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Outlines a controversial chain of events surrounding the early retirement of Prem Fry, an award-winning Calgary professor. Her impressive list of appointments and achievements in the highly competitive world of academia; Her sudden departure from her job at the University of Calgary; Series of disturbing questions that hang over her academic record and University of Calgary president Murray Fraser's handling of her departure.

Discusses the labor dispute between the 'Calgary Herald' newspaper in Calgary, Alberta, and its employees. How the strike leaders want newsroom employees to be certified; How former publisher Ken King revamped the writing of news copy that seemed to lean toward conservative stories offering only one view; Other changes employees are disputing.

The article reports on the possibility that the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party might lose power in Alberta after governing the Canadian province for decades. The rural parts of the province are reliably conservative, but the growing cities of Calgary and Edmonton are not, and observers say provincial premier Ed Stelmach is not doing a good enough job cultivating urban voters to keep the party from being tossed out in an upcoming election.

Profiles Paul Whitney Lackenbauer, a doctoral student at the University of Calgary in Alberta. His interest in Canadian history and aboriginal rights; Family background in Ontario; Scholarship awards.

The article reports on an increase in personality conflicts and tensions which has been seen among farmers who sell their produce at the Calgary Farmer's Market in Calgary, Alberta in Canada. A discussion of a lawsuit between Sharla Dube, the owner of the Cherry Pit fruit stand and the Calgary Farmers' Market NGC Inc, the market's general manager, is discussed.

Praises the appointment of Christine Silverberg who was named chief of the 1,132-member Calgary Police Service, the first woman appointed to head up a major metropolitan force in Canada. How blazing a gender trail in a predominantly male profession required persistence; Silverberg's background, education, and and career.