Does Kenney understand Alberta?
A recent survey, conducted by Maru Public Opinion and Janet Brown Opinion Research, took a reading of Canadians' views of Alberta. The poll measured the reaction…
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A recent survey, conducted by Maru Public Opinion and Janet Brown Opinion Research, took a reading of Canadians' views of Alberta. The poll measured the reaction…
It’s called schadenfreude, the satisfaction you get from someone else’s misfortune. Some Albertans may be feeling it this week after the referendum in Maine that…
Alberta’s reputation as a bastion of conservatism has been belied once again by the recent municipal elections. Both Calgary and Edmonton, which together make up…
A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words. It’s true for me anyway. Maybe it’s my engineering background, but charts, graphs, etc. often make…
Now that the federal election is out of the way, I turn my attention to the upcoming Calgary municipal election. Both the mayor and the…
“Effective September 15, 2021, the Government of Alberta has declared a State of Public Health Emergency. … We have identified two areas where the federal…
Fifty years ago, Alberta entered the modern era. With the provincial election of August, 1971, Albertans dismissed Social Credit, their governing party for 36 years,…
As humanity continues to heat the planet, there are winners and losers. Let me rephrase that. Ultimately nobody wins; in the long term if global…
"They will not be left behind.” So said Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan at a news conference this week. The “they” he was referring to…
I opened the CBC website one morning this week to be confronted with the headline “High oil prices a potential boon for beleaguered Alberta.” I…
The list of plebiscites Calgarians will be asked to vote on in the October municipal election is growing. The City will ask voters once again…
How the mighty have fallen. Just two years ago, Jason Kenney, flush from a convincing election win over the NDP, was the Conservatives’ golden boy.…