Tag: Alberta politics
11 months ago
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Danielle Smith is ‘concerned’ about arsonists causing wildfires. Experts are more worried about m...

The Alberta premier made the remarks during a podcast Thursday morning in a move that some researchers say distracts ...

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12 months ago
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‘The tale of two Albertas’: Danielle Smith’s province is already divided. Are things about to get...

Albertans have bypassed regular political competition and cruised right into polarization

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12 months ago
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Alberta election: Both would-be premiers are women. Does it matter?

Alberta’s next premier will be a woman — again. Should the rest of Canada be taking notes?

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12 months ago
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Could COVID vaccination status shift the vote in Alberta?

A new poll suggests people who are unvaccinated back one leader — Danielle Smith — to a remarkable degree.

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12 months ago
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Danielle Smith says ‘redemption’ is possible for candidate who compared trans kids to feces

In an interview with CTV, Smith said that while Jennifer Johnson will not sit in caucus, second chances are possible....

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about 1 year ago
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Why Calgary voters could buck expectations in the Alberta election

Calgary is the main battleground for a nail-biter of an Alberta election that will pit an industry-focused former rad...

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about 1 year ago
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Why even her Hitler reference hasn’t sunk Danielle Smith

It’s been a decade since the now-UCP leader was politically exiled for the “Lake of Fire” incident. Why are people re...

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about 1 year ago
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Alberta election: Why you should be paying attention — even if you don’t live here

Federalism, climate policy and a new flavour of Canadian conservatism. Why observers nationwide are paying attention ...

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about 1 year ago
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Inside one man’s battle against the 15-Minute City conspiracy theory

How one politician is trying to push back the tide of misinformation and conspiracy theory in a most old-fashioned way.

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over 1 year ago
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It’s Danielle Smith vs. the CBC. Who has the most to lose?

Smith is demanding that CBC News retract and apologize for a story that said staff in her office had contacted Crown ...

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over 1 year ago
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Meet the party no one wants to lead: Alberta’s beleaguered Liberals are at a fateful crossroads

“Being leader of the Alberta Liberal party right now is, it’s not even a thankless job, it’s whatever the next level ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Essay arguing women ‘not exactly equal to men’ wins third place in Alberta government’s contest f...

The essay, entered in a contest for young women, also said women not having children because province can ‘import for...

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over 2 years ago
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‘Birth without a family’: Some babies born to unconscious moms in COVID-ravaged Alberta

As an “unprecedented” number of pregnant women are admitted to intensive care units, newborns are entering the world ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney ‘sincerely apologizes’ for meeting held at Sky Palace

Kenney said he chose to move a meeting with several senior leaders outside last week because he believed that doing s...

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about 3 years ago
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Kenney moves to avert hospital ‘disaster,’ as Alberta’s COVID rates sit 80% higher than Ontario’s

Alberta has the highest case rate in Canada — by a significant margin. In a rare dinnertime address Tuesday, Kenney b...

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over 3 years ago
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Jason Kenney blinks as Albertans on left and right unite in fury over travelling politicians

Observers say the balloning scandal could pose real problems for Kenney, despite his move to bring down the hammer Mo...

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over 3 years ago
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Don Mazankowski, former Alberta MP and ‘minister of everything’ under Brian Mulroney, dies at 85

Often called the most popular federal politician of his age, Mazankowski “was a team player who achieved more for Alb...

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