by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 19, 2012 | Alberta, Calgary, Politics
In an interesting twist of fate Alberta, long a stronghold for the Conservatives, is going through some family issues. Till death do us part is not the motto for conservatives today. Alberta is going through growing pains. With an influx of Canadians, of all stripes,...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 18, 2008 | Canada, News
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — As members of the RCMP’s national terrorism unit continued to gather evidence at the sites of two gas pipeline bombings in northeastern B.C. this weekend, other officers met with about 200 frightened citizens at a public gathering....
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 15, 2008 | News
STEVEN CHASE October 15, 2008 CALGARY — On the surface, another minority government mandate would appear to frustrate Conservative Leader Stephen Harper’s plans to enact all of his $8.67-billion in campaign platform promises. But with Liberal Leader...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 15, 2008 | Alberta, Canada, Election, Markham, News, Ontario, Oshawa, Politics, Quebec, Toronto
CLOSE TO 10 MILLION CANADIANS DID NOT BOTHER TO VOTE!!!OTTAWA — Early figures indicate Canadians avoided the ballot box more than ever before on election day.Just 58 per cent of eligible voters visited the polls — from a high of 69 per cent in Prince Edward Island to...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 9, 2008 | Alberta, Canada, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, News, Oil, Science
The development of a pipeline network and refineries around the Great Lakes to process Alberta bitumen “could cause irreversible” environmental damage to the region, says a new report that traces the tendrils of Alberta’s oilsands developments...