Reading Time: 3 minutes President Donald Trump asserts that the carnage will now stop and America will soon be great again. What a fantastic time to be alive
Month: January 2017
Improving our health care starts with courage
Reading Time: 4 minutes We have a health care system worth building on but nurturing it to its full potential is in our hands
Regional divisions will continue to deepen without real Senate reform
Reading Time: 3 minutes What O’Leary and Trudeau seem incapable of understanding is that the Senate plays a role vital to the success of our country
Closing the 17-year gap between research and patient care
Reading Time: 4 minutes That’s the time it takes for practitioners to apply the results of research by health scientists that could help in patient care
When a U.S. president tried to pack the Supreme Court
Reading Time: 3 minutes Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to pack the U.S. Supreme Court because it disagreed with many elements of his New Deal
Opioid use crisis shows urgent need for pain treatment options
Reading Time: 4 minutes Our response to the crisis must be broadened to address the aspects of our health-care system that contribute to the increasing demand for opioids
NAFTA: Canada’s agriculture industry hangs in the economic balance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ottawa’s recent tactics should set us up well for talks on NAFTA, but Washington still needs to give some sign that it cares about Canada’s role as a key trading partner
The power of an emotional response to tragedy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Righteous anger – a voice within us that tells us to do something and become an agent of change – comes because we see things we know are wrong
It’s your legacy: you can have an impact on the world
Reading Time: 4 minutes We may not get the nod from Time magazine, but each of us leaves a legacy, playing a part in the unfolding of society, for better or worse
Alberta’s unemployed oilfield experts can broaden our international reach
Reading Time: 3 minutes Can’t afford to lose its intellectual edge if it hopes to transition effectively from one energy generation to the next