More 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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