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It's been 13 years since Lord Stanley's Cup wended its way down Jasper Avenue, but Edmonton Oilers fans haven't grown impatient waiting for a sixth championship banner. The Oilers were [...]

BioPak Ltd. is the sort of company invariably mentioned in Premier Ralph Klein's homilies about the 'Alberta advantage.' A small but growing contract manufacturer that produces and packages pills and [...]

A budget with a surplus of $724 million would thrill most governments, particularly amid the post-9/11 economic malaise that has gripped most of North America. Not so, however, in Alberta, [...]

Focuses on the provincial elections in Ontario which are scheduled for June 3, 1999. How results of the election will influence the debate over tax cuts; Views held by Premier Michael Harris' Tories; How the Liberal opposition candidate, Dalton McGuinty, would like to spend the budget surplus.

Discusses the revolt that Preston Manning faces in Canada by members of parliament (MP) who have worries over the United Alternative (UA) party. Complaints voiced by the MPs; Mailings that Grassroots United Against Reform's Demise, an anti-UA action group, has started; How Manning may have helped the opposition to emerge against a political union of convenience by building the kind of party he did.

Weighs the advantages and disadvantages of attending business school. M.B.A. programs that do not teach real world business; Managers who value an M.B.A. degree; Advantage of education in technology rather than business; Value of education in finance; Small business entrepreneurs who do not need an M.B.A.; Skills that are required that cannot be taught in business school.

Focuses on the efforts of Reform Minister of Parliament (MP) Eric Lowther to pass legislation in the Canadian House of Commons which would uphold the legal definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman. How the legislation could impact gay rights in Canada; Support in the House for the legislation; The possibility that the Canadian government will invoke the notwithstanding clause of the Canadian constitution in order to prevent judicial rulings favoring same-sex marriage.

Discusses organizational problems at the Lakeland Regional Health Authority (RHA) in Alberta. Number of people it serves; Why Health Minister Halvar Jonson fired the entire Lakeland board and appointed administrator Robert Cable to run the RHA temporarily; When Lakeland's organizational problems began; The growing public dissatisfaction with Lakeland and other RHAs. INSET: Less costly, yes; better outcomes, no.

Focuses on Canada's federal budget speech delivered by Finance Minister Paul Martin. The two issues of health spending and tax relief; Views of Michael Walker of Fraser Institute in Vancouver, British Columbia; Jim Saunders of Health Resources Group in Calgary, Alberta; Member of Parliament Monte Solberg of Medicine Hat, Alberta; How the socialized health care system is a single-tier system with no accountability; Canada's debt; Redistribution of equalization payments to the provinces; The tax cuts. INSET: Healthcare unions lick their chops.

Focuses on the threat in Canada from white supremacy groups following the terrorist attacks of September 11. Mention of Don Andrews of the Nationalist Party of Canada, who believes that the attacks will allow his party to advance anti-immigration domestic agenda; View that some people feel it is acceptable to express bigotry following the attacks; Idea that the groups are trying to undermine multiculturalism; View that Canadian racists represent a real danger.

Focuses on the outcome of a September 12, 1999 Edmonton, Alberta conference to discuss democratic reforms for the federal government in Canada. Reasons that Federal Conservative leader Joe Clark might be forced to reconsider a union with the Reform party; Expectation that the United Alternative party will be promoted by a group of Ontario Tories.

Reports on violence from Vietnamese gangs in Edmonton, Alberta fighting over the city's drug trade. Police Chief John Lindsay and Mayor Bill Smith's establishment of a task force to deal with gang violence; Police averaging 40 charges a month on Asian gangsters; Details of the murder of Hai Van Tran; Concern that the gangs are connected to the Vancouver, British Columbia triads.

Mentions the universal gun registry law in Canada. Speculation on why the Canadian Police Association voted to maintain their endorsement of the law at the August 1999 national convention; Estimated cost of the firearms law; Support for a constitutional court challenge against universal registration.

Reports on gas prices in Canada as of summer 1999. The federal Competition Bureau to announce an investigation into price-fixing among gas retailers; National Transportation Table's (NTT) study on ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions; Impact of a proposed steep price jump in gasoline; Comments of NTT member Elly Meister, vice-president of public affairs and communications for the Canadian Automobile Association; Money generated from gas taxes in 1996-97.