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News24 | OPINION | Chris Jones: 30 years of democracy
A weak, but highly paid state bureaucracy has accelerated the decline of poor governance. (Getty) If South Africa can achieve a functioning and professional civil service, backed by creative, solution-driven, and fearless officials, we can address the current downward slide and ensure the next 30 years become a period of more success, writes Chris Jones . Much has
Opinion: Ontario isn’t doing enough to protect our children from sports gambling ads
Open this photo in gallery: Silquia Patel watches the game after making her bets at the FanDuel sportsbook during the Super Bowl LIII in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Feb. 3, 2019. EDUARDO MUNOZ/Reuters Timothy Dewhirst is a professor and senior research fellow in marketing and public policy at the Gordon S. Lang School of
Opinion: Saskatchewan dives back into deficit with spending spree
The Canadian Taxpayers' Federation finds the Saskatchewan Party government's ongoing budget deficits and growing debt troubling...
Opinion: In giving billions to electric car makers, Canada is blinded by economic delusion
Open this photo in gallery: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tours the Stellantis Windsor (Chrysler) Assembly plant in Windsor, Ont., on Jan. 17, 2023. Nicole Osborne/The Canadian Press Jim Hinton is an intellectual-property lawyer and patent and trademark agent with Own Innovation. Canada’s electric vehicle manufacturing subsidies are not “investment” – they are economic illusions. There
Opinion: Union training centres an answer to skilled trades shortage
Without the talents of thousands of trades professionals, we would not have the homes that shelter our families, refineries that provide products for heat and electricity, hospitals that get us healthy or schools that foster young minds. The work skilled tradespeople do to build and maintain the critical infrastructure needed to ensure our society operates
Opinion: Is Danielle Smith’s overhaul of Alberta health care restructuring or revenge?
The Premier’s plan for Alberta Health Services seems more political than practical as the system struggles with a lack of primary care and overflowing ERs
Opinion: What you didn’t know about Washington state and Thanksgiving …
When it comes to Washington's agriculture sector, Pam Lewison of the Washington Policy Center believes countless Washingtonians take it for granted...
Opinion: Albertans need more facts, less fearmongering about clean electricity
October is here, and with it comes “spooky season” — shorter days, colder nights and a scary new marketing campaign. Alberta’s “Tell the Feds” ads paint a ghostly picture of rolling blackouts and surging power prices, all supposedly driven by Ottawa’s proposed clean electricity regulations. But Albertans need not fear this doom-and-gloom future. ...
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by Noam N. Levey, KFF Health News Credit: CC0 Public Domain Heather Crivilare was a month from her due date when she was rushed to an operating room for an emergency cesarean section. The first-time mother, a high school teacher in rural Illinois, had developed high blood pressure, a sometimes life-threatening condition in pregnancy that
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Heart attack symptoms: Know what's a medical emergency Whether the symptoms seem obvious or are more subtle, take them seriously and get immediate medical care. By Mayo Clinic Staff A heart attack usually causes chest pain for more than 15 minutes. The chest pain may be mild or severe. Some people don't have any chest
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