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Nelson: Play the Last Post for Canada's mail service

Letter delivery peaked in 2006 and has been in free fall ever since

16.05.2024 50

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Nelson: Calgary homes should remain citizens' castles

NIMBY is a term of disdain these days. That’s because anyone who dares to declare “not in my backyard” is universally derided as a selfish...

09.05.2024 30

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Nelson: Calgary council caught in provincial whirlwind's embrace

They that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind. It’s an old adage, but one now blowing through city hall with a vengeance. Maybe because this...

02.05.2024 20

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Nelson: Trudeau hits peak panic with halal mortgage scheme

Panic is disturbing to witness. We’re getting an eyeful these days courtesy of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s regime, one that has moved beyond...

25.04.2024 10

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Nelson: City council blithely whistles past the potholes

Calgary crumbles beneath our feet; or, to be more precise, below our tires. What was once listed among this continent’s most modern and efficient...

18.04.2024 9

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Nelson: It's time to jail owners of vicious dogs

When it comes to asinine phrases, “don’t worry, he never bites” is right up there with, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” ...

11.04.2024 10

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Nelson: Carbon tax charade about saving Liberals, not planet

As with many things today, carbon taxes are more about politics than any practical solution to a serious problem. At first glance, they seem quite...

04.04.2024 9

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Nelson: Fury builds over city hall's rezoning plan

That adage about the customer always being right is put on its head at Calgary City Hall. In that alternate universe, the customer — that being...

28.03.2024 10

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Nelson: Naheed Nenshi's journey toward endless anger

Did Naheed Nenshi simply wake up one morning and decide to start denigrating those disagreeing with him, or was it the drip, drip, drip of politics...

21.03.2024 10

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Nelson: Downtown's glorious future plan lies in ruins

Should we just shut it down? Downtown Calgary, that is, and let the addicts, the homeless and the criminals have it. Is that where we’re headed? ...

14.03.2024 20

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Nelson: Bio lab scandal tops Trudeau's blunders

Is there anything Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s regime hasn’t messed up since taking office nine years ago? The list of blunders is so...

07.03.2024 9

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Nelson: Premier Danielle Smith asks for Albertans' trust

For a province long thought of as a bastion of conservatism, there’s been little actual conserving going on in Alberta these past 40 years. And...

29.02.2024 10

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Nelson: Refugee tsunami resumes at our southern border

He’s back. And so are the numbers of people illegally fleeing into Canada from the United States. The much-ballyhooed deal finally signed a year...

22.02.2024 8

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Nelson: Mayor recall petition likely won't pass but should be a lesson in humility

Hallelujah, and pass that pen: it seems you can fight city hall. Just don’t expect to win. Landon Johnston, the Calgarian pushing to have Mayor...

15.02.2024 20

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Nelson: Why council confuses rate hikes with cuts

Interesting would be a polite way of describing what once was budget time at my former local media outlet. A more accurate word would be ferocious. ...

08.02.2024 10

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Nelson: City hall bosses should remember Dr. Deena Hinshaw

Nature may abhor a vacuum but politicians don’t. They spy opportunity. That’s why all those well-paid department heads at city hall who imagine...

01.02.2024 10

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Nelson: Ready or not, Calgary's housing revolution is upon us

The city official in Portland, Ore., couldn’t conceal his disdain regarding this strange Canadian city called Calgary, from which he’d recently...

25.01.2024 9

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Nelson: Alberta oilsands deserve our thanks and respect

Without doubt, it’s the greatest industrial success story this country has enjoyed in the past half-century. That’s probably why so many people...

18.01.2024 7

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Nelson: Fourth time's a charm for battered city taxpayers

Nobody enjoys being slapped twice in the face, but it beats getting a third backhander across your rapidly reddening cheek. Sadly, Calgarians...

11.01.2024 10

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Nelson: Allowing life's second act is Alberta's culture

A few years ago, at the pandemic’s height, some commentators waxed lyrical about how Canadians were abandoning Alberta. The reason behind this...

04.01.2024 10

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Nelson: Sadly, it's time for party politics in civic voting

Just because a single Calgarian out of every 50 is fully behind what our council’s been up to lately, doesn’t mean the current mayor and...

28.12.2023 20

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Nelson: Canada's wide open door policy risks immigration backlash

21.12.2023 20

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Nelson: Canada's wide open door policy risks immigration backlash

Despite what our divisive mayor might imagine, the biggest issue facing Calgary today isn’t that awful situation in Gaza. No, most Calgarians are...

21.12.2023 20

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Nelson: The threat of an Alberta pension plan is enough

Maybe there’s some merit to this Alberta pension plan idea after all. I’ve previously written about how the whole thing seems daft and any...

07.12.2023 30

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Nelson: City administration leads council by the nose

Only city council would attempt to solve an affordable housing crisis by deliberately making housing more expensive for Calgarians. But that’s...

30.11.2023 5

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Nelson: Health care's survival depends on younger newcomers

There were bigger wastes of time than rearranging the Titanic’s deck chairs. After all, moving your seat might have brought a glorious Atlantic...

23.11.2023 30

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Nelson: Carbon taxes doomed after Trudeau flip-flop

This isn’t the end of carbon taxes, it’s not even the beginning of the end — but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Sorry for messing...

16.11.2023 10

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Nelson: Renewable pause won't stop another Alberta boom

Imagine if the federal government laid out a long-term plan for energy development and steadfastly stuck to it — even if someone, somewhere,...

02.11.2023 7

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Nelson: City council's a world apart from many Calgarians

There are times when it seems we’ve become unwitting characters in some modern-day version of a Charles Dickens novel. Except our tale of two cities...

26.10.2023 4

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Nelson: Trudeau's flippant attitude ends with mortgage mayhem

In the almost limitless collection of our prime minister’s notable gaffes, one clings to top spot. “You’ll forgive me if I don’t think about...

19.10.2023 8

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Nelson: Council should fix transit, not expand it

Only a fool would build an expansion to a home as it goes up in flames. Welcome to Calgary, a city doggedly plowing ahead with the most ruinous...

12.10.2023 8

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Nelson: City council takes Trudeau's housing bait

Incentivize is one of those particularly brutal words in the English language, appreciated only by bureaucrats and politicians. Still, it’s not...

05.10.2023 9

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Nelson: We're the sucker as governments gamble with our money

Sit at the poker table and can’t spot the sucker? Then it’s you. Sadly for us taxpayers, politicians never seem to grasp this. Or perhaps they...

21.09.2023 10

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Nelson: Premier Smith should thank those lucky stars

The stars are aligning for Premier Danielle Smith. Political leaders are akin to gamblers: relying on numerous strategies and intricate game plans,...

14.09.2023 70

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Nelson: Housing crisis finally puts Trudeau's feet to fire

Turn up the heat high enough and even Teflon becomes vulnerable. Which should bring some solace to millions of frustrated Canadians who have watched...

07.09.2023 20

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