Russell is a Prairie jewel
Mellisa Hollingsworth, world champion skeleton rider, said of Russell, Man., at the barbecue to celebrate fellow slider Jon Montgomery's Olympic gold medal, "These (towns) are the gems of Canada. The ones that love you and claim you..."
I don't know whether the statement is true of all small towns. I've long ...
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Native school funding needs reform
Aboriginals continue to fare worse than all other Canadians on almost every social and economic indicator. Since education, particularly higher education, is a great contributor to social and economic success, Canada must embark on a sustained effort to get aboriginal youth into higher education. Yet the federal government's flagship program in this field -- the Post-Secondary Student Support Program, or PSSSP -- is signally failing in its objective of helping Indian students to enroll and succeed in colleges and universities. It does not empower them to help themselves.
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Fossil fuels make comeback
Woody Allen, in earlier, funnier days, told a joke about two women in a resort in the Catskills bemoaning the cuisine: "The food at this place is really terrible," says one. Yeah, and such small portions," replies her friend. Thus the current thinking about fossil fuels.
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Despite gloomy start, Alberta is looking luckier
It's always fine for economists to say the recession is over and the economy has started to grow again. The latest word from economists is that Canadian GDP growth in the last three months of 2009 was strong and there has also been an increase in exports and business confidence.
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An intellectual prisoner?
It frightens me to think I may be an intellectual prisoner. That's because I've been pondering a question raised earlier this month in this newspaper: Should private schools receive the same amount of provincial-government funding as do public schools?
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