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Ian Urquhart for Senate Bringing some political diversity to the race, University of Alberta Political Science Professor Ian Urquhart has announced that he will run as an Independent candidate in the...
View ArticleDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: The Harper-Wildrose alliance: the elephant...
Stephen Harper and Danielle Smith discuss their infernal electoral machine as the elephant in the room looks on. Loony-right-wing Alberta politicians may not be exactly as illustrated. Below:...
View ArticleDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Danielle Smith can’t toss the abortion...
The crew of the Wildrose lays smoke to obscure their exact position. Below: Jane Cawthorne (Writers Guild of Alberta photo). Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith can pass off reports of her party’s (half)...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: the reform-conservative family feud...
Wildrose is under attack! The same people that caused the Liberal Party of Canada to be in power for 13 uninterrupted years now have Wildrose in their crosshairs. They want nothing more than to see the...
View ArticleDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Cold cash enforces Wildrose’s Oilfields...
Shhhhhhh! The Wildrose campaign team reminds unsuccessful nomination seekers of the Manyberries Mafia’s Code of Silence. Vitor Marciano and Tom Flanagan may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: The...
View ArticleDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: What kind of message will Alison Redford...
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Calgary West MP Rob Anders plot the destruction of Alberta Premier Alison Redford and her Progressive Conservative Party. Warning: neo-Con Alberta politicians may not...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Alberta PCs propose uninviting federal...
TweetAn amendment proposed to the constitution of the Progressive Conservative Party by party supporters in Calgary-Glenmore would remove the automatic invitation and voting privileges of federal...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Expect Joe Anglin – potential problem for Danielle Smith – to...
Walter Sobchak, played by John Goodman, explains some of the harsh realities of life to the Dude and other characters from The Big Lebowski. In Alberta, when we crave this kind of frank talk, we...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Wildrose leader faces Rocky [Mountain House]...
TweetReacting to her party’s poor results in four provincial by-elections held this week, Wildrose leader Danielle Smith announced that she will face a leadership review at her party’s annual...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: NDP can’t afford to be slow to respond to...
‘Risky,’ ‘ideological,’ ‘experimental,’ and ‘uncertain’ are all words that the conservative Wildrose Party opposition is using to describe Alberta’s New Democratic Party government.
View ArticleAlberta Politics: A Tale of Two Parties: NDP stages slick post-victory...
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley addresses the provincial NDP Convention in Calgary yesterday. (Photo from Ms. Notley’s Facebook page.) Below: Wildrose Leader Brian Jean, his supporter, MLA Pat...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: UCP leader demands by-election he likely doesn’t want;...
PHOTOS: Jason Nixon, the UCP’s new House Leader. (Photo: Dave Cournoyer, Daveberta.ca.) Below: Alberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley, seatless UCP Leader Jason Kenney, former Wildrose leader Brian Jean in...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Teachers are bound to be furious about UCP’s Christmas coup...
If the Kenney Government’s Christmas Eve coup to consolidate control over $18 billion in Alberta Teachers Retirement Fund assets shows anything, it’s that the United Conservative Party’s investment...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Unauthorized recording dramatically illustrates the deep...
“Let’s be clear, this Premier is a bully. And the people around him are jerks. And they will come after you, and they’ll come after your family, and they will come after your business, and they will...
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