Independent MLA Scott Sinclair delivers abject apology to former UCP colleagues
The Chestnut Tree was almost empty. A ray of sunlight slanting through a window fell on dusty table-tops. It was the lonely hour of fifteen. A tinny music trickled from…
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Separatists deliver their petition signatures, try to create an impression of unstoppable momentum
Separatists Mitch Sylvestre and Jeff Rath showed up at Elections Alberta headquarters in Edmonton yesterday afternoon with a big crowd of flag-waving supporters and a trailer full of boxes of…
Massive List of Electors data breach was inevitable – the UCP’s law-bending style of politics made it so
It may have been the fringy Republican Party of Alberta that got caught letting data from its copy of Alberta’s 2.9-million-name voters’ list be published online in violation of the…
A rotten poll for the NDP begs the question: When will the knives come out for Naheed Nenshi?
When will the knives come out for Naheed Nenshi? The NDP is not the Conservatives, even the united ones out here in Alberta, and historically New Democrats have been more…
What got into Rick Wilson when he said he saw someone die ‘right in front of me’ at supervised consumption site?
What the heck got into Rick Wilson last week? Last Tuesday, Alberta’s minister of mental health and addiction, was responding to a question in the Legislature about an allegation of…
Surgical services minister says Alberta plans to set up a ‘voucher’ system for patients awaiting surgery
On April 21, “Hospital and Surgical Health Services Minister” Matt Jones got up on his hind legs in the Alberta Legislature and spoke the following words: “We’re looking at developing…
Carrie Tait named ‘Journalist of the Year’ by National Newspaper Award judges for scoops about UCP corruption scandal
On Friday, Globe and Mail journalist Carrie Tait and four of her colleagues received a National Newspaper Award for their work exposing dodgy health-care contracts tied to Alberta’s United Conservative…
Danielle Smith launches tax-funded propaganda blitz to pump fall referendum drive
What we do know is that the United Conservative Party Government led by Premier Danielle Smith yesterday launched a propaganda blitz that will use all Albertans’ tax contributions to persuade…
Yup, that UCP gerrymandering scheme is just a plan to cheat … and, thanks, Naheed Nenshi, for the shout-out!
Many thanks to Naheed Nenshi for his shout out in the Alberta Legislature Tuesday. Mind you, the NDP Opposition Leader was kind of complaining about me, but as Oscar Wilde…
UCP bulls ahead with scheme to dump bi-partisan electoral boundaries report and cook up a friendlier riding map
Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government isn’t even trying to fake it any more. They bulled ahead in the Legislature yesterday with a scheme to dump the report of the Electoral…
Dani the Decider has decided and you’re getting permanent daylight savings time whether you like it or not!
“Albertans have very strong opinions about daylight saving time and the results of the referendum show that, right now, Albertans prefer to continue changing their clocks,” Nate Glubish, then the…
Once a sharp critic of Danielle Smith’s UCP Government, Independent MLA Scott Sinclair sure is quiet nowadays
Lesser Slave Lake MLA Scott Sinclair, rusticated from the United Conservative Party Caucus by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for trying too hard to look out for his rural constituents, sure…
UCP moves to spike inconveniently fair Electoral Boundaries Commission report
Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government served notice in the provincial Legislature yesterday morning it intends to toss out the entire report of the 2025-2026 Electoral Boundaries Commission. Instead, the motion…
Whether we Canadians like it or not, Pierre Poilievre is waiting around for us to come to our senses and vote for him
Pierre Poilievre has a message for Canadians: Don’t worry! I’m not going anywhere! I’ll be right here when you decide you want me again. And if you don’t think you…
Polls and rumours of polls offer sometimes contradictory indications of Alberta’s political future
OK, people, with a provincial election expected next year, we are entering the season of polls and rumours of polls, and the results are so far, shall we say, murky.…
So long Viktor Orbán! The times, they are a changin’ … but can Wild Rose MAGA buck the trend?
So long, Viktor Orbán! Looks like almost nobody was sorry to see Mr. Orbán sent packing by voters yesterday, least of all in Hungary where he spent the previous 16…
Alberta libraries, staff, city councillors denounce Dan Williams’ book censorship scheme
If Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams’ scheme to ban books in public libraries is intended as way to distract voters from the deluge of uncomplimentary Globe and Mail stories…
Never mind the law, public opinion, or common sense: Danielle Smith will ensure there’s a separation referendum on the ballot
The spectre of separation haunting Alberta nowadays may deeply divide the province, but almost everyone seems to agree about one thing: No matter what happens, no matter what the courts…