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The previously polite NDP leadership race turned red-hot Wednesday with allegations that candidate Naheed Nenshi is anti-union. A letter surfaced in...
The union vote within the party, or at least some of it, is considered crucial to any NDP leadership candidate’s victory You can save this article...
Its proponent's social-control thinking drove people nuts. Larger goals are often hidden behind seemingly minor actions like a little bag bylaw You...
Blanket zoning sucked the air out of paper bags. That’s one way to see Tuesday’s meagre turnout — only five speakers — for a public hearing on...
The UCP went into full retreat from a pair of bad policy decisions. That's a lesson the Trudeau Liberals should absorb on the harmful tax You can save...
The UCP are nursing a pair of serious self-inflicted wounds after their worst week since the early days of Premier Danielle Smith’s regime. It takes...
The message to municipal leaders is that they’re subservient, not independent. Every action — even their election by Albertans — will be open to...
Alberta politics suddenly has more lanes than a bowling alley. Stay out of our lane, Premier Danielle Smith says to Ottawa. Now she sends the same...
These trains would replace thousands, even millions, of automobile trips, leading to lower emissions, safer travel and much greater convenience You...
Sometimes in the middle of a nightmare you can suddenly have a pleasant dream. The nightmare is driving from Calgary to Edmonton, for roughly the...
The daily hearings into blanket rezoning crawl along, sometimes confusing, often emotional, occasionally inspiring. The result seems inevitable....
These are the latest moves in a widespread consolidation of provincial government power You can save this article by registering for free here. Or...
New rules for towns and cities make it clear who’s the boss. It’s the UCP government, not local councils or the voters who elect them. Under...
The UCP of 2024 is more concerned with overall finances than rising costs for Albertans You can save this article by registering for free here. Or...
The post-election UCP no longer seems to care so much about your cost-of-living problems. On Thursday, we learned that Alberta’s inflation rate is...
The Trudeau Liberals must be having a good laugh at a strange and awkward twist in Alberta. Federal and provincial tax increases are about to...
How many promises can a government break, alter or evade and still get away with it? Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP seem determined to find out....
Trudeau faces fierce opposition to the carbon tax, but his secret weapon is the growing carbon tax rebate. If the tax goes so does the cash
The PM suggested his noble duty is to raise the tax so he can send us more cash. And voters have shown that money is a far more powerful motivator...
Albertans receive far higher carbon tax rebates from Ottawa than any other Canadians. A family of four will get $1,800 annually, up from $1,544 last...
The more freaked out the UCP sounds about him, the better Nenshi's Alberta NDP leadership strategy could work Naheed Nenshi entered the Alberta...
Naheed Nenshi entered the Alberta legislature Monday, accompanied by Joseph Stalin. Not literally, mind you. But they were condemned in almost the...
Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi vaulted into the Alberta NDP leadership race Monday afternoon with a slogan that reaches far beyond the traditional...
Naheed Nenshi offers himself as the outsider who can build a broad coalition to defeat the UCP and defend core values of tolerance and inclusion...
The NDP will try to keep their bill alive for serious debate, but expect the UCP majority to shut it down very quickly. This is an awkward issue for a...
The UCP will almost certainly squash an NDP bill that comes up in the legislature next Monday. It calls for rent control, a constant no-no over...
For an NDP outsider, it might be easier to ask the Vatican for sainthood than be accepted as a leadership candidate Former Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi...
Former Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi is quiet and elusive about a potential run for the NDP leadership. That’s because it’s not easy being orange,...
In the end Brian Mulroney was widely disliked in western Canada, despite some of the best policies the region has ever seen Mother Martin’s bar in...
Mother Martin’s bar in Montreal was always lively, especially when Brian Mulroney entertained reporters with stories about his arch-rival Joe Clark....
The big income tax break promised by the UCP will come late. Four years late, to be exact. The full tax relief won’t kick in until 2027. It was...
Smith knows David Parker well and attended his wedding. But now he’s gone too far even for the libertarian premier Well, finally. Premier Danielle...
Well, finally. Premier Danielle Smith tore into Take Back Alberta Leader David Parker Tuesday, urging him to “get some help.” She condemned...
Barely a day after begging forgiveness from his followers, Parker posted the tweet about Poilievre and his wife It’s long past time for Premier...
It’s long past time for Premier Danielle Smith to disown David Parker, the unrestrained, frequently unhinged leader of Take Back Alberta. But will...
A battle of insults on social media shows how far we’ve descended into personal invective as a political weapon. All too often the attacks are...
Trudeau is still a masterful pitchman. He might yet decide to leave. He could be forced out by his party. But on Wednesday in Alberta, he looked ready...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn’t look defeated, defensive or worried. He may be down 20 per cent in the polls — a fact he shrugs off —...
A new poll shows that Naheed Nenshi would create far more interest and recognition than any of the party insiders in the NDP race. If he runs, that...
The federal climate change agenda is failing. The radicals are panicking. NDP federal MP Charlie Angus, from northern Ontario, wants to jail oil...
Former city councillor Jeff Davison ran for mayor in 2021, lost, and immediately offered winner Jyoti Gondek his support. She thanked him in return. ...
Rakhi Pancholi doesn’t enter the NDP leadership race with a routine splash. Her opener is more like a cannonball from the high tower. The Edmonton...
Premier Danielle Smith is going further than any other Canadian leader in regulating transgender treatment and surgery. She will virtually outlaw any...
At Saturday’s huge Calgary city hall rally, I saw gay and transgender kids, their parents and friends, several cute dogs, forests of makeshift...
Think of the children. Imagine the pain of gay and transgender kids as they once again find themselves under the alien eye of government. That...
Smith claims her policy is rooted in caring and love. Others see prejudice and oppression. This move will brand Alberta for years to come Premier...
Premier Danielle Smith didn’t just suddenly step onto the path of government control over human sexuality. This unprecedented program was under...
A long day at city hall can provide enough baloney for a thousand picnics. Tuesday was one such day, as councillors finally caved on their absurd...
This was also the first big crack in the Gondek majority on council City council sent the hated single-use bylaw on a death march Tuesday, by a...
City council sent the hated single-use bylaw on a death march Tuesday, by a startling count of 8-7 on the first vote, and 10-5 on the main. A public...