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Rick Bell

Calgary Sun

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Bell: Monster tent mayhem during Stampede — Calgary city council, get off your butts!

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Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Monster tent mayhem during Stampede — Calgary city council, get off your butts!

This is a column you should read with the bass turned up as loud as you can and live in the shadow of a monster tent

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Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: 'Everything on the table' — Smith government could remove some Calgary bike lanes 'If they're hell-bent on continuing to add more bike lanes everything is on the table,' says Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen, of Mayor Jyoti Gondek and Calgary city council

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Edmonton Journal

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Rick Bell: A no-nonsense Poilievre pulls no punches and stands his ground

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National Post

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Bell: Smith government sets up a bike lane showdown with Calgary Mayor Gondek

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Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Smith government sets up a bike lane showdown with Calgary Mayor Gondek

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Calgary Herald

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Bell: A no-nonsense Poilievre pulls no punches and stands his ground

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Edmonton Journal

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Bell: A no-nonsense Poilievre pulls no punches and stands his ground

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Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: A no-nonsense Poilievre pulls no punches and stands his ground

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Calgary Herald

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Bell: Doug Ford warns Carney — Ontario premier can be an 800-pound gorilla

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Edmonton Journal

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BELL: Doug Ford warns Carney — Ontario premier can be an 800-pound gorilla

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Toronto Sun

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BELL: Doug Ford warns Carney — Ontario premier can be an 800-pound gorilla

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Ottawa Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Doug Ford warns Carney — Ontario premier can be an 800-pound gorilla

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Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Doug Ford warns Carney — Ontario premier can be an 800-pound gorilla

'I'll be all over him like an 800-pound gorilla if they don't want to work with us,' says Ontario Premier Doug Ford, warning Prime Minister Mark...

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Calgary Herald

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Bell: Danielle Smith goes on offence against a two-faced Mark Carney

07.07.2025 10

Daily Herald Tribune

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Bell: Danielle Smith government takes on Calgary's mayor over bike lanes Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen says he is concerned about "constructing bike lanes at the expense of road capacity"

04.07.2025 20

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Danielle Smith government takes on Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek over bike lanes

04.07.2025 10

Calgary Sun

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Bell: Danielle Smith government takes on Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek over bike lanes

Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen says he is concerned about "constructing bike lanes at the expense of road capacity"

04.07.2025 6

Calgary Herald

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Bell: Nenshi smiles as Alberta PCs try to rise from the dead to take on Smith

04.07.2025 4

Edmonton Journal

Rick Bell

Bell: Nenshi smiles as Alberta PCs try to rise from the dead to take on Smith

03.07.2025 10

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Nenshi smiles as Alberta PCs try to rise from the dead to take on Smith

The Alberta PC party is back! What else could happen in the topsy-turvy world of Alberta politics?

03.07.2025 30

Calgary Herald

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Bell: 'It's lunacy' — Alberta pushes Carney to drop Liberal electric vehicle fantasy 'Straight-up lunacy.' That's how the Alberta government sees the Carney government's take on electric vehicles

29.06.2025 9

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: 'It's lunacy' — Alberta pushes Carney to drop Liberal electric vehicle fantasy

28.06.2025 10

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: 'It's lunacy' — Alberta pushes Carney to drop Liberal electric vehicle fantasy

'Straight-up lunacy.' That's how the Alberta government sees the Carney government's take on electric vehicles

28.06.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Smith, Freeland face off; Freeland says Team Carney loves Alberta

'As a federal cabinet minister I guess what I can say today is: We do really love Alberta," says Chrystia Freeland, Carney cabinet minister, appearing...

28.06.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Smith, Freeland face off; Freeland says Team Carney loves Alberta

28.06.2025 7

Calgary Sun

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Bell: Smith, Freeland on collision course; Freeland says Team Carney loves Alberta 'As a federal cabinet minister I guess what I can say today is: We do really love Alberta," says Chrystia Freeland, Carney cabinet minister, appearing on stage with Premier Danielle Smith

27.06.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Danielle Smith goes on offence against a two-faced Mark Carney

For Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the clock is ticking and it's time to cut through Mark Carney's weasel words

26.06.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Calgary Mayor Gondek goes for an image makeover — on the taxpayer dime

26.06.2025 20

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Calgary Mayor Gondek goes for an image makeover — on the taxpayer dime

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek was in the political tank and for $100,000-plus in city taxpayer dough she found someone to help her out

26.06.2025 20

Calgary Herald

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Bell: 'It's no joke' — Smith tells Carney to do something about Alberta separatism

26.06.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: 'It's no joke' — Smith tells Carney to do something about Alberta separatism

25.06.2025 10

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: 'It's no joke' — Smith tells Carney to do something about Alberta separatism

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith tells Prime Minister Carney he can make Alberta separatism a much smaller thing if Liberals stop picking on Alberta

25.06.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Danielle Smith goes on offence against a two-faced Mark Carney

25.06.2025 10

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Danielle Smith goes on offence against a two-faced Mark Carney

For Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the clock is ticking and it's time to cut through Mark Carney's weasel words

25.06.2025 10

Fort McMurray Today

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Bell: Danielle Smith goes on offence against a two-faced Mark Carney For Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the clock is ticking and it's time to cut through Mark Carney's weasel words

24.06.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Carney gets Bill C-5 win but will Danielle Smith get schooled by the PM?

Will a pipeline be considered as one of the projects Prime Minister wants fast-tracked? 'It depends,' says Carney.

23.06.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Gulf states fear escalation as U.S. Iran strikes rattle region

23.06.2025 10

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Satellite images undermine Trump's claim Iran's atomic sites destroyed

23.06.2025 10

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Carney gets Bill C-5 win but will Danielle Smith get schooled by the PM?

22.06.2025 10

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Carney gets Bill C-5 win but will Danielle Smith get schooled by the PM?

22.06.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Smith government set to punt sexually explicit books out of school libraries

21.06.2025 4

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Smith government set to punt sexually explicit books out of school libraries

20.06.2025 10

Calgary Sun

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Bell: Smith government set to punt sexually explicit books out of school libraries

20.06.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Bell: 'Enough is enough' — Premiers Smith, Moe all in for Carney's Bill C-5

20.06.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Carney asks Danielle Smith to do him a solid — she wants payback

Premier Danielle Smith helped Carney and now it's time for Carney to help Smith — and Alberta

19.06.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: 'Enough is enough' — Premiers Smith, Moe all in for Carney's Bill C-5

19.06.2025 10

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: 'Enough is enough' — Premiers Smith, Moe all in for Carney's Bill C-5

'Being on Team Canada means these kind of projects have to go ahead,' says Premier Danielle Smith backing Prime Minister Mark Carney's plans to...

19.06.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Carney asks Danielle Smith to do him a solid — she wants payback

19.06.2025 10

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Carney asks Danielle Smith to do him a solid — she wants payback

19.06.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Rick Bell