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Laying It Out: Unity like this was never going to last Poll Independent Medicine Hat News The formality of kicking two MLAs out of caucus simply makes official what all of Alberta has known for some time. There is nothing united about the United Conservative Party. When Todd Loewen resigned his position as caucus chair and asked Jason Kenney to resign his as premier, the news of dissent came weeks after the Central Peace-Notley MLA was one of 17 to publicly oppose newly imposed health orders. Reports since suggested the premier can’t even be in the same room with that group, nor they him, a...

Innovation in a Regulatory Labyrinth “Regulations don’t always work as planned,” says Tom W. Bell, Professor of Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law in  They Say It Can’t Be Done, a documentary [1] highlighting four world-changing technologies and how the people working in those fields view the current regulatory environment. Toward the start of the film, Professor Bell says that when people advocate for regulations, “[t]hey don’t necessarily want more regulations. They want problems fixed.” However, “regulations don’t always work as planned” and can be �...

For more than a year we’ve heard leaders talk about “flattening” or “bending” the curve of COVID-19. And before a year of living in a global pandemic, plus talking to epidemiologists, ER doctors, developmental biologists and more, it even made sense. “We have to live with the virus.” At that point, when everyone from the World Health Organization to our Facebook friends lacked understanding, it sounded reasonable to assume we could avoid a spike and then keep cases at a low plateau. But we’ve already curbed two waves only to learn “plateaus” aren’t a thing, and now we’...

Dad's heartbreaking act, message for unborn daughter before his death 5 May, 2021 03:55 AM 3 minutes to read A father-to-be who tragically died of brain cancer before having the chance to meet his baby has left a series of heartbreaking and powerful videos and notes for his newborn. Photo / Instagram A father-to-be who tragically died of brain cancer before having the chance to meet his baby has left a series of heartbreaking and powerful videos and notes for his newborn. Photo / Instagram NZ Herald A father-to-be who tragically died of brain cancer before having the chance to meet his baby h...

The Korean War began in 1950 and never officially ended. Cozad businessman Rex German was a man on a mission, intent on establishing a meaningful, lasting memorial for a hometown war hero and boyhood idol. Capt. Robert Laier was a “fine fella and good student” who yearned to fly. His dream came true in 1945, only to be cut short in a dog fight somewhere over North Korea. Cozad’s native son was a fighter pilot in the Korean War. He was flying as wingman on June 19, 1951, when his F-86A Sabre engaged two Soviet MiG-15s. Laier’s jet was hit and went down.