He’s in: Ron Liepert challenges Rob Anders in Calgary Signal Hill
TweetFormer provincial cabinet minister and MLA Ron Liepert officially announced in a statement this morning his intentions to seek the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in the newly...
View ArticleGun-toting conservatives take aim at Macleod by-election candidate
Tweet“Just say no-to-Barlow!” was the message broadcast to the 15,941 followers of the National Firearms Association Facebook page. The National Rifle Association‘s Canadian cousins hope to drag down...
View ArticleInsiders will pretend to be outsiders in the PC leadership race
Tweet Former Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel is not running for the PC Party leadership Former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel announced yesterday that he will not run for the Progressive Conservative...
View ArticleSources: Rob Anders to run in new Bow River riding
TweetSources say that controversial Member of Parliament Rob Anders is preparing to run for the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in new rural Bow River riding east of Calgary. The six-term MP...
View ArticleWill Gordon Dirks become the latest inter-provincial political jumper?
TweetThe controversial appointment of unelected Gordon Dirks as Education minister caught many Albertans by surprised this week. As the former chairman of the Calgary Board of Education, he is...
View ArticleDear Rob Anders, Take a Hint and Take a Hike.
TweetMany Canadians hoped to have bade a final farewell to offensive conservative Member of Parliament Rob Anders when he lost the Conservative Party nomination in Calgary-Signal Hill to Ron Liepert...
View ArticleGoodbye 4H Club – Horne, Horner, Hughes and Hancock now gone
The announcements this week by former Finance Minister Doug Horner and former Health Minister Fred Horne that they are leaving politics did not come as a surprise to anyone watching politics in...
View ArticleSunday candidate nomination update in Alberta
Some Progressive Conservative Party supporters are privately expressing frustration with the decision by Premier Jim Prentice and his cabinet ministers to openly campaign and endorse incumbent PC MLAs...
View ArticleRon Liepert versus Rob Anders: the next PC-Wildrose proxy war?
Will former provincial cabinet minister Ron Liepert make the jump into federal politics? With the launch of the TimeToDoBetter.ca website today, rumours began to spread that the former two-term...
View ArticleMonday Night Candidate Nomination Update
Here are some of the latest updates to the list of candidates running for party nominations ahead of Alberta’s expected 2019 provincial general election: Airdrie-Cochrane: Airdrie realtor Mauri Stiff...
View ArticleAlberta Candidate Nomination Update: Calgary-Cross to Shaw, Edmonton-Decore...
Here are the latest updates to the list of candidates running for political party candidate nominations ahead of Alberta’s expected spring 2019 provincial election: Calgary-Cross – Farhan Baig is...
View ArticleAlberta Candidate Nomination Update: NDPer Stephanie McLean retiring, Mike...
Photo: Mike Nickel, Stephanie McLean, Angela Pitt, and Marco Reid The big nomination news since my last update was the announcement by Stephanie McLean that she was withdrawing from the New Democratic...
View ArticleBig Nomination Update: Estefania Cortes-Vargas and Sandra Jansen not seeking...
Today’s big nomination news is the announcements by two New Democratic Party MLAs, Strathcona-Sherwood Park MLA Estefania Cortes-Vargas and Calgary-North West MLA Sandra Jansen, that they will not seek...
View ArticleNDP nominate 7 new candidates, Jordan Stein defeats MLA Anam Kazim in...
Photo: Jordan Stein (pictured) defeated MLA Anam Kazim to secure the NDP nomination in Calgary-Glenmore. (photo source: @Jordan.Stein.Alberta on Instagram) We are in the zone. As of February 1, 2019,...
View ArticleNDP MLA Colin Piquette not seeking re-election, Kelly Mandryk nominated for...
Photo: Premier Rachel Notley and MLA Colin Piquette at an event in Athabasca in 2017 (source: Facebook) New Democratic Party MLA Colin Piquette announced in a post on Facebook this week that he will...
View ArticleRakhi Pancholi nominated for NDP in Edmonton-Whitemud, NDP to hold 3 more...
Photo: Rakhi Pancholi (source: Twitter) With the nomination of Rakhi Pancholi in Edmonton-Whitemud, the Alberta New Democratic Party has selected 53 candidates across the province. Pancholi is a lawyer...
View ArticleMid-Week Alberta Nomination Candidate Updates
Here are the latest updates to the list of candidates running in Alberta’s next provincial election: Alberta NDP The New Democratic Party has recently nominated ministerial press secretary and former...
View ArticleNDP MLA Eric Rosendahl not running for re-election in West Yellowhead, Judge...
New Democratic Party MLA Eric Rosendahl announced this week that he will not be running for re-election when the provincial election is called later this spring. Rosendahl was first elected as the MLA...
View ArticleCandidate nominations continue with weeks or days left until an election call...
With an election call expected within the next few weeks, or days, Alberta’s political parties are continuing to nominate candidates to run for the upcoming vote. As of this afternoon, the United...
View ArticleMore Nots than Hots as Alberta MLAs wrap up heated summer session at the...
When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit Alberta five months ago, our Legislative Assembly was one of only a handful of provincial assemblies that continued with a mostly regular sitting schedule. Premier...
View ArticleFailing Upwards: Kaycee Madu promoted to Justice after disastrous year in...
Edmonton’s lone United Conservative Party MLA got a big promotion today in a mini-cabinet shuffle. After a year as Minister of Municipal Affairs, Edmonton-South West MLA Kaycee Madu has been appointed...
View ArticleEpisode 63: Defending Alberta Parks and the COVID emergency
Annalise Klingbeil joins the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the latest developments in United Conservative Party government’s plans to close and privatize more than 160 provincial parks and recreation...
View ArticleThree Conservative MPs acclaimed and past leadership candidate Rick Peterson...
With a minority parliament in Ottawa and the possibility a federal election could be called at anytime, the Conservative Party of Canada has begun nominating candidates for the next federal election in...
View ArticleFormer MLA Brian Malkinson running for NDP nomination in Calgary-Currie,...
Former Alberta NDP MLA Brian Malkinson has filed his papers with Elections Alberta signalling his intent to seek his party’s nomination in Calgary-Currie in the next provincial election, which is...
View ArticleMLAs Drew Barnes and Todd Loewen evicted from the UCP Caucus. What comes next?
United Conservative Party MLAs voted to expel Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes and Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Loewen from the governing party’s caucus after an afternoon virtual caucus meeting...
View ArticleWhen a Premier is in trouble, the cabinet gets growing
It isn’t really a saying in Alberta politics but maybe it should be: When a Premier is in trouble, the cabinet gets growing. That’s what we saw today as embattled Premier Jason Kenney made a major...
View ArticleFederal election countdown. Party leaders and ministers campaign in Alberta....
The countdown to Canada’s next federal election is on as cabinet ministers and party leaders drop into Alberta to raise their banners and support their local candidates. Infrastructure and Communities...
View ArticleNDP choose RN Diana Batten in Calgary-Acadia, UCP push ahead with nominations...
The Alberta NDP nominated Registered Nurse Diana Batten in Calgary-Acadia. “This community is especially tired of the lack of professionalism their MLA has shown in government. They’re tired of the...
View ArticleMLA Rod Loyola facing two challengers for NDP nomination in...
Edmonton-Ellerslie NDP MLA Rod Loyola announced on Facebook that he is planning to run for his party’ nomination, and re-election. Loyola was first elected in 2015 and was re-elected in 2019 with 50.9...
View ArticleCandidate nomination races heat up as UCP leadership race takes the spotlight
The United Conservative Party leadership race is taking the spotlight but Alberta’s political parties are chugging along with candidate nominations ahead of a provincial election that is scheduled for...
View ArticleKeith Plowman challenging UCP MLA Tany Yao in Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo,...
Keith Plowman is challenging MLA Tany Yao for the United Conservative Party nomination in Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo. A nomination meeting has been scheduled for December 4. “The last major...
View ArticleNomination Updates: NDP selects Joan Chand’oiseau in Calgary-West and Dan...
With less than six months until the next election is called, the Alberta NDP have nominated candidates in 66 of Alberta’s 87 ridings. The United Conservative Party have candidates named in 37 ridings...
View ArticleUCP slate at 86 candidates with appointees in Edmonton-South, Lethbridge-West...
The United Conservative Party announced the appointments of three candidates and the acclamation of another, filling the party’s slate to 86 candidates in 87 ridings. Here are the candidates appointed...
View ArticleNDP and UCP trying to define each other on health care and crime
With 39 days left until Albertans elect a new government, we are getting a pretty good sense of how the two main political parties are trying to define their opponents in the minds of voters. To no...
View ArticleThe UCP was a political juggernaut in 2019 but four years changed a lot in...
It’s amazing how much can change in four years. The United Conservative Party won big in Alberta’s 2019 election, taking 63 seats in the Alberta Legislature and earning 54.8 per cent of the...
View ArticleAmarjeet Sohi and Danielle Smith present very different solutions for...
Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi and United Conservative Party leader Danielle Smith presented two very different approaches on Tuesday morning to address the challenges facing the capital city’s downtown...
View ArticleSaddle up. Calgary Stampede politics are back.
Dust off your cowboy boots and hat. It’s that time of year again. It’s the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. It’s the Calgary Stampede. The Stampede is a must attend event for politicians of all stripes....
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