Bob Layton

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• Bob Layton: Markets down, virus up

  In this chaotic world we need to stay positive, Bob Layton says.

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  Mar 13, 2020
• Bob Layton: One way to prevent COVID-19

  Health experts put washing your hands at No. 1 on the list of ways to head off COVID-19. Bob Layton describes what he sings as he washes.

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  Mar 6, 2020
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• Bob Layton: Alberta’s budget will get people talking

  Many are fearful, some are supportive, as we await the next Alberta budget, Bob Layton says.

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  Feb 21, 2020
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• Bob Layton: Edmonton’s gondola grief

  An Edmonton gondola might make you happy, but not some on city council, Bob Layton says.

  Commentary

  Feb 7, 2020
• Bob Layton: Catalytic converter thefts do more than damage vehicles

  Bob Layton has some thoughts about the catalytic converters and bronze memorial plaques that have gone missing throughout Edmonton.

  Commentary

  Jan 31, 2020
• Bob Layton: Another successful Corus Radiothon for Stollery Children’s Hospital

  The Stollery helps children stay in Edmonton for life-saving treatments instead of travelling across the country, thanks to your generosity, Bob Layton says.

  Commentary

  Jan 24, 2020
• Bob Layton: Long-term care centres should keep senior couples together

  Long-term care centres should have rooms that can house couples, Bob Layton says.

  Commentary

  Jan 17, 2020
• Bob Layton: It could have been you on that plane

  We never know when our turn on earth will be over, Bob Layton says.

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  Jan 10, 2020
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• Bob Layton: The Alberta advantage

  The TMX alone will not save Alberta, Bob Layton says.

  Commentary

  Dec 6, 2019
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• Bob Layton: Careless smoking

  We have laws to deal with careless drivers but not careless smokers, Bob Layton says.

  Commentary

  Nov 29, 2019
• Bob Layton: Are political ‘optics’ ruling the day in Alberta?

  Canada is divided politically and so is Alberta, Bob Layton says.

  Commentary

  Nov 22, 2019
• Bob Layton: Roads wearing slip covers

  Bob Layton asks why the first snowfall of the season has to mean hundreds of collisions.

  Commentary

  Nov 15, 2019
• Bob Layton: Going over like a lead balloon

  Bob Layton says he was surprised to hear there was lead in Edmonton's drinking water.

  Commentary

  Nov 8, 2019
• Bob Layton: Edmonton e-scooters burned and drowned

  Bob Layton asks if you have ridden an e-scooter.

  Commentary

  Nov 1, 2019
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• Bob Layton: Budgeting for a surprise

  Bob Layton asks how the new Alberta budget will affect you.

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  Oct 25, 2019
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• Bob Layton: Lubricant lepers

  After Monday, some oil and gas workers say they may head to the U.S.

  Commentary

  Oct 18, 2019
• Bob Layton: Bridge bandits

  Climate activists got too big for their bridges last Monday, Bob Layton says.

  Commentary

  Oct 11, 2019
• Bob Layton: Research in reverse

  To eat or not to eat? Bob Layton bites into conflicting food research.

  Commentary

  Oct 4, 2019
• Bob Layton: Climate emergency or not?

  Bob Layton recalls a quote from William Lyon McKenzie King: 'The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.'

  Commentary

  Sep 27, 2019
• Bob Layton: Fake bricks cost real money

  Fake bricks seemed like a good idea at the time, Bob Layton says.

  Commentary

  Sep 20, 2019
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• Bob Layton: Suicide is like a ‘mental health heart attack’

  Bob Layton says it's time to talk about suicide.

  Commentary

  Sep 13, 2019
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• Bob Layton: Vaping

  Bob Layton asks, is vaping dangerous?

  Commentary

  Sep 6, 2019
• Bob Layton: A salute to Bruce Bowie

  Bruce Bowie retires from 630 CHED on Aug. 30, 2019. Friend and long-time colleague Bob Layton says it was a privilege to work with him.

  Commentary

  Aug 30, 2019
• Bob Layton: The gravity of red tape

  Bob Layton has discovered how your mobile phone can eliminate the red tape associated with the pink slip.

  Commentary

  Aug 23, 2019
• Bob Layton: The never-ending mystery of why the B.C. murders happened

  We may never know why three people in B.C. were murdered, Bob Layton says.

  Commentary

  Aug 16, 2019