Opinion pitches❄

Opinion pitches❄

January 04, 2022

Have no fear, Opinion pitches are here!

Hear ye, hear ye: opinion pitches are here!

Hi all!I hope you're all staying warm with this extreme cold! Remember to take care of yourselves with the start of the winter term!Here are this week's pitches! Just let me know which one you'd like and what your take on it will be. And, of course, if you have any pitches of your own, feel free to let me know!As always you can reach Emily or myself anytime at [email protected], [email protected] over Slack!xoxo, Katie 

U of A land development project 

In the new year, UAlberta will seek approval from city council for land development on the former Michener Park site, among others. The proposed project will consist of mixed-use housing and is intended to produce revenue for university teaching and research. Is this project a good use of this land? Should universities be in the land development business?

Burlap Sack: the cold

The past couple weeks have seen record-breaking temperatures, that are often -40 with the wind chill. Write about your hatred of the cold!

Edmonton Exhibition Grounds opening up for private development

A long awaited move on the Exhibition Lands in Edmonton has been made and the land will be sold to private developers this year. Look at the plan the city has for the site. What do you think the land should be used for? Is private development the right route?

Province-wide Pfizer shortage  

While the Omicron variant sweeps through Alberta, there is a province-wide shortage of Pfizer, the only vaccine booster young people aged 18 to 29 years old are eligible for. Will this affect the return to campus for many post-secondary students? Will Alberta see a further rise in cases, or will it have little impact?

Alberta lowering isolation requirement to five days

The length of isolation requirements has been halved from 10 to five days in Alberta — as long as all symptoms are gone. Why was this change made? Was it the right call?

Jason Kenney apologizes for Wuhan comments

In a year-end interview with the Calgary Sun last week, Jason Kenney referred to the COVID-19 variants as the “next bat soup thing out of Wuhan”. Although Kenney apologized, many are unsatisfied. Is his apology satisfactory? What do these comments say about wider public opinion?