How much influence does the oil industry have over Alberta politics?
Way too much, according to author and former Edmonton-Riverview MLA Kevin Taft. Taft takes a deep dive into the influence of big oil on the politics and policy direction of…
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Thanks! daveberta.ca voted Edmonton’s Best Local Affairs Blog
Thank you to the readers of Vue Weekly, Edmonton’s alternative-weekly magazine, for voting daveberta.ca as the city’s Best Local Affairs Blog as part of the magazine’s annual Best of Edmonton…
A Death of Cold by Alberta author Jim Sellers leads Audreys Books’ Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers List this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Sept. 17, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Sturgeon River-Parkland by-election competing with Alberta’s municipal elections
As if voters won’t already have enough candidates knocking on their doors with Alberta’s municipal elections scheduled for October 16, 2017, a federal by-election will be held in the Sturgeon…
Nomination Day kicks off Edmonton’s 2017 Municipal Elections
Photo: Sarah Chan (left) and her husband, Mayor Don Iveson (right), at Nomination Day at Edmonton City Hall. Dedicated citizens across Alberta gathered this morning in town halls and community…
Edmonton’s Election officially starts tomorrow.
There are only 28 days left until Edmontonians go to the polls to vote in this year’s municipal elections. Tomorrow is Nomination Day, which will see candidates line up from…
November, poems by Alberta’s Jaspreet Singh, leads Audreys Books’ Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers List this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Sept. 10, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Paul Hinman’s narrow by-election win in 2009 had a big impact on Alberta politics
Former Wildrose Alliance Party leader Paul Hinman staged an odd and brief reappearance on Alberta’s political stage this week when he announced his plans to run for the leadership of…
Edmonton Election Candidate Update: 34 days left until E-Day
Photo: Edmonton City Hall in the cold and dark depths of winter. There are only 34 days left until Edmontonians go to the polls to vote in this year’s municipal…
The big problem facing Alberta that none of our politicians want to talk about
As the Alberta New Democratic Party enters the half way mark of their first four-year term in office and the United Conservative Party chooses its next leader, a big question…
38 days left until Edmonton’s Municipal Election
You may have noticed election lawn signs beginning to pop up around the city – that is because there are only 38 days left until Edmontonians go to the polls…
Lightfinder, young adult book by Edmonton author Aaron Paquette, tops this week’s Audreys Books bestseller list
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Sept. 3, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn tops Audreys Book’ Edmonton Bestseller list this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Aug. 28, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Alberta politics never slows down, even in the summer.
Politics never slows down in Alberta, even in the summer. Here is a quick look at some of what has been happening: New UCP caucus has a spending problems A…
Former PC MLAs running for municipal office in 2017
Alberta’s 2015 provincial election resulted in the election of 75 new MLAs in the 87 seat Legislative Assembly. More than two years after that historic election, a group of former…
The Treasure by Alberta author Suzanne LaMontagne leads Audreys Book’ Edmonton Bestseller list this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Aug. 20, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
55 days left until Edmonton’s municipal elections
With 55 days left until the October 16, 2017 municipal elections in Alberta, more candidates have put their names forward to run for public office. Here are some of the…