Alberta Diary: Adoration of Peter Lougheed moves beyond canonization into...
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s message at Peter Lougheed’s state funeral. Below: Premier Lougheed with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who haunts us still. With his state funeral yesterday afternoon,...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Something was rotten in the former Calgary...
TweetIntrepid CBC investigative journalist Charles Rusnell has uncovered another swath of illegal political donations made to Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Party: Lynn Redford, sister of Alberta...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Alberta Budget 2013 a confusing start to the...
TweetRumours swirled through the halls of the Legislative for weeks. Whispers and warnings of cuts and rollbacks not seen since Ralph Klein and Jim Dinning unleashed a scorched earth policy on the...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: 6 reasons why history will be kind to Ed...
TweetTwo years ago today, Ed Stelmach quietly stepped out of the political spotlight after a nearly five years as Premier of Alberta. The mild-mannered farmer from Andrew dedicated more than...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: The Ides of March: Alison Redford under ‘friendly fire’ from...
Premier Alison Redford and an aide, at right, look on as Progressive Conservative caucus coup plotters try to remember if the signal to make their move is “Toga! Toga! Toga!” or “Tory! Tory! Tory!”...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Tales from the Tory crypt: Apres Alison le deluge
Tory leadership non-candidate Jim Dinning with your blogger, back in the day. Below: Former premier Ed Stelmach and non-candidates Ted Morton and Gary Mar. If we were to speak for former Alberta...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Municipal Affairs Minister Ken Hughes quits Alberta cabinet –...
Half-confirmed Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Ken Hughes, on the night in 2011 Alison Redford won the party’s leadership. Well, that was then and this is now, as the appalled looking...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Insiders will pretend to be outsiders in the...
Tweet Former Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel is not running for the PC Party leadership Former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel announced yesterday that he will not run for the Progressive Conservative...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Alberta Tories waiting for a Jim Prentice...
TweetCould the snoozer that has become Alberta’s Progressive Conservative leadership race risk becoming a coronation if former federal cabinet minister Jim Prentice jumps into the race? Necessitated by...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Tracking Alberta MLA endorsements in the PC...
Tweet In party leadership races, endorsements by sitting MLAs can be a double-edged sword. Endorsements can lend credibility to candidates and individual MLAs own local political networks to the...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: And then there were three (white men)
TweetAs the deadline for candidates to enter their names (and $50,000 fee) in the contest to become the next leader of Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Association came to a close yesterday, three...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Could Ric McIver still win the Alberta Tory leadership race?...
Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets. All the money’s on Jim Prentice – but is it the smart money? Below: Ric McIver, Jim Prentice, Jim Dinning and Gary Mar. CALGARY Could Ric McIver actually win the...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: That Portrait of a Certain Lady: a bargain for Albertans at...
Is this what Alison Redford’s official portrait is going to look like? Below: Ms. Redford as she might have been seen by Pablo Picasso or Gustav Klimt. We can do better, people! VICTORIA, B.C....
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Prentice in a walk – but the low voter turnout tells the real...
This file photo, almost as boring as Jim Prentice’s speech to the troops in Edmonton tonight, and I have it on good authority it was pretty darned boring, will be replaced later if anyone sends me a...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: A timeline of Alberta’s Gay-Straight...
TweetIt is sometimes amazing how quickly one political issue can transform and dominate the debate. This week’s raging debate about allowing Gay-Straight Alliances (GSA) in Alberta schools has twisted...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: One day after his graceless departure, former Alberta...
PHOTOS: Sour grapes! Actual former Alberta trade representatives may not appear exactly as illustrated. (Photo from Barkpost.com.) Below: Alberta Conservative-connected lobbyists Rob Merrifield, Hal...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Jim Dinning 6.0: how Jason Kenney is repeating the same...
PHOTOS: Singer k.d. lang (handout photo, via CBC). Below: Jim Dinning 1.0 and Jim Dinning 6.0. Is it just me, or is it mildly surprising
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Get ready for a by-election in Calgary-Lougheed
Photo: A map of the Calgary-Lougheed constituency. With Calgary-Lougheed MLA Dave Rodney expected to resign tomorrow in order to provide new United Conservative Party leader
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Dave Hancock, Alberta’s second-to-last Progressive...
PHOTOS: Dave Hancock as premier, in pink shirt at left, at the Edmonton Pride Parade in June 2014. With him are former Edmonton City Councillor
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Sarah Hoffman secures NDP nomination in...
Minster of Health and Deputy Premier Sarah Hoffman has been nominated as the New Democratic Party candidate in Edmonton-Glenora for the next election. Hoffman was
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