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First, remember from high school science that carbon is an abundant element and every living thing contains it. You can’t de-carbonize the world, nor should you want to: doing so would bring a very quick end to any life on the planet. That is enabling a bad outcome, not ending a bad practice. De-carbonization has become a term of common usage. But using it suggests you support an incoherent agenda. Reducing emissions is one thing and can have merit, but de-carbonization is incoherent.

On an “Off Day,” coffee matters

August 22, 2021 Mike Murchison

But when an Off day is saddled with a cup of coffee that is just so off…well, hell. You might just as well stay under the covers and count timbits.

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Post-election fuel taxes will be a crude awakening: McTeague

August 20, 2021 Rita Smith

Canadians worried about the rising cost of fuel will be happy to learn that Dan McTeague is standing on guard for thee, once again. Former Liberal Member of Parliament McTeague is most well-known for his twenty-five year stint providing “tomorrow’s

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We face problems today because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living

August 15, 2021 Guest Contributor

There was a chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab, the professor noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting Communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country’s government and install a new communist regime.

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Mike’s mechanics

August 15, 2021 Mike Murchison

Alberta trucker Mike Murchison sees a lot of mechanical equipment in a day. These shots represent a small proportion of the work required to get food from field to table.

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Soviet immigrant explains food shortages: “All they have to do is stop the trucks at the border”

August 15, 2021 Rita Smith

“To make food shortages, all you need is two things: first, stop the trucks at the border. Second thing, advertise on TV and radio that trucks are not coming. People run to the stores and start clearing the shelves within one, maybe two days.”

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It’s reasonable and legitimate to say ‘no’ to insufficiently tested vaccines for which there is no reliable science

August 8, 2021 Guest Contributor

Photo credit: Dan Bowins Ontario Civil Liberties Association researcher Dr. Denis Rancourt and several fellow Canadian academics penned an open letter to support those who have decided not to accept the COVID-19 vaccine. The group emphasizes the voluntary nature of

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Letters to the Editor in Road Warrior News/Taxi News

August 3, 2021 RWN Staff

Drivers, readers and others can now submit Letters to the Editor (LTE) Road Warrior News/Taxi News in one of two ways.

The LTE page is now displayed on the top menu of the site. Visit the LTE page to read letters written by others, or to submit your own letter using the form at the bottom of the page.

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Train of Thought

August 1, 2021 Mike Murchison

Alberta trucker Mike Murchison meets a lot of freight trains while out on the road. Here are some of his most memorable images.