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Trump announces he will issue permit for Alaska rail line Posted September 29, 2020 10:13 am. This article is more than 5 years old. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Donald Trump has said he will issue a permit for a rail line connecting Alaska and Canada, he said. Trump sent a tweet last Friday citing the influence of two members of Alaska’s congressional dele…
Institutional News Proposed academic restructuring scenario could cut 84 academic leadership positions At a GFC Academic Planning Committee meeting, it was revealed that 84 positions could be lost under the favoured academic restructuring scenario This article is part of The Gateway’s ongoing coverage of academic restructuring at the University of Alberta. Y…
PDF Version: Tenant’s Insurance, Ministerial Order No SA:005/2020 and Evictions of Residential Tenants Case Commented On: 20005321 (Re), 2020 ABRTDRS 20 (CanLII) This decision by a Tenancy Dispute Officer (TDO), J. Lambert, of Alberta’s Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service (RTDRS) is notable for three reasons. The first – and probably the most help…
Institutional News USydney staff share grim experience with academic restructuring amid U of A’s similar plans The University of Sydney has already seen the effects of restructuring while under the guidance of the same management consultancy currently enlisted by the U of A Workers at the University of Sydney (U of S) warn that if academic restructuring at t…
By: Shaun Fluker PDF Version: COVID-19 and Masking in Alberta K-12 Schools Order Commented On: Record of Decision CMOH Order 33-2020 Many parents and their children are excited about the return to K-12 school, but they are also anxious about the potential for a COVID-19 outbreak at their schools. The barrage of information delivered to parents in the past we…
Alberta’s Kenney facing criticism for Sir John A. Macdonald comments Posted August 30, 2020 2:58 pm. Last Updated August 31, 2020 10:57 am. This article is more than 5 years old. CALGARY (660 NEWS) – Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is facing backlash after denouncing Black Lives Matter protesters for toppling a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in Montreal over t…
Editor’s Note: The original version of this story said the new Costco was the first warehouse on a First Nation in North America. Costco later issued a correction, clarifying it was the first in Canada. A new Costco location that opened in Calgary on Friday is the only one in Canada to sit on First Nation land. The new Costco serves as the first anchor tenan…
A dire fiscal picture presented by Alberta’s provincial government on Thursday has raised concerns over cuts and questions as to how the province will lift itself to budgetary balance. The province’s finance minister, Travis Toews, announced that Alberta is on track to end the 2020-21 fiscal year with a historic deficit of $24.2 billion — triple what the Uni…
Alberta Parks is looking for opinions on user fees for provincial parks. When booking a campsite online, you’ll get a questionnaire, polling people on the possibility of paying to use certain hiking trails or cross-country ski areas. The survey also asks for feedback on paying for boat launches, beaches, parking, education programs for schools, interpretive …
Lethbridge’s feistiest grandmas are back to their usual advocacy, but this time instead of raising their voices, the Lethbridge Raging Grannies are using chalk to protest on sidewalks all over the city. “With COVID(-19), we had to again reinvent ourselves,” Raging Granny Barb Phillips said. “So we’re here on our third stop of four stops.” The Lethbridge Ragi…
Car sharing has returned to Calgary as Communauto launched Communauto FLEX on Thursday. “I know Calgarians have been looking forward to the return of a car-share service,” Mayor Naheed Nenshi said. “Communauto FLEX will provide an affordable and convenient option, strengthening Calgary’s transportation network so individuals and families can get where they n…
The recent victory of the Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (CSFCB) in the Supreme Court suggests a possible expansion of section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. While recent cuts in French-language programs at the Campus Saint-Jean at the University of Alberta, at Saint Paul University and at Laurentian University en…
Institutional News SU councillors press U of A about academic restructuring proposal A number of concerns about the U of A's academic restructuring and service excellence transformation proposal were voiced during Students' Council Students’ Council grilled the University of Alberta’s academic restructuring working group for answers about impacts changes wil…
Hyperloop proposal back on track as Alberta government reaches agreement Posted August 25, 2020 1:47 pm. Last Updated August 25, 2020 10:31 pm. This article is more than 5 years old. CALGARY (660 NEWS) — “There’s nothing on Earth like a genuine, bonafide, electrified, six-car Monorail,” claimed Lyle Lanley, the infamous Monorail salesman in a 1993 episode of…
Class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of passengers in fatal Icefield bus crash Posted August 25, 2020 2:00 am. Last Updated August 25, 2020 4:43 pm. This article is more than 5 years old. CALGARY — A class-action lawsuit alleging the defendants acted recklessly and unreasonably has been filed against the operators of a tour bus involved in a fatal rollover a…
Wexit Party Leader Says He Cast a Vote For Conservative Leader Even Though He’s the Leader of Another Party Conservative Party rules state that party members may ‘not hold membership in another federal party’ The new leader of Wexit, Canada’s western separatist party, admits he cast a ballot in Sunday’s Conservative leadership vote despite party rules forbid…
Institutional News Lawsuit to resolve Campus Saint-Jean funding issues reveals tensions The official opposition in Alberta called the cuts to CSJ "wrong" as post-secondary students beyond Alberta watch the lawsuit closely The provincial government remained silent about its response to being named as part of a lawsuit by a Francophone advocacy group, while ot…
Institutional News BREAKING: Legal action launched to resolve Campus Saint-Jean funding tensions The legal action is based around the province and university not meeting obligations set in a 1976 agreement regarding funding arrangements for Campus Saint-Jean The organization representing the interests of Alberta’s Francohponie and Campus Saint-Jean (CSJ) stu…
Every political project needs a good slogan. Yes, We Can. Real Change. Make America Great Again. Not Me, Us. With the right campaign, the right messaging, the right context, otherwise empty words become prompts for target audiences to recall — or even piece together — complex political narratives. A good slogan, in other words, elicits a story. Canada’s oil …
Oil and Alberta Politics: Who’s Funding the United Conservative Party? The case can easily be made that Alberta’s United Conservative Party (UCP) is Canada’s most dangerous political formation. Led by former Harper-era cabinet minister and far-right evangelical Christian Jason Kenney, the UCP government is currently taking a sledgehammer to Alberta’s provinc…