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'WHO' ORIGINATED COVID-19? Facts leading to a China communist conspiracy?
Article content WATCH as Sun Media political columnist Lorne Gunter asks the hard questions about COVID-19 and whether there has been a thorough enough investigation by the World Health Organization into its origins. And it’s possible connections to Canada. What do YOU think? Is there a massive coverup by the Chinese government in the state of Wuhan? Tweet and Facebook us! And don’t forget to… → Read More
GUNTER: Teck Frontier cancellation entirely Trudeau's fault
The fault is clearly with the Trudeau government’s entirely spineless response to blockades across the country → Read More
GUNTER: Trudeau’s camping pledge is peak privilege
Now Justin Trudeau’s privilege truly is showing.I’m talking about Trudeau’s announcement Thursday that the planet can be saved and the plight of the urban poor reversed if only we would spend gobs of taxpayers’ dollars getting underprivileged urchins out camping. → Read More
GUNTER: Elizabeth May Photoshopping tells a lot about the whole green movement
So Elizabeth May got caught Photoshopping a reusable coffee mug with metal straw into her hands in a Green party promotional photo. All right, May probably didn’t do the image-doctoring herself. She likely didn’t even approve the fakery. Blame the Green party spin “machine.” (Think the election equivalent of a push lawn mower.) Still, the […] → Read More
GUNTER: Elizabeth May Photoshopping tells a lot about the whole green movement
So Elizabeth May got caught Photoshopping a reusable coffee mug with metal straw into her hands in a Green Party promotional photo.Alright, May probably didn’t do the image-doctoring herself. She likely didn’t even approve the fakery. Blame the Green Party spin machine. → Read More
GUNTER: Brian Jean showing signs of desperation
I take no pleasure in arguing that Brian Jean is coming unglued in his bid to win the UCP leadership. → Read More
GUNTER: Civic election gives NDP hope
Since Monday’s municipal elections, the New Democrats have had a new spring in their steps, a renewed optimism about their chances of being re-elected in 2019. → Read More
Lorne Gunter: Justin Trudeau's response to Energy East cancellation is laughable
Almost the moment TransCanada announced Thursday it was ending its attempt to build the $15-billion Energy East Pipeline from Alberta to New Brunswick, the federal Liberal government began insisting this was purely a “business decision.” → Read More
Alberta's NDP pot plan just might work, but skip government-run shops
The Notley government’s proposed rules for legal pot sales in Alberta, released Wednesday, might just work. → Read More
Singh is now a big headache for Trudeau
Jagmeet Singh, the former criminal defence lawyer and Ontario MPP who was elected federal NDP leader on the weekend, is good news for the Tories and very bad news for Justin Trudeau and the Liberals. → Read More
Gunter: The what-ifs Edmonton officers faced during pursuit
At least three Edmonton Police Service officers – including two riding in cruisers chasing suspect Abdulahi Sharif through downtown Edmonton on Saturday evening – have admitted to me they had permission to shoot him if they had an unobstructed line of fire with no threat to bystanders. → Read More
Gunter: Hotel industry wants vacation rentals to be over-regulated, over-taxed too
I’ve always thought the expression “an apples and oranges comparison” misses the mark, slightly. → Read More
West leg of the Valley Line LRT will be a ballot question this election
My friend and colleague, Paula Simons at the Edmonton Journal, recently wrote, “No. No. No. Please tell me we’re not about to relitigate the west LRT line.” → Read More
Lorne Gunter: Brian Jean stumbles in UCP leadership race
Shortly after the UCP leadership debate at Calgary’s Mount Royal University wrapped up on Wednesday, Brian Jean’s campaign team sent out a news release proclaiming him the winner. → Read More
GUNTER: Coal burning responsible for hurricanes?
During the past month, as major hurricanes have menaced the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, we have been told there is a connection between burning coal in Alberta and the monster storms. → Read More
Trudeau's tax pitch is based on myths and class-envy
Last week, P.E.I. Liberal MP Wayne Easter let it be known he was opposed to his own government’s proposed small business tax changes. Or if not opposed, at least concerned. → Read More
On minimum wage, Notley NDP out-lefts the Left Coast
You know you’re really far left when you are further left than the new NDP government in B.C., and Alberta’s Notley government is even further left than the new Horgan government in Victoria. → Read More
Gunter: A good time to disband Northlands, despite the memories
Full disclosure: I was once a volunteer on the board of directors at Northlands. From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, I worked on committees that planned and promoted horseracing, Klondike Days and the Canadian Finals Rodeo. → Read More
The feds have left the tough calls on weed to the provinces
When I was in university, two of the dumbest guys I knew had a thriving pot business. → Read More