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Calgary Sun

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Bell: Road rage is all the rage — Calgary top cop speaks out

yesterday 7

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Road rage is all the rage — Calgary top cop speaks out

Bell: Road rage is all the rage — Calgary top cop speaks out

'Our social contract has kind of gone out the window,' says Calgary top cop Mark Neufeld, of road rage in the city

yesterday 6

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Trump thinks he's on a roll, Trudeau doesn't think much at all

Bell: Trump thinks he's on a roll, Trudeau doesn't think much at all
yesterday 7

Edmonton Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Trump pushes his Canada 51st state pitch while Trudeau is weak

previous day 9

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Trump pushes his Canada 51st state pitch while Trudeau is weak

Bell: Trump pushes his Canada 51st state pitch while Trudeau is weak
previous day 5

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Liberal grim news — Trudeau leaving and no new love from voters

previous day 10

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Liberal grim news — Trudeau leaving and no new love from voters

Bell: Liberal grim news — Trudeau leaving and no new love from voters

'Canadians are in the mood to blame somebody for why they feel the way they do,' says Abacus Data pollster David Coletto

previous day 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Trump attacks, Fox News mocks, when does Canada get patriotic?

Bell: Trump attacks, Fox News mocks, when does Canada get patriotic?
thursday 9

Edmonton Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Despite Trump's trolling, Premier Smith still playing nice

Bell: Despite Trump's trolling, Premier Smith still playing nice
thursday 9

Edmonton Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Alberta Premier Smith still trying to play nice with Trump

thursday 10

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Alberta Premier Smith still trying to play nice with Trump

Bell: Alberta Premier Smith still trying to play nice with Trump

Premier Danielle Smith still working on persuading U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his team to go easy on tariffs against Canadian goods

thursday 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Fear and loathing in Canada — Trump wants us to be Americans

Bell: Fear and loathing in Canada — Trump wants us to be Americans
thursday 6

Edmonton Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: With Trump on the prowl, Canada needs to get back some patriotism

08.01.2025 10

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: With Trump on the prowl, Canada needs to get back some patriotism

Bell: With Trump on the prowl, Canada needs to get back some patriotism

Trump is serious, dead serious. Donald Trump, the incoming American president, is not just having a little laugh, though he is laughing at us.   He...

08.01.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Canada's goose is cooked, Trump ramps up his 51st State attack

08.01.2025 8

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Canada's goose is cooked, Trump ramps up his 51st State attack

Bell: Canada's goose is cooked, Trump ramps up his 51st State attack

Now we know where we stand with Donald Trump, if there was ever any doubt. “We’re going to have a lot of fun making America great again,” says...

08.01.2025 50

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Trudeau takes the easy way out, skips the fight, makes us wait

07.01.2025 20

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Trudeau takes the easy way out, skips the fight, makes us wait

Bell: Trudeau takes the easy way out, skips the fight, makes us wait

Justin Trudeau tells us he’s a fighter. On Monday, the prime minister tells us more than once how he’s a fighter, in both official languages. But...

07.01.2025 20

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Smith's promised tax cut for Albertans, are we getting it?

03.01.2025 1

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Smith's promised tax cut for Albertans, are we getting it?

Bell: Smith's promised tax cut for Albertans, are we getting it?

Premier Danielle Smith must be doing a lot of thinking about those happier times. Running against the NDP, rolling out a promise on the hottest...

03.01.2025 4

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: What is Trudeau waiting for? Just leave!

Bell: What is Trudeau waiting for? Just leave!

What is Trudeau waiting for? The prime minister is like the guy in the movie who finally finds himself surrounded. The guy thought he could get...

03.01.2025 20

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: With Gondek running, Calgary city hall politics will be a war

02.01.2025 4

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: With Gondek running, Calgary city hall politics will be a war

Bell: With Gondek running, Calgary city hall politics will be a war

If politics is a blood sport, there will be political blood and lots of it. Soon. You can just feel it. This year, the year where those in...

02.01.2025 7

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: What is Trudeau waiting for? Just leave!

01.01.2025 4

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: 'I am not perfect' — A fighting Mayor Gondek hits the comeback trail

27.12.2024 5

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: 'I am not perfect' — A fighting Mayor Gondek hits the comeback trail

When Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek says she is not perfect she can almost hear her critics fire back. You can say that again. A city election is...

27.12.2024 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Proposed Alberta pension plan is now on life support

23.12.2024 2

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Proposed Alberta pension plan is now on life support

It’s taken a hit, a big hit, a big enough hit the smart money bets it is all but done. We’re talking about the idea of an Alberta pension plan....

23.12.2024 2

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

BELL: Albertans didn't kill beer, wine in convenience stores, now we get the truth

21.12.2024 3

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

BELL: Albertans didn't kill beer, wine in convenience stores, now we get the truth

Just gimme some truth. Now we have all the facts thanks to Postmedia up in Edmonton digging up documents the provincial government did not want you...

21.12.2024 3

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Rick Bell: 'Let's pull the plug and solve this,' Danielle Smith says, calling for immediate federal election

The Liberals' 'internal turmoil' is leaving Canada unprepared for 'what could be a devastating tariff threat,' says Alberta's premier. 'Because...

21.12.2024 8

National Post

Rick Bell

Bell: Smith says Trudeau's ego is not letting Canada out of the chaos

21.12.2024 5

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Smith says Trudeau's ego is not letting Canada out of the chaos

When Premier Danielle Smith looks at Ottawa this time, as the federal Liberals desperately try to regroup, she sees “somebody who is trying to...

21.12.2024 4

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Calgary top cop needs 200 more officers fighting city crime

20.12.2024 5

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Calgary top cop needs 200 more officers fighting city crime

Funny how nobody this Christmas asks Calgary police Chief Mark Neufeld how many more police officers the city needs. The city is growing in a very...

20.12.2024 20

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Smith government's Dreeshen doesn't hold back on Green Line LRT

19.12.2024 4

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Smith government's Dreeshen doesn't hold back on Green Line LRT

On Thursday at noon, the temperature goes up. A candidate running for mayor enters the Green Line fray over its new LRT alignment. His name is...

19.12.2024 4

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Smith claims win over Trudeau on electricity but the fight is still on

The government of Danielle Smith is taking the win. They see it as a big win. They see it as a vindication for all those who believe Alberta should...

18.12.2024 2

Edmonton Sun

Rick Bell

Rick Bell: The score is Alberta Sovereignty Act 1, Ottawa 0. But the game's not over

On Tuesday, with no fanfare and no green guru Steven Guilbeault, the federal government backed off on pushing for a net-zero electricity grid by...

18.12.2024 6

National Post

Rick Bell

Bell: Smith claims win over Trudeau on electricity but the fight is still on

18.12.2024 4

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Team Trudeau lives on as the stink hits the fan and chaos rules

17.12.2024 2

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Team Trudeau lives on as the stink hits the fan and chaos rules

Monday morning. The doo-doo hits the fan. Deep doo-doo. It stinks big-time. It stinks from coast to coast to coast. Little this Justin Trudeau-led...

17.12.2024 5

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Poilievre says Canada is in 'a very dangerous place' with Trudeau

'It's just another insane, divisive, asinine, costly idea,' says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government...

14.12.2024 3

National Post

Rick Bell

Bell: Here is Calgary's new Green Line plan, the ball is in city council's court

14.12.2024 2

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Poilievre says Canada is in 'a very dangerous place' with Trudeau

14.12.2024 4

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Poilievre says Canada is in 'a very dangerous place' with Trudeau

Conservative party Leader Pierre Poilievre is not a man known to pull his punches. So when it comes to the latest obscenity from the theatre of the...

14.12.2024 3

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

BELL: 'Albertans will boil over' — Smith warns hands off oil in Trump tariff crisis or else

'Albertans will go bananas,' says Premier Danielle Smith, of what Albertans will think if anyone wants to use oil as a pawn in Trump tariff crisis...

13.12.2024 3

Toronto Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: 'Albertans will boil over' — Smith warns hands off oil in Trump tariff crisis or else

'Albertans will go bananas,' says Premier Danielle Smith, of what Albertans will think if anyone wants to use oil as a pawn in Trump tariff crisis...

13.12.2024 3

Vancouver Sun

Rick Bell

BELL: 'Albertans will boil over' — Smith warns hands off oil in Trump tariff crisis or else

13.12.2024 3

Ottawa Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Here is Calgary's new Green Line plan, the ball is in city council's court

Calgary, you have your new Green Line LRT. Like it, lump it. It’s now up to Calgary city council to say Yes or No. “It’s all up to city...

13.12.2024 2

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

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