Greenpeace responds to appointment of provincial CCS panel

To say that carbon capture and storage can make Alberta a leader in greenhouse gas emissions reductions is completely misleading

Salvation Army Launches The Dignity Project to Inspire, Educate and Activate Public Support

A report released today by The Salvation Army finds that many Canadians continue to believe persistent myths about poverty and the poor. The study is being released in conjunction with the launch of The Dignity Project, a campaign designed to educate and inform the public about the challenges facing society’s most vulnerable people.

Science confronts edu-babble

It is wrong to force students to memorize information simply because it’s going to be on the test. Research shows that “rote learning” is largely out-of-date in the twenty-first century.

New Reporter: Felicity Bergman

New Reporter: Felicity Bergman

I am excited to be home and even more excited to be able to be part of the Vegreville News Advertiser’s team that helps deliver the community news to you every week. You may know me, or I could be an entirely new face. Either way, this is a short hello! to introduce myself to [...]

Imagine: An Essay About The Famine of Ukraine

Imagine Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the breadbasket of Canada, with just under seven million people. Imagine bountiful harvests and prosperous times. Imagine a change in government and nationalization of many industries, businesses and farms.

The burka ban in France – a road better not taken

The law banning face coverings in public, deemed constitutionally acceptable by France’s Constitutional Council, will go into force next year. That is a big mistake

B.C.’s sleepy capital grappling with big city issues

In Victoria, the label “sleepy” used to be a badge of honour. The provincial capital enthusiastically branded itself as the Garden City, and “more English than the English.” Small, safe and, above all, pretty.

Out of the Ashes

I picked up a copy of the Alberta Conservation Association magazine, Conservation, Fall/Winter 2010 issue, to find a very enlightening article about the effect of forest fires, specifically, the positive effect of forest fires.

What comes after the Indian Act?

To paraphrase one of my favourite history professors, “It is easier to destroy something than to create something new.”

Why use coercion to collect census data?

By Gary Slywchuk Publisher Troy Media I get confused so often, it’s practically a normal state of mind. So many things simply don’t make sense to me. For the longest time, I believed that was because I lacked the intellectual capacity to grasp the intricacies of many high-minded arguments. I listened and I read prodigiously [...]

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Donate to Help Vegreville Get a Portable Ultrasound Machine

The Hospital Board is taking donations through paypal to help raise funds for a portable ultrasound machine. The new machine, the Sonosite M-Turbo, is a high performance mobile ultrasound machine that doctors hope to use as a diagnostic tool in the hospital to speed up diagnosis times in patients, allowing doctors to make accurate, informed decisions about patient care in shorter time periods. The mobile ultrasound unit can be applied in areas of care such as Anesthesia, Critical Care, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Women’s Health, Cardiovascular Disease Management, Surgeries and more. With support from the community, this incredibly valuable tool can be added to the list of ways that St. Joseph’s General Hospital works to bring the community better health.

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