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LETTER: Providing support, acceptance for trans people important

LETTER: Providing support, acceptance for trans people important

LETTER: I am writing to laud Canmore Mayor Sean Krausert for his message of welcome and solidarity to the 2SLGBTQ+ members of the Bow Valley community in the Feb. 8 Outlook.
LETTER: Youth should be more mature until making life-altering decisions

LETTER: Youth should be more mature until making life-altering decisions

LETTER: Premier Smith is justly preserving the rights of parents, and not kowtowing to the paternalistic political talking points by simply conforming to what is trending on social media, but is rather standing up for the vulnerable in our society until they are able to make decisions for themselves as adults.
EDITORIAL: Potential provincial legislation attack on trans youth

EDITORIAL: Potential provincial legislation attack on trans youth

EDITORIAL: Premier Danielle Smith’s announcement to bring forth legislation that would restrict medical treatment for trans youth is a direct attack on the 2SLGBTQI+ community.
LETTER: Premier's stance on trans-youth 'loathsome'

LETTER: Premier's stance on trans-youth 'loathsome'

LETTER: I thought it was impossible for Premier Danielle Smith to be more loathsome, but she's done it.
Climbing out of addiction: how Margo Talbot’s story of strength and resiliency provides an anchor during the COVID-19 pandemic

Climbing out of addiction: how Margo Talbot’s story of strength and resiliency provides an anchor during the COVID-19 pandemic

"The first step is to honour your process ... honour yourself and know that the blueprint for your own healing is inside of you," said Talbot. "People can help you, they can help you find your way points, they can help you find your own compass. But ultimately we all have to go inside of our hearts to find our way ... that is what the dark night of the soul is."
'I couldn't reach him any more': Substance use rises with recession, pandemic

'I couldn't reach him any more': Substance use rises with recession, pandemic

"I miss the person he was when we first met. I miss my friend.”
'It did get taken out on me': Domestic abuse climbs during economic downturn, pandemic

'It did get taken out on me': Domestic abuse climbs during economic downturn, pandemic

The 2015 spike in abuse Palmer experienced was not rare for people suffering from abuse across the province.
'He was the best guy': Questions, grief and advocacy follow suicide deaths

'He was the best guy': Questions, grief and advocacy follow suicide deaths

Sixteen more people die by suicide for every per cent the unemployment rate increases.
'It's scary': Camp lifestyle stretches oilfield workers to the breaking point

'It's scary': Camp lifestyle stretches oilfield workers to the breaking point

“You start thinking, ‘This is not where I want to be at 50 years old.’ And I know for a fact, it’s definitely not where my husband wanted to be at 55.”
‘There were some dark nights’: Oilfield workers fight for jobs and hope as industry flounders

‘There were some dark nights’: Oilfield workers fight for jobs and hope as industry flounders

“Our industry is so volatile. You’ve got your peaks and you got your lows, and we know that. But this has been going on for five years. There are guys that haven’t worked for three years.”
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