What was the NDP Opposition doing in 2025? Where are the ‘good Conservatives’ of the UCP?
Happy New Year! Well, here we are, living through the final day of 2025, and most readers of this blog would agree that this has not been the most fabulous…
New Year’s Eve
Some thoughts on New Year’s parties, especially conservatives ones, which are always welcome in Alberta politics
As befits New Year’s Eve, the topic of the last AlbertaPolitics.ca post of 2022 is New Year’s parties. Former Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason … at a party (Photo: David…
The Almost Fatal Year of 2017 and the Hope of 2018
It's hard to believe. The year 2017 is finally over, and we're still here. But although just about everyone I know seems to heaving a giant sight of relief, and…
The New Year and the Great Canadian Revolt
The little ferry had to struggle against a howling bitterly cold wind, as it headed for the lonely part of the island, for the last time this year.And the scene…
Harperland and the Horror of 2012
Golly. It's hard to believe that the horrible year of 2012 in Harperland is finally almost over.And that I'm still standing. For if on this day in 2010 I wrote…