
Doug Firby
Calgary Correspondent at Automotive News Canada
Adventure, travel, autos, strategic comms
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1 week ago |
troymedia.com | Doug Firby
Reading Time: 5 minutesFalling vaccination rates and political silence are fuelling Canada’s growing measles outbreakMeasles, declared eradicated in Canada in 1998, is making a big comeback in several provinces and around the world. The situation has become so urgent in Alberta that Dr. Mark Joffe, the province’s chief medical officer of health, gave in to pressure from prominent health officials and broke his longstanding silence on the topic. He issued an urgent warning.
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2 weeks ago |
theglobeandmail.com | Doug Firby
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2 weeks ago |
troymedia.com | Doug Firby
Reading Time: 4 minutesChina’s tariffs are hammering canola farmers, and Trump’s auto threats are making a bad bet even worseNow that Donald Trump has taken a wrecking ball to the world economic order and shattered the once-unshakeable bond between Canada and the United States, it is time to rethink the choices Canada has made to protect what were once mutual interests.
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2 weeks ago |
theglobeandmail.com | Doug Firby
The Alberta government has a habit of trusting the wrong people - leaving taxpayers to foot the bill
4 weeks ago |
lethbridgeherald.com | Doug Firby
By Lethbridge Herald on March 28, 2025. By Doug Firby Troy MediaThe poor Alberta government. At times, they come across as a hapless bunch of hayseeds—easy prey for any P.T. Barnum-style huckster who shows up on our doorstep. In recent years, Alberta’s highest-profile and most cringeworthy blunders have piled up like bad investments: • In 2022, the United Conservative Party (UCP) government under Premier Danielle Smith bought a Turkish-made substitute for Tylenol amid a national shortage.
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