Here, on what the Keystone XL pipeline debate started by Peter Lougheed means for Saskatchewan in managing its own natural resources.
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David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Alberta Tories bask in the glory of their 40th anniversary in power
Masses of marchers spell out “40” to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Alberta’s ruling Conservative Party in Edmonton’s Bitumen Square. Joyous Tories may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: A well-preserved Peter Lougheed.
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Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: forty years of political hegemony in alberta.
Forty years ago today, Albertans voted to end the 36 year rule of the Social Credit League and let the light shine as Peter Lougheed‘s Progressive Conservatives scored their first majority election victory and Albertans voted to adopt Daylight Savings Time. The August 30, 1971 election saw the Lougheed Tories edge out Premier Harry Strom‘s Social […]
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: On This Date In History
It was 40 years ago today that Peter Lougheed’s Progressive Conservatives swept to power, ending Alberta’s third political dynasty, and starting its fourth. Lougheed’s slogan was 3 letters long (“NOW”) and his message was simple – as recounted in Ren…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: vintage campaign advertisements from the 1971 alberta election.
Tomorrow, August 30, 2011, is the fortieth anniversary of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Association’s first election victory. The Alberta PC Party has been re-elected in every election since. Here is a look back at some of the campaign advertisements published in Alberta newspapers during that monumental election: Tweet This Post
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: recap of the alberta progressive conservative leadership forum in vermilion.
More than 350 Progressive Conservative supporters packed into the main hall at Vermilion’s Lakeland College Campus to hear and ask questions to the six candidates seeking the leadership of Alberta’s governing party. The format of the debate only allowed each candidate a short 30 seconds to respond to questions. Instead of encouraging direct answers, it […]
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