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What should have been a carefree, fun school outing for a
group of Edmonton students has turned into a tragedy with the death
of a Grade 10 boy in a skiing accident at Panorama. As devastating
and as terribly sad as the death of Skyler Lockwood is, however, it
should not be a reason to cancel future ski trips. Donna Barrett,
acting superintendent of the Edmonton Public School Board -- which
already classifies ski trips as high risk -- said in the wake of
Lockwood's death that the policy will be reviewed.
The Editorial Page
Anyone who wants to see where Britain is heading with its
new guidelines for prosecuting cases of assisted suicide -- and
where some Quebec doctors' support for euthanasia could lead --
needs only look at the slippery slope down which the Netherlands has
tumbled.
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Whither Britain?
A nyone who wants to see where Britain is heading with its new guidelines for prosecuting cases of assisted suicide -- and where some Quebec doctors' support for euthanasia could lead -- needs only look at the slippery slope down which the Netherlands has tumbled.
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Can't regulate backcountry
It's a misfortune of mountainous proportions, made worse because it was predictable. A "human triggered" avalanche killed two Albertans, participating in a high-risk snowmobiling event that proceeded despite the extreme threat of causing a snow slide.
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Sell the Mosquito
A city committee did the right thing last week in rejecting a recommendation to spend $1.6 million in taxpayer money to restore two vintage aircraft. The city should not be in the business of restoring aircraft, or even owning them. It only found itself in this untenable position by default after two Second World War-era planes, a Hawker Hurricane and a de Havilland Mosquito Mark 35, were donated to the city decades ago. The planes sit in pieces in warehouses, collecting dust and deteriorating with each passing year.
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More Power Is Needed
The Herald published the editorial from which this passage is excerpted, on March 23, 1910.
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Throw the book at protectionism
Canadian booksellers opposing Amazon.com'sbid for warehouse space in Canada are putting their commercial interests ahead of what's best for readers. End of story.
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U of C's lack of learning
O ne would think an academic institution of the University of Calgary's calibre would know how to fill out forms.
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Uncooking the golden goose
A fter strangling the goose that lays the golden egg, the Stelmach government attempted for two years to revive the poor creature. It made a half-dozen resuscitation attempts before finally coming up with a cure, announced Thursday. The oil and gas industry -- the golden goose that drives the Alberta economy -- is now off life-support and appears to be responding well.
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Ex-goalie offside on oilsands
Hardly a day goes by without some misinformed demonization of Alberta's oilsands. The latest comes from former New York Rangers goaltender Mike Richter. Writing in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, he blamed the lack of snow at the Vancouver Olympics on global warming caused by "dirty oil" from Alberta.
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Canada must fight for Ronald Smith
Now that a U.S. appeals court has refused to quash the death sentence imposed on Albertan Ronald Smith, it is up to Ottawa to negotiate clemency and a commutation for Smith or his return to his home country.
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A common wrist slap for Jaffer
T he water-cooler topic of the day Wednesday was the perceived slap on the wrist given former Reform and Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer. Charged with impaired driving, possession of cocaine and speeding, he received what even the judge in the case conceded was a "break" -- a $500 fine for a careless driving plea, with the more serious charges dropped. Jaffer, 38, was pulled over for allegedly driving 43 km/h over the speed limit in Ontario last fall.
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Favouring the hate-mongers
That annual disgraceful orgy of hate known as Israel Apartheid Week is underway on campuses across Canada, and this year it runs for two weeks. One can only wonder with utter disgust when it will be extended long enough to be known as Israel Apartheid Month.
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Fixing the fitness crisis
A new sport and recreation policy is overdue by 12 years. Alberta last implemented an active living strategy in 1998, but it failed to get people moving. Albertans, along with North Americans, have become a lazier, more idle bunch.
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Must say no to grizzly hunt
M el Knight, Alberta's new Sustainable Resources Minister, needs to stop playing politics with Alberta's grizzly bears. The international standard for a threatened species is 1,000 mature breeding adults. Alberta has 359 mature grizzlies. End of story. Yet Knight, the MLA for Grande Prairie-Smoky, appears to be caving in to a small group of hunting advocates from his home turf in northwestern Alberta who want Alberta's grizzly bear hunt to be reinstated, at least on a limited basis in the Grande Cache area.
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Tunnel vision
Calgary has ample examples of bad road planning, however, the best is yet to come with the city's wing-and-a-prayer approach to airport expansion.
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The Baseball Season
In 1910, Calgary had a baseball team called the Bronchos, which played in the Western Canada League. Bill Carney was the manager and a fair number of the team, including Carney, were Americans who had settled in Calgary. The Herald published this editorial on March 21, 1910.
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Naomi Lakritz
Random drunk test idea a breath of fresh air
It was entirely predictable that when Ottawa suggested it might allow random roadside breathalyzer tests, the knee-jerk reaction would be "OMG! The state is invading our privacy and intruding on our lives yet again!" Well, to that I would have to say, be thankful you have a life into which the state can stick its nose -- in this case. The state is trying to prevent your life from being snuffed out by a drunk driver. There are plenty of things the state should not be doing in people's lives, but this isn't one of them.
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