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Lee Van Westerborg

Lee van Westerborg is a Medicine Hat freelance writer, whose articles have appeared in Adbusters magazine and poetry anthology Sounds of Silence.


 

Recent Parkland Post stories

No room for the working poor in Alberta

Many Albertans continue to struggle with low wages, pricey housing
Winter 2008 | tagged with: Alberta advantage, housing, inflation, political myths
The prosperity of Alberta seems like a myth for those who earn $14 or even $18 an hour—these days it barely covers the rent. People migrate to our province because they hear tales of the oil prosperity. When they arrive here, they discover they can't find an affordable residence. It seems we have room for everybody in Alberta except those in need of low-cost housing.

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What’s next for Alberta?

Life after the oil boom
Fall 2007 | tagged with: boom-and-bust cycle, peak oil
The oil will be gone. That isn't supposition—it's fact. But what will happen to Alberta when the oil is gone?

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