It’s official now: Calgary Herald political columnist Don Braid has breathlessly reported, to paraphrase the headline on the column he posted yesterday, that it was the threat of federal fines…
The Alberta Energy War Room is kaput. Supposedly, it’s about to be folded into a government department. NDP leadership candidate Kathleen Ganley released the news before the government could put…
Shannon Phillips, the high-profile NDP MLA for Lethbridge-West with a reputation for toughness and commitment, is leaving politics. Her resignation will take effect on Canada Day. Ms. Phillips on skates,…
Welcome home, Alison. All is forgiven. Gary Mar, the affable front-runner defeated by Ms. Redford in 2011 (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Well, maybe not everything. Behave yourself, though, and there…
Why settle for a milquetoast truth-in-advertising law? The Secretary General of the United Nations wants the world to ban all advertising by the fossil fuel industry. Alberta Environment Minister Rebecca…
When Canadian Energy Centre Ltd., better known as “the Alberta Energy War Room,” was set up by premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party Government soon after its election in 2019,…
The NDP get-together in Edmonton yesterday was billed as a leadership debate, the last one before voting commences today. In the event, though, it seemed more like a candidates’ mutual…
Former Alberta health minister Tyler Shandro has been a member of the board of Covenant Health since December 2023. Mr. Shandro as he now appears on the Covenant Health board…
Say what you will about Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government, you have to admire their sheer brass. Charlie Angus, the NDP MP for Timmins-James Bay (Photo: Facebook/Charlie Angus). Consider the…
Seven years ago yesterday, Alberta’s NDP government announced the location of a desperately needed new hospital in South Edmonton. Keep your eye on this still-empty field, where no hospital will…
Well, farewell Rachel Notley. Ms. Notley’s official portrait is unveiled in the Alberta Legislature Building on Dec. 8, 2022 (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Yesterday marked the real end of the…
Say what you will about the United Conservative Party, they wear their contempt for Parliamentary democracy on their sleeves. Opposition Leader Rachel Notley (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Jason Kenney, the…
All of a sudden, Ted Morton’s back! Dr. Morton, as he obviously liked to be seen, in 2007 (Photo: Wikipedia, creator not clearly identified but probably Chuck Szmurlo). Frederick Lee…
Does Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver have any idea how many Albertans could be denied the right to vote in the next general election because of the United Conservative Party’s…
Much – probably too much – is being made of the fact the Alberta NDP’s organizing efforts in Calgary have shifted the Opposition party’s centre of gravity from Edmonton to…
Former journalist Todd Pruner, the author of this guest post (Photo: Todd Pruner). Since Oct. 7, 2023, the news from Gaza, and from the Occupied West Bank, has grown more…
Since well before her return to politics, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has carped constantly about how there were too many managers at Alberta Health Services. Calgary Sun political columnist Rick…
What Alberta Advantage? Dr. Stanford as he addressed the Alberta Federation of Labour mid-term forum in Calgary yesterday (Photo: Twitter/Alberta Federation of Labour). A new report by economist Jim Stanford…
Almost a week after some of his officers violently cleared out a peaceful Palestine solidarity protest on the University of Alberta campus, Edmonton Police Chief Dale McPhee finally showed up…
Gratuitous police violence on campus in the wee hours last Saturday has obviously exacerbated the foolish blunder made by University of Alberta President Bill Flanagan when he called in the…
