Opinion

COMMENTARY: Democracy in Alberta has come a long way since the province was created in 1905. But there is still a lot of work to do. On May 29, no matter which party gets elected, let’s make sure that democracy emerges as the clear winner.

EDITORIAL: Climate change is largely in the hands of people and organizations. For an actual decisive impact to be made, all levels of government and countries need to be rowing in the same direction. It can’t simply be a directionless boat floundering in the water.

Failure is an inevitability in life. Several times every day, people and organizations are bound to make mistakes that can be made worse by doubling down or taking pause and learning from the error.

EDITORIAL: Regardless of which party is in power in Alberta four weeks from now, if Kananaskis Country is going to be of continued importance for residents work needs to begin on new management plans before the year is out.

Election season has the money and promises flying left, right and centre in Alberta.

How a municipality passes information to its residents is among the most essential tasks for local government.

Canada has a fever. Our north is already warming at two to three times the mean global average. Even in the increasingly unlikely event that the world does manage to come together to keep mean temperature increases to below 2 Celsius, Canada is rapidly on its way to being at least 3 C hotter later in this century.

Despite weather suggesting the contrary, wildfire season has returned to the province, taking up the better part of the year running from March 1 to Oct. 31. While snow can linger well into May and make periodic appearances any other day of the year, the hot spots for potential fire dangers are around the corner.

A procedural bylaw is the governing document for how municipal councils conduct their business. It can regulate how bylaws are passed, motions raised and public notices issued among dozens of other details that can rarely be thought of in the minutiae of governance.

Council leads, staff follows.