Paula Simons
Edmonton Journal
Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Paula Simons: 'What's going on?' Edmonton teen in shock after Governor-General's nomination for his Syrian refugee memoir
It's pretty surreal. Never, ever, in all my big hopes for this book did I think that this could happen. It's beyond my wildest dreams." → Read More
Paula Simons: Snow tires are awesome. But should they be mandatory?
I'm perfectly happy to nag you, the way my brother nagged me, to get a set. But making it mandatory could be a legitimate hardship for some people. → Read More
Paula Simons: Great Expectations: After a 13-year saga, the Royal Alberta Museum prepares to open its doors
"These are stories of Alberta history you can't get anywhere else." → Read More
Paula Simons: A user's guide to Timothy Caulfield, the University of Alberta's very public intellectual
It's an important opportunity, especially in this era of misinformation and twisting facts. This is a chance to set to record straight. Because trying to get the science right matters. → Read More
Paula Simons: NAFTA negotiations make case for Trans Mountain pipeline all the more urgent
We have to be able to act, as a nation, to get our goods to market. Otherwise, we'll forever be beholden to one unreliable trading partner, having turned ourselves into a de facto landlocked colony of the American empire. → Read More
Paula Simons: Edmonton-area MP Shannon Stubbs out of touch with attack on Omar Khadr's former lawyer
It’s the very worst criminals who need the very best lawyers — advocates who will guarantee that they’re tried based on facts and evidence and not on public opinion. → Read More
Paula Simons: You're pissed off with the city, Don Iveson? Well, get in line
This summer, we've seen a litany of tone-deaf decisions and announcements coming from municipal bureaucrats, → Read More
Paula Simons: Closing the barn door: Heritage Festival told to leave its Hawrelak Park HQ
“The set-up for this is humungous. I’ve accepted that we’re out. We just have no place to go.” → Read More
Paula Simons: All roads lead to Hawrelak Park as Edmonton Heritage Festival creates new routes to celebrate old roots
With much of the world sinking into in sullen xenophobia, we need our extraordinary celebration of multiculturalism more than ever. → Read More
Paula Simons: As more cross-border asylum seekers arrive in Edmonton, refugee agencies struggle to keep up
Shuaieb Abara always admired Donald Trump. When Abara ran his own successful business as a travel consultant in Libya, arranging trips for corporate clients such as oil and gas companies and security firms, he followed Trump’s career closely. “I loved to hear his story. I loved business, so I wanted to hear what he was doing.” Abara, 37, never guessed what impact Trump’s doings would have on his… → Read More
Paula Simons: Colony of Unrequited Schemes: Derek Fildebrandt launches party for patriots
Even if Fildebrandt’s only flirting with Alberta autonomy, dividing Albertans into patriots and non-patriots is dangerously mischievous. → Read More
Paula Simons: At last, condos take shape at Edmonton's old Charles Camsell hospital
“Most people would have just knocked it down. Everyone was telling Gene to knock it down. But Gene has saved a lot of old buildings.” → Read More
Paula Simons: Shhhh … don't worry. It's just a little private homicide
Police now pick and choose when and if we get to know who was killed. There’s no appeal. And that’s outrageous. → Read More
Paula Simons: Hipster makeover planned for historic Strathcona Hotel
If the day comes when hipsters are sipping artisan craft beer here, will they spare much thought for the working folks their gentrification has displaced? → Read More
Paula Simons: Supreme Court precedent in Richard Suter case rough justice for Geo's family
“He’s not just going to get over this. His punishment will endure to the end of his days.” → Read More
Paula Simons: 'No person leaves unchanged': New Aga Khan Garden a gift of paradise
This is a timeless, multi-multi-multi-generational garden. Our great-great-great-grandchildren will be enjoying this garden." → Read More
Paula Simons: The Works is working well in its new Capital Plaza home
"Churchill Square has had the festivals all to itself. Now we can experience that big-city feel here." → Read More
Paula Simons: Three developers, two towers, one more plan to fix Jasper Avenue
Saying "Hola" to Jasper Avenue's future might mean saying "Adios" to the old El Mirador → Read More
Paula Simons: Edmonton city council will need flexibility to save historic Brighton Block
"I wanted to do it because I'm a glutton for punishment." → Read More
Paula Simons: Edmonton's pride Billy-Ray Belcourt scoops Canada's biggest poetry prize
“I have a sense of new urgency to write, to ensure that my next book is as politically and ethically energized as it can be.” → Read More