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With a shrunken caucus, a $250,000 debt, and the resignation of their leader, the Alberta Liberals are not having a good year. Last week it got worse. MLA Debby Carlson [...]

Beating up on 'deadbeat dads' has been great sport for lawyers, judges, feminists and politicians for years, yet mothers who deny fathers access to their children are rarely punished. Even [...]

Michael Holmes is no Clinton Gayle. Neither is he an Oneil Grant. He did not shoot a policeman or a woman eating in a crowded restaurant. But he is a [...]

The Alberta government wants you to know that You're Amazing. It has launched a two-year, $1.5-million program under this name to persuade Albertans they are doing a fine job of [...]

There is nothing that elicits more anguish than the death of a child. But politicians have learned to use that emotion as leverage to assert more government control over families, [...]

Strikes are messy affairs, sometimes tearing friendships and families apart. But in the current Safeway impasse, there is at least one story of a couple being brought closer together. To [...]

A copy of Alms for Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World, by J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins, recently sold on eBay for more than $500. This […]

Over the Edge: How the Pursuit of Youth by Marketers and the Media Has Changed American Culture by Leo Bogart (Ivan R. Dee, 323 pp., $27.50) 'Americans devote a substantial [...]

The last few years have witnessed an explosion of research which suggests that human behaviour is hugely influenced by the first three years of a child's life. The evidence indicates [...]

Discusses the use of computers in education in Canada as of October, 1997. Why educational philosophy is more important than technology; The Computers for Schools initiative and its goal of placing 100,000 computers in schools by 2000; Companies offering education materials online or in software format; What computers are used for in schools; Concerns about the effectiveness of computers as teachers. INSETS: Net-filters don't work.;Interactive but anti-social..

Focuses on the debate in Alberta over provincial funding of inappropriate material that was fostered by the publication of the book `Neurotica Erotica,' by Timothy J. Anderson, which was partially funded with provincial money. Examples of the poetry found in the book; Possible violations of the Criminal Code in several of the poems; How Anderson describes himself; Anderson's response to the printing of excerpts from the book. INSETS: An excerpt from Neurotica Erotica.;It's also illegal---not that anyone cares..

Reports on the decision of Alberta Premier Ralph Klein to allow social workers to place children in foster homes made up off homosexuals if they deemed it necessary. How conservatives in the government reacted; The informal policy prior to Klein's decision, which did not allow homosexuals to be foster parents; Comments from Lyle Oberg, Social Services minister; Possible reasons that social workers would place children with homosexual foster parents. INSET: New pressure to spend money, by Brian Mulawka..

Describes the controversies in Calgary and Edmonton over whether or not to allow rock musician Marilyn Manson to perform. Decisions by the Economic Development Edmonton committee of the Edmonton City Council to allow Manson to perform; Manson's history and background; Manson's religious beliefs as a Satanist.

Examines the problem of wild boar, escaped from surrounding farms, that have made their home in Edmonton's river valley, the longest stretch of urban parkland in North America. Dangers for city dwellers; Confrontation accounts; Response of police; Comments from Alberta swine expert George Foxcroft; Progenitors of the wild boar; Its features, including intelligence, tusk and nose; Alberta swine expert Geroge Foxcroft; Issues for their feral survival; Procreation in the wild. INSET: A tasty solution to the wild boar..

Reports on a study which shows that young girls are interested in their weight. Description of the study, which showed that many five-year old girls know what dieting is and can be unhappy with their weight; Advice to parents to prevent their children from becoming obsessed with their weight and body image.