The UCP's Law-and-Order Tantrum: Starving the Courts Lets Criminals Walk
Premier Danielle Smith says she won't pay for new judges or their support staff—things like court clerks, sheriffs, and even the office furniture—unless Ottawa lets Alberta's government have a big say in choosing them... The party that loves law and order so much is willing to starve the court system of money in a political power play.
Exclusive! Relocation Expenses Revealed - Why did it Take SO Long?
After reading the 96 pages, The Owl was left wondering - what was the big deal? Why did the city fight so hard about this that it actually took an order from the OIPC to get the deets?
Local Ski Talent Heading to Her 2nd Olympics
Medicine Hat’s Amy Fraser is set to compete her second Olympics in Italy this month.
Province Confirms Worst Year Yet For Bird Flu in Wild Population
The province is linking this winter’s die off of wild birds along the South Saskatchewan River in Medicine Hat to the largest rate of mortality yet seen due to avian influenza.
‘Stay Free Alberta’ or ‘Checkpoint Charlie’? The Cost of Drawing a New Line
(Re SK Border)…there aren't just a dozen crossing points - there are hundreds of potential gates, from Highway 1 down to unnamed gravel lanes. Securing it wouldn't mean building a dozen booths. It would mean deciding which hundreds of backroads to bulldoze closed, which farms to cut in half with a fence, and how to patrol a 1,200 km strip of open field.
