Residents of one northern Alberta community want to know what Alberta’s new New Democratic Party government has planned for their local university.
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daveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Liberals drop candidate in Sturgeon River-Parkland
The Liberal Party appears to have cancelled the candidacy of Chris Austin, who was nominated as the party’s candidate in Sturgeon River-Parkland on September 7, 2015. According to a post on his Facebook page, Mr. Austin was disallowed because of… Continue Reading →
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Tuesday Morning Federal Election Updates from Alberta
Some of the latest from the federal election campaign trail in Alberta: NDP leader Tom Mulcair will visit the Lethbridge riding today to campaign alongside candidate Cheryl Meheden during his visit to Alberta. Mr. Mulcair is back in Alberta this… Continue Reading →
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: The Uber versus Taxi fight goes provincial
The debate over alternative car services gripping city hall in Edmonton may spill over into the Alberta Legislature. According to Lobbyist Registry reports, both Uber and a union representing taxi drivers have acquired the services of well-known lobbyists to help the corporation navigate… Continue Reading →
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Mulcair and Trudeau bring “Change” and “Real Change” to Edmonton this week
In a competition to own the “change” message, the NDP are holding a “Rally for Change in Edmonton” on Sept 10 and the Liberals are holding a “Rally for Real Change in Edmonton” on September 9. It is clear that both parties have identified varying degrees “change” as a common
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Federal candidate update from Alberta – 41 days until election day
With forty-one long days left until the October 19, 2015 federal election, here are the latest candidate nomination updates from Alberta.
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Wildrose steal Foothills from the PCs while NDP hold on to ‘orange wave’ support in second place
Wildrose Party candidate Prasad Panda became his party’s only MLA from Calgary by winning tonight’s by-election in Calgary-Foothills and stealing the constituency away from the Progressive Conservatives. PC candidate Blair Houston finished third in the constituency that elected former Premier Jim Prentice in another by-election ten months ago and in… Continue Reading →
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Calgary-Foothills: The first by-election in Alberta’s post-PC political world
Today’s by-election in Calgary-Foothills is the first litmus test for Alberta’s political parties in the post-Progressive Conservative political world. When Rachel Notley led NDP candidates to victory in fifteen constituencies in the city on May 5, 2015, the “Orange Wave” broke at the boundaries of this constituency as conservative… Continue Reading →
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Is Orange the New Blue in Alberta? My Nerd Nite talk on Sept 17.
Join me on Thursday, September 17, as I dive headfirst into my first talk at Nerd Nite Edmonton. Here is what I will be talking about: Is Orange really the new Blue? A look at what the heck is going on… Continue Reading →
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Federal nomination update: NDP close to full-slate in Alberta
Caught slow out of the gates nominating federal candidates in Alberta, the New Democratic Party has caught up and is now only one candidate short of a full-slate in the province.
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Let’s Review Oil Royalties and Start Acting Like Owners Again.
Alberta’s new NDP government has taken steps to fulfill one of their key election promises by appointing a panel to ensure Albertans are receiving their fair share from their natural resource wealth through the royalty rates paid by the oil industry to the Alberta government. The… Continue Reading →
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Photo of the Day: Smoky skies over beautiful Jasper National Park
Smoke from forest fires in the Rocky Mountains covers the mountain skyline of Jasper National Park.
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: NDP can’t afford to be slow to respond to Wildrose attacks
‘Risky,’ ‘ideological,’ ‘experimental,’ and ‘uncertain’ are all words that the conservative Wildrose Party opposition is using to describe Alberta’s New Democratic Party government.
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Throwback Thursday: Trudeau in Edmonton
Throwback Thursday: Justin Trudeau wows crowd of Liberal supporters in Edmonton.
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Federal Election Digest | Alberta Edition
While most Albertans are enjoying the last few weeks of summer, here are some of the more interesting and bizarre news stories from the federal election campaign trail in our province.
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Calgary-Foothills by-election vote in 18 days. Here’s what the parties are saying.
Taking place in the backdrop of a federal election, the September 3 provincial by-election in the Calgary-Foothills constituency could have a profound impact on the federal election in Alberta. A win by the NDP would almost certainly boost momentum for the… Continue Reading →
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: NDP catching up in Alberta – Sunday morning federal nomination update
Initially slow to nominate federal candidates, the New Democratic Party is now catching up to the other three main parties with nominated candidates in Alberta. As of this morning, the NDP have chosen candidates in 22 of Alberta’s 34 ridings,… Continue Reading →
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Notley should avoid getting dragged into oilsands election trap
When Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper claimed on the campaign trail last week that Alberta’s new government was “a disaster,” Premier Rachel Notley and Finance Minister Joe Ceci calmly and cautiously responded. But when Mr. Harper again criticized Alberta’s new… Continue Reading →
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