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Jim Hume's column appears Sundays in the Monitor section.

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Alberta campaign a harbinger of B.C.'s next election

 
I read in the Globe and Mail a few days ago that Alberta Premier Alison Redford had unveiled her first provincial budget. To be accurate, her Finance Minister Ron Liepert had done the unveiling, but it was her smiling face on the Globe's front page under the headline - "Alberta bets on boom with bigspending budget" - to whom credit was given.
 
 
 

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Jack Knox

Liberals assail clogged courts - 'system needs to change'

No new money for legal aid in the provincial budget, which is what the Canadian Bar Association wanted.

 
Les Leyne

Les Leyne column: Liberals perform a tense balancing act

The new B.C. budget isn't balanced in the conventional sense, what with the projected $968 million in spending over revenues through the coming fiscal year.

 
Damian Graham and the HiFi Hipsters play Hermann's Jazz Club Saturday - one of 20-odd gigs he will play in the next month.
Mike Devlin

Stay-at-home drummer

Damian Graham and the HIFI Hipsters perform at Hermann's Jazz Club on Saturday. The Sutcliffes, a Beatles tribute band that features Graham on drums, plays Feb. 29 at The Clubhouse in the Strathcona Hotel.

 
Helen Chesnut

Garden club geared for battle of blooms

Dear Helen: Our garden club is having a seed-growing contest this year and we are thinking of choosing nasturtiums as the plant to grow. Could you suggest an exceptional variety that would do well in most garden conditions?