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Feb 7	worthwhile ideas from the alberta liberal party.: Raj Sherman The title of this blog post will sound like an oxymoron to many Albertans. Launching an election campaign early, PC MLA-turned-Liberal leader Raj Sherman released his party’s 2012 election platform yesterday. After reading the platform, I was surprised that the Liberals were actuall...
Feb 6	tories nearing a full-slate of candidates, opposition parties all over the map in election preparation.: After a week away from the blogging world, I spent some time this weekend catching up with plenty of election nomination candidate updates. Alberta’s political parties are all in varying degrees of preparation for the upcoming election and for the next session of the Legislative Assembly. The Spr...
Jan 26	alberta tories holding a packed nomination week.: I have updated the list of nominated Alberta election candidates to include the following three Progressive Conservative nominees: Edmonton-Centre: Young lawyer Akash Khokhar defeated Nicole Martel to win the PC nomination. In the next election, Mr. Khokhar will face Liberal MLA Laurie Blakeman, ...

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Chris LaBossiere

Jan 11	Gloves.: For the last few years I have driven through the cold winter temperatures, without gloves, feeling real and inconvenient discomfort. As I drive along, holding my hands in front of the heater vent, I curse myself for not buying a car with a heated steering wheel. I ponder what it would actually co...
Jan 1	Dophins and daughters.: The movie, The Cove, is a brilliant documentary telling the story of the much entrenched, yet universally hated, Japanese dolphin slaughter industry. Of those who’ve watched it, most people, at least temporarily, feel the urge to storm the Japanese embassies in protest, or donate their very exis...
Nov 24	Real Mayors Don’t Tweet?: I recall having a meeting last winter at the Mayors office. It was a one-on-one set for 8:00 am in his boardroom, and at that time of the year, the snowfall in our city was reaching epic proportions. I made a mental note, that while waiting in his reception area, his receptionist had already take...

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Alex Abboud

Feb 5	New Partners for Smart Growth: Day Three: The third and final day of the conference featured two plenary sessions (the first and last ones during the day) and two breakouts. The themes of the sessions I attended focused on diversity, social, and economic inclusion. The Great Reset: Reshaping Our Economic and Physical Landscape to Meet Ne...
Feb 4	New Partners for Smart Growth: Day Two: Following on my post from the first day of New Partners for Smart Growth, here is a quick recap of Friday’s sessions: Building a Powerful Regional Equity Coalition to Deliver on Sustainable Communities Building on what I noted in the East Baltimore project, three organizations spoke about how the...
Feb 4	New Partners for Smart Growth: Day One: I’m at the New Partners for Smart Growth conference in San Diego, which started Thursday and ends today. When I have more time following the conference, I plan to write more in-depth on what I learned, but my writing on the conference will begin with a quick recap of each day. Here is a brief ove...

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