HINTON — Albertans love Canada, but many of them sure hate the federal ties that bind them. That was the underlying theme on the first stop of an Alberta task force plumbing the depths of provincial despair over relations with Ottawa. The Committee on Strengthening Alberta's Role in Confederation heard what it expected to hear on the first of 12 stops on a provincewide tour. Speaker after speaker complained about the "useless" and "wasteful" national firearms... (GunPolicy.org)