Sturgeon River-Parkland by-election to replace Rona Ambrose to be called by...
A federal by-election will be held in Sturgeon River-Parkland in the coming months following the resignation of Conservative Member of Parliament Rona Ambrose. Ambrose served as MP for this riding from...
View ArticleIn or Out? Jason Kenney could have a rough landing into Alberta politics
CBC reports that after 19 years as a Member of Parliament in Ottawa, former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney, 48, is considering entering provincial politics in Alberta. Postmedia’s Jen Gerson...
View ArticleLiberal underdog versus Conservative favourite in Medicine...
Today is election day in the federal riding of Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner. Polls are open from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. What was expected to be a sleepy by-election campaign in this long-time...
View ArticleIs the Sky Blue? Conservatives crush in Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner by-election
It is 10:20 p.m. and Conservative Party candidate Glen Motz has cruised to a crushing victory in the Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner federal by-election. With 190 of 223 polls reporting, Mr. Motz had...
View ArticleNotley’s Climate Change plan earns Trudeau’s Pipeline approval
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today the fate of three pipelines that have dominated political debate in Alberta over the past six years. Yes to Kinder Morgan Trans-Mountain Pipeline. No to...
View ArticleThat Totally Weird Anti-Carbon Tax Rally
While I am in the mood to dispense political advice, my next tip goes out to Wildrose leader Brian Jean, who was a featured speaker at Ezra Levant’s totally weird anti-carbon tax rally. Mr. Jean and...
View ArticleJason Kenney emerges from hiding at Conservative fundraising dinner in Vancouver
As Premier Rachel Notley returns from leading a ten-day economic trade mission to China and Japan, political watchers have been wondering where the recently elected leader of the Progressive...
View ArticleThe U-C-P: Jean and Kenney launch the United Conservative Party
Today’s announcement from Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean and Progressive Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney that they plan to create a new conservative political party has been expected for...
View ArticleTwo weeks until decision day for Conservatives in Alberta
On July 6, 2016, Jason Kenney officially launched his campaign to capture the leadership of Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives and lead them into a merger with the right-wing Wildrose Party. After...
View ArticleMid-week Alberta Politics Roundup
Photo: Kent Hehr with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Calgary Stampede in July 2017. (Photo from Kent Hehr’s Facebook Page) It has been a busy week for me, so without the time to write a full...
View ArticleSturgeon River-Parkland by-election competing with Alberta’s municipal elections
As if voters won’t already have enough candidates knocking on their doors with Alberta’s municipal elections scheduled for October 16, 2017, a federal by-election will be held in the Sturgeon...
View ArticleThe Forgotten By-Election in Sturgeon River-Parkland
Photo: Liberal candidate Brian Gold and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a campaign event in Spruce Grove on October 20, 2017. (Source: Twitter) Overshadowed by this past Monday’s municipal elections,...
View ArticleUCP draws huge crowds, huge controversy to its first policy convention
(Photo credit: @Alberta_UCP on Twitter) With more than 2,500 party members in attendance, this weekend’s United Conservative Party founding convention was one of the biggest political events in...
View ArticleThree candidates drop out of Peace River UCP race, showdown in...
The number of candidates in the United Conservative Party nomination contest in the sprawling northwest district of Peace River has dropped from five to two. Lisa Wardley, deputy reeve of Mackenzie...
View ArticleDavid Shepherd secures NDP candidacy in Edmonton-City Centre, Laurie Mozeson...
Photo: David Shepherd accepts the NDP nomination in Edmonton-City Centre (source: David Shepherd on Twitter) Edmonton-Centre MLA David Shepherd secured the New Democratic Party nomination in the newly...
View Articleedmonton expo 2017 bid denied.
The federal government announced yesterday that it will not to provide an estimated $700 million to support Edmonton’s bid for the 2017 Expo. Many people saw this bid as an opportunity to invest more...
View Articlefederal opposition parties putting pressure on the tories in edmonton.
Opposition parties hope to turn the death of Edmonton’s Expo 2017 bid into a major campaign issue. Federal opposition parties are preparing for the next federal election and nominating candidates in...
View Articlethe reform-conservative family feud continues in alberta’s election.
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 ArticleHow Brent Rathgeber changed Edmonton’s political map and why the Tories might...
Edmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathgeber unleashed a political storm last night when he announced on Twitter that he is leaving the Conservative Party of Canada caucus. Initially citing a “a lack of...
View ArticleScramble for federal nominations begins in Alberta
It’s a fight – or at least it could be if two southern Alberta Conservative Members of Parliament seek their party’s nomination in the same riding. Boundary changes in the next federal election will...
View ArticleBig names running for federal party nominations in Alberta
There has been plenty of activity this week as candidates from all political parties put forward their names to run in Canada’s next federal election, scheduled to be held in October 2015. Wooing...
View ArticleParties gear up for federal election 2015 – Alberta nominations update
Aside from recent updates about Kent Hehr running in Calgary-Centre and Darshan Kang running in Calgary-Skyview, it has been a while since I have published an update to accompany the list of candidate...
View ArticleAlberta politics round up: Health Ministers, By-Elections and Troubled Waters...
BANFF – Stepping onto the national stage for the first time since he was appointed as Alberta’s Minister of Health, Stephen Mandel met with his provincial and federal counterparts this week in Banff...
View ArticleLiberals drop candidate in Sturgeon River-Parkland
The Liberal Party appears to have cancelled the candidacy of Chris Austin, who was nominated as the party's candidate in Sturgeon River-Parkland on September 7, 2015.
View ArticleThis Week in Alberta Politics
Here are a few items to watch out for in Alberta politics this week: Which of the four Liberal Members of Parliament will be appointed to the federal cabinet on Nov. 4, 2015? Most speculation points...
View Article“Over My Dead Body”– This week in Alberta’s Big Happy Conservative Family
It was only last week that the leaders of Alberta’s two main conservative political parties – Progressive Conservative interim leader Ric McIver and Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean – were in Ottawa...
View ArticleUnited Conservatives selecting candidates in Calgary-North and...
Photo: Calgary-North UCP candidates Devin Green, Tanis Fiss, Paul Frank, Jun Lin, and Muhammad Yaseen. United Conservative Party members will choose their party’s candidates in Calgary-North and...
View ArticleKenney is the closest thing the Conservatives have to a “Svengali-like genius”
Six weeks after the federal election, Andrew Scheer has resigned as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, raising instant speculation about who might enter the contest to replace him. While there...
View ArticleEpisode 50: Supervised Consumption Services in Alberta with Dr. Elaine Hyshka
Dr. Elaine Hyshka, assistant professor at the University of Alberta School of Public Health, joins Dave Cournoyer to discuss supervised consumption clinics in Alberta and the flaws in the United...
View ArticleThree Conservative MPs acclaimed and past leadership candidate Rick Peterson...
With a minority parliament in Ottawa and the possibility a federal election could be called at anytime, the Conservative Party of Canada has begun nominating candidates for the next federal election in...
View ArticleAll 33 Conservative MPs acclaimed in Alberta. Liberals have contested...
All 33 incumbent Members of Parliament representing the Conservative Party from Alberta have been acclaimed as candidates to run in the next federal election. The only exception to the wave of...
View ArticleRandy Boissonnault planning a comeback in Edmonton-Centre, Erika Barootes...
Randy Boissonnault announced plans to try to make a political comeback by seeking the federal Liberal Party nomination in Edmonton-Centre. Boissonnault was elected as the Liberal MP for the district in...
View ArticleRace to replace Jason Kenney takes shape – Rajan Sawhney and Rebecca Schulz...
Hey there politics fans! The United Conservative Party released its leadership race rule book! UCP members will choose a replacement for Premier Jason Kenney on October 6, 2022. It will cost $150,000...
View ArticleCalgary Stampeding: It looks like Danielle Smith is making a big comeback in...
There’s not much of anything that is constant in Alberta politics these days, maybe except for the Calgary Stampede. At least in some non-pandemic years, it’s the Northern Star of Alberta politics....
View ArticleJackie Armstrong-Homeniuk’s essay fiasco and getting used to Premier Danielle...
The problem with taking a break from writing about Alberta politics of a few days is that it becomes almost impossible to decide what to write about. This week is no exception. So here I go. Let’s...
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