudeau has eroded Canada’s place in the world
Sep 25, 2020
We are witnessing the demise of the American empire
Sep 24, 2020
Has Donald Trump finally been tripped up?
Sep 8, 2020
Did Donald Trump disparage the U.S. military?
Sep 8, 2020
Canada must stand up to China: O’Toole
Sep 8, 2020
The overblown panic of COVID-19
Aug 28, 2020
Can we save humanity?
Aug 26, 2020
Canada must boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Aug 25, 2020
Will petrochemicals be the last gasp for big oil?
Aug 24, 2020
Finding ways to help victims of Beirut blast
Aug 24, 2020
We need clarity to conquer COVID-19
Aug 23, 2020
Pandemic policy is mob policy
Aug 23, 2020
Celebrity status can be a catalyst for change
Aug 20, 2020
Memo to Joe Biden on how to win U.S. election
Aug 13, 2020
China targets everyone in the world
Aug 12, 2020
At 90, Thomas Sowell remains one of a kind
Aug 12, 2020
Trump’s oil industry optimism is misplaced
Aug 10, 2020
Is it time to walk away from trade with China?
Aug 9, 2020
Why does the culture of impunity persist?
Aug 6, 2020
More than just a Spectator to world events
Aug 6, 2020
Bad leadership at the heart of police brutality
Aug 2, 2020
How to put the legacy of John Lewis to good use
Jul 30, 2020
Justice for all, whether you kneel or stand
Jul 28, 2020
The building of the Atomic Bomb Part 1
Jul 20, 2020
Facing up to racism in Canada and around the world
Jul 16, 2020
Crude oil crystal ball shows cloudy future
Jul 13, 2020
Developing countries face hard economic choices
Jul 8, 2020
China the big winner in world oil price calamity
Jul 6, 2020
Oil industry not dead yet despite disruptions
Jul 5, 2020
Exposing the roots of racism through song
Jun 30, 2020
Gagging social media won’t halt criticism
Jun 25, 2020
Canada’s foreign policy isn’t what it used to be
Jun 25, 2020
We must stand up to China’s bully tactics
Jun 23, 2020
Oil-rich Saudis squeezed by Trump
Jun 23, 2020
Let people make their own risk assessments
Jun 18, 2020
Do we choose chaos or community?
Jun 18, 2020
Sweden forged a COVID-19 path that preserves freedom
Jun 11, 2020
Energy industry investment cools dramatically
Jun 8, 2020
Digging for the bones of a lost Irish hero
Jun 4, 2020
We all need the moral courage to confront racism
Jun 4, 2020
We all need the moral courage to confront racism
Jun 4, 2020
Turning protesters into terrorists
Jun 2, 2020
Some day soon, we have to stand up to China
Jun 1, 2020
Oil market resurgence sustained by hope
May 31, 2020
Bringing the facts back to the Keystone XL debate
May 28, 2020
Celebrating the human spirit can change the world
May 28, 2020
Tyranny oil should be treated like blood diamonds
May 25, 2020
Chernobyl disaster’s legacy still resonates
May 20, 2020
Bringing the Architect of the Holocaust to justice
May 20, 2020
Should ex-leaders indulge in political mudslinging?
May 19, 2020
It all adds up: First a pandemic, then a ‘magic’...
May 18, 2020
Labels just hurtful in search for Middle East peace
May 14, 2020
Hubris, conspiracy and the fall of Margaret Thatcher
May 13, 2020
The White House’s internal battle with COVID-19
May 12, 2020
Post-pandemic oil market slowly takes shape
May 11, 2020
The Year 1000: a look at globalization’s roots
May 7, 2020
Don’t sacrifice truth for illusion of security
May 7, 2020
Ottawa’s response to pandemic rooted in politics
May 6, 2020
Glut, pandemic keep world oil market on edge
May 4, 2020
A close-up look at J.F.K. on the campaign trail
Apr 30, 2020
Is the world’s most powerful economy unravelling?
Apr 21, 2020
Oil production cut numbers don’t add up
Apr 20, 2020
Exiting the lockdown with care and intelligence
Apr 15, 2020
They don’t build borders like they used to
Apr 15, 2020
The miraculous recovery of Boris Johnson
Apr 14, 2020
Ten key messages to navigating a crisis
Apr 12, 2020
Crude oil cuts finally made, but to what end?
Apr 12, 2020
A dose of COVID-19 reality
Apr 9, 2020
Who will blink first in crude oil crisis?
Apr 8, 2020
Are Canadians prepared if the power grid fails?
Apr 7, 2020
COVID-19 will prompt a rethink of globalization
Apr 5, 2020
How Canada can face down Chinese tyranny
Apr 1, 2020
Are Trump and Sanders two sides of the same coin?
Mar 27, 2020
Just do the right thing – no matter what
Mar 26, 2020
Flu pandemic of 1918 brutal, virulent killer
Mar 26, 2020
The macro consequences of the coronavirus
Mar 24, 2020
The crude story behind the Russia/Saudi oil war
Mar 18, 2020
We can’t afford to be casual about COVID-19
Mar 17, 2020
Lies, damned lies and statistics
Mar 11, 2020
The American melodrama after Super Tuesday
Mar 9, 2020
The fine art of panic buying in COVID-19’s wake
Mar 5, 2020
Will Britain finally get tough on terrorists?
Mar 1, 2020
Ireland on the cusp of political upheaval
Feb 24, 2020
Chile is no longer a beacon of stability
Feb 24, 2020
Censure Pelosi for ripping up Trump’s speech
Feb 11, 2020
We must attack the coronavirus at its root
Feb 3, 2020
The Democratic fight to take on Trump heats up
Feb 2, 2020
Carney was dead wrong about Brexit
Jan 31, 2020
The making of an unlikely U.S. president
Jan 29, 2020
Don’t blame Australian fires on climate change
Jan 29, 2020
The Coronavirus – 1918 all over again?
Jan 28, 2020
McCain’s Twitter rant bizarre, ill-advised
Jan 28, 2020
Canada missing a golden post-Brexit opportunity
Jan 27, 2020
Push back against China’s pro-communist Bible
Jan 14, 2020
Sport, at its best, can help change the world
Jan 3, 2020
The American melodrama heads for home
Dec 30, 2019
Canada fails internal, external defence expectations
Dec 19, 2019
Boris Johnson is a consequential politician
Dec 17, 2019
Thank you, Mr. Trump, for rousing us
Dec 12, 2019
The rise and fall of Spiro Agnew
Dec 11, 2019
Humanity faces a huge and growing crisis
Dec 10, 2019
Venice flooding a sign of deepening climate crisis
Nov 24, 2019
Fall of the Berlin Wall was just a starting point
Nov 14, 2019
Brexit’s potential for unintended consequences
Nov 13, 2019
Is the world on the verge of a nuclear winter?
Nov 11, 2019
Brexit’s endgame finally beckons
Nov 6, 2019
Silver lining: NBA boss shows how to handle China
Oct 17, 2019
No gun fire in the Moose Wars. Yet
Oct 15, 2019
Clean, timely Brexit good for Britain and Canada
Oct 8, 2019
Brexit triggers the beginning of the end of EU
Sep 30, 2019
Is cash doomed to extinction?
Sep 19, 2019
Embrace higher ideals to truly change the world
Sep 19, 2019
How Ireland stayed neutral in a world at war
Aug 15, 2019
Welcome to the Age of Wilful Stupidity
Aug 7, 2019
No, Boris Johnson isn’t another Donald Trump
Jul 30, 2019
What can we learn from one another today?
Jul 25, 2019
Why Trump will win in 2020
Jul 2, 2019
Canada can end the China crisis in one simple move
Jun 27, 2019
The unsung heroes of Waterloo
Jun 26, 2019
Climate change could bring huge payoff to Canada
Jun 25, 2019
Human spirit has the strength to tear down walls
Jun 13, 2019
How the world can win the hunger games
May 28, 2019
The truth always comes out and truth liberates
May 16, 2019
China represents world freedom’s greatest threat
May 3, 2019
China is driving the rise of omniscient machines
May 3, 2019
We shall overcome crimes against humanity
May 2, 2019
The primary function of U.S. presidential primaries
Apr 11, 2019
What purpose do hatred and vengeance serve?
Mar 28, 2019
What purpose do hatred and vengeance serve?
Mar 28, 2019
Brain drain puts Venezuela at a further disadvantage
Mar 26, 2019
A ray of hope after a brutal week
Mar 24, 2019
What CBC gets wrong about the crisis in Venezuela
Mar 17, 2019
Ireland’s greatest mythical hero
Mar 13, 2019
Venezuela’s descent into chaos was predictable
Mar 8, 2019
San Miguel de Allende losing its lustre
Feb 3, 2019
Music can touch our hearts and give us hope
Jan 31, 2019
We can’t let outside powers dictate law in Canada
Jan 28, 2019
Central banks’ overreach risks another recession
Dec 31, 2018
As cyber wars erupt, Canada must protect itself
Dec 18, 2018
Brexit drama has historical echoes
Dec 12, 2018
The political fragility of George H.W. Bush
Dec 5, 2018
TV’s Vikings is good fun and semi-reasonable history
Nov 23, 2018
Harold Macmillan and the fickleness of history
Nov 16, 2018
‘Countless white crosses’ a century later
Nov 9, 2018
The truth about the roots of most terrorism
Nov 8, 2018
Putting Columbia River salmon restoration at risk
Oct 31, 2018
Rhodes cultural policy is a template for Canada
Oct 24, 2018
Ontario takes the initiative tackling terrorists
Oct 23, 2018
Legend, reality and the Outlaw King
Oct 23, 2018
Globalism trumped by Trump’s international vision
Oct 18, 2018
A spiritual leadership grounded in reality
Oct 17, 2018
The abysmal scorecard of socialist revolutions
Oct 16, 2018
Coping with the uber angst of the modern world
Oct 14, 2018
The man who shot Billy the Kid
Oct 10, 2018
Fear and loathing in the realm of Donald Trump
Oct 5, 2018
A Brexit perspective with 55-year-old roots
Oct 3, 2018
How USMCA democratized supply management
Oct 2, 2018
Can we avoid another financial crisis?
Oct 1, 2018
Canada can’t afford to be bullied by Trump on trade
Sep 21, 2018
Compassion is at the heart of the best of humanity
Sep 20, 2018
Canada’s trade hurdle is all about supply management
Sep 17, 2018
The right of women to choose their own futures
Sep 13, 2018
Support for multiculturalism declining in Sweden
Sep 11, 2018
The Swedes weren’t always peace-loving
Sep 4, 2018
How to confront sex abuse in the Catholic church
Aug 30, 2018
Cruising the Baltic, gathering perspectives
Aug 26, 2018
The Saudi-Canada spat and the New World Order of Oil
Aug 15, 2018
Canadian Forces pulling their weight
Jul 17, 2018
Tim Hortons rolling up the rim to win over China
Jul 13, 2018
What fate awaits our treasured monarchy?
Jul 10, 2018
What if Bobby Kennedy had lived?
Jul 6, 2018
‘Happy’ New Zealand has a teenage suicide proble...
Jun 29, 2018
The man who cheated death again and again
Jun 29, 2018
How soccer revitalizes nationalism
Jun 26, 2018
Is western civilization worth defending?
Jun 20, 2018
Fake tough: Donald Trump’s tantrum over Canada
Jun 17, 2018
Racial tension on the decline, harmony on the rise
Jun 10, 2018
Would Bobby Kennedy have been elected president?
Jun 6, 2018
The danger of putting too much trust in doctors
Jun 4, 2018
Ronald Reagan’s remarkable mission to Moscow
Jun 1, 2018
A global uprising against rape case injustices
May 30, 2018
Britain’s social (and economic) revolution
May 25, 2018
What global warming? How about global cooling
Apr 27, 2018
Making sense of violent attacks
Apr 24, 2018
Pipeline opposition largely funded by rich Americans
Apr 22, 2018
The Marshall Plan wasn’t a silver bullet
Apr 20, 2018
China may balk at Taiwan entry into resurrected TPP
Apr 19, 2018
Taking aim at pointless anti-gun marches
Mar 27, 2018
The dangerous rebirth of mercantilism
Mar 26, 2018
The lessons of Rwanda seem lost on Canadians
Mar 21, 2018
Casting about for new Canadian trade partners
Mar 19, 2018
China using its monetary policy as a weapon of war
Mar 11, 2018
Donald Trump vs Robert Mueller: chaos over order
Mar 11, 2018
Kate Harris’ Lands of Lost Borders a masterpiece
Mar 4, 2018
Debunking the myth of immigrant assimilation
Feb 28, 2018
One big asteroid could ruin the mining industry
Feb 26, 2018
The western media’s appalling embrace of North Korea
Feb 12, 2018
Is Trump’s economic train gaining momentum?
Feb 4, 2018
Canada needs to respond to U.S. tax reform
Feb 1, 2018
Tackling conflict in the Middle East cauldron
Jan 25, 2018
A new kind of common market beckons Canada
Jan 24, 2018
Go ahead, shoot the messenger
Jan 16, 2018
Trump’s penchant for digging ‘s—holes̵...
Jan 16, 2018
The moral roadblock at the end of ethical shortcuts
Jan 11, 2018
The American dream is moving north to Canada
Jan 7, 2018
Canada asleep at the wheel on U.S. tax reform
Dec 22, 2017
The fake news controversy isn’t really new
Dec 13, 2017
Poland’s 20th century tragedy
Dec 6, 2017
Trudeau’s Asian trip a diplomatic and trade disaster
Nov 16, 2017
Raphael Lemkin: the man who coined the word genocide
Oct 19, 2017
John F. Kennedy: an anglophile for all seasons
Sep 15, 2017
Diana’s bad bargain and her enduring mythology
Aug 25, 2017
Punk queen Exene Cervenka embraces Trump
Aug 1, 2017
‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!’
Jun 9, 2017
Did France put an end to the new nationalism?
May 9, 2017
The failed fight against fascism
Apr 28, 2017
The nationalism versus globalism debate explained
Apr 12, 2017
The rise and fall of the Romanovs
Mar 2, 2017
Death of a tyrant
Nov 30, 2016
October 1066 changed England forever
Oct 23, 2016
Marching toward a world without genocide
Oct 20, 2016
Canola conundrum puts Canada in China’s crosshairs
Aug 31, 2016
‘Radical Joe’ Chamberlain inspires new British P...
Aug 14, 2016
Bio-fuels one of man’s greatest blunders
Aug 4, 2016
When Khrushchev spilled the beans
Feb 3, 2016
Maybe Donald Trump isn’t a buffoon after all
Jan 27, 2016
Napoleon’s Waterloo was 200 years ago
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Your Money
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Shrinkflation is taking a bite out of your candy supply, and pocketbook
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Even with minimum wage hikes, workers are falling behind
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Careers/HR
Workplace incompetence spans the generations
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Criticizing the work ethic of younger generations is misplaced. Workplace competence has always been a challenge
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Stop asking your interviewer cliché questions
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What difference will you make to an employer?
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Assertive women perceived negatively in business
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Editor's picks
Government barriers keep Quebecers stuck in low-income traps
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Quebec’s heavy-handed policies come at a high cost to the income mobility of its citizens
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An independent fiscal review of Canada’s finances is imperative
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Science/Tech
Is your Excel application crashing regularly?
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Enhance the reliability of your Excel workbooks with these practical steps
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Bullet-proof your data with the cutting-edge diskAshur Pro3
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Fusion energy a technological triumph with global implications
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