Alberta Tories waiting for a Jim Prentice coronation
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 ArticleWhen is the next Alberta election?
Tweet With the governing Progressive Conservatives selecting their new leader in September 2014, there is growing suspicion that Albertans could be going to polls sooner than expected. While Alberta’s...
View ArticleSource: MLA Kent Hehr to run for Trudeau Liberals in Calgary-Centre
TweetPolitical Calgary is abuzz with rumours that popular MLA Kent Hehr will seek the Liberal nomination in the federal riding of Calgary-Centre. Reliable sources say that Mr. Hehr has gone so far as...
View ArticleWhere will Jim Prentice run in a by-election?
TweetThree weeks after being selected as leader of the governing Progressive Conservative Party, Premier Jim Prentice still does not have a seat in the Alberta Legislative Assembly. Although his party...
View ArticleMonday morning candidate nomination updates in Alberta
The Progressive Conservatives held their first “Super Saturday” on Feb. 21, 2015, during which contested nominations were held in seven constituencies. The handful of contested PC nominations have been...
View ArticleTuesday candidate nomination update in Alberta
Alberta’s New Democrats demonstrated some organizational strength last weekend as close to 400 supporters packed the TransAlta Arts Barns to watch party leader Rachel Notley accept the nomination to be...
View ArticleCandidate nomination update on International Women’s Day
In recognition of International Women’s Day, today’s candidate update focuses specifically on the total number of women nominated to run for Alberta’s political parties in the upcoming provincial...
View ArticleIt is anyone’s guess what comes next after today’s by-election in...
Today’s by-election in Calgary-Foothills is the first major litmus test for Alberta’s political parties in the post-Progressive Conservative political world. After forty-four years of PC...
View ArticleAnother PC MLA abandons Redford for the Harper Tories
Another Progressive Conservative MLA is about to jump into the federal arena. Edmonton-McClung PC MLA David Xiao will announce this week that he will seek the Conservative Party nomination in...
View Article$45000 trip has serious political costs for Redford
After spending two months avoiding having to pay the costs of her $45,000 trip to South Africa, Premier Alison Redford called a press conference late yesterday to announce she would reimburse the...
View ArticleAnti-Redford coup fails to materialize at PC MLA meeting
A rumoured coup d’etat within Alberta’s Progressive Conservative caucus failed to materialize yesterday as government MLAs gathered at Government House to discuss Premier Alison Redford‘s future....
View ArticleThat sinking feeling. More problems for the Redford Tories
Blasting the culture of entitlement that has engulfed the 43-year governing Progressive Conservative Party, Calgary-Varsity MLA Donna Kennedy-Glans announced on Monday that she was leaving the...
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 ArticleMLA Janice Sarich not jumping into federal politics
Edmonton-Decore Progressive Conservative MLA Janice Sarich released a statement this morning announcing that she will not seek a Conservative Party nomination for the next federal election. The...
View ArticleCandidate Nomination Update: Innisfail-Sylvan Lake by-election and more
Photo: Tom Olsen, Michaela Glasgo, Thana Boonlert, and Nathan Cooper With just over one year left until the next provincial election is expected to be called, I am continuing to track potential...
View ArticleMonday Night Candidate Nomination Update
Here are some of the latest updates to the list of candidates running for party nominations ahead of Alberta’s expected 2019 provincial general election: Airdrie-Cochrane: Airdrie realtor Mauri Stiff...
View ArticleAlberta Candidate Nomination Update: Pitt bests Millions in Airdrie-East,...
Photo: Calgary-West MLA Mike Ellis and Airdrie MLA Angela Pitt were greeting party members outside the nomination voting station in the Town and Country Centre in Airdrie on July 20, 2018. (Source:...
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 ArticleUCP quashes Giant Bozo-Eruption in the making by dropping anti-Muslim...
The United Conservative Party quashed a giant bozo-eruption in the making this week when the party asked S. Todd Beasley to withdraw his candidacy for the nomination in the new Brooks-Medicine Hat...
View ArticleFriday Night Candidate Nomination Update
Photo: Karen Principe, Janis Irwin, Michaela Glasgo, and Deepak Sharma. Here are some of the latest updates to the list of candidates running for party nominations ahead of the 2019 Alberta provincial...
View ArticlePC-turned-NDP MLA Sandra Jansen running for re-election, former PC MLA loses...
Photo: Then-rookie PC candidate Sandra Jansen at an election rally in 2012, pictured with then-Premier Alison Redford (right) and now UCP candidate Jason Luan (left). Former PC MLA Sandra Jansen will...
View ArticleRod Loyola secures NDP nomination in Edmonton-Ellerslie, Mark Smith beats...
Photo: Rod Loyola nominated as the NDP candidate in Edmonton-Ellerslie. (Source: @JanisIrwin on twitter) New Democratic Party MLA Rod Loyola secured his party’s nomination in Edmonton-Ellerslie on...
View ArticleDoug Schweitzer wins UCP nomination in Calgary-Elbow, Danielle Larivee...
Photo: Doug Schweitzer, Danielle Larivee, Travis Toews, and Mo Elsalhy. Former United Conservative Party leadership candidate Doug Schweitzer defeated past city council candidate Chris Davis to secure...
View ArticleJason Kenney touts NDP record of low-taxes, efficient power prices during...
Jason Kenney touted Alberta’s low taxes, educated work-force and efficient power prices to the Indian media during a trip to meet with government ministers and business leaders on the subcontinent this...
View ArticleAlberta Election Updates: NDP MLA Michael Connolly not running for...
Photo: NDP MLA Michael Connolly (left) with Premier Rachel Notley and Finance Minister Joe Ceci (source: Facebook) New Democratic Party MLA Michael Connolly announced this weekend that he will not seek...
View ArticleNDP nomination meetings sprouting up ahead of spring 2019 election
Photo: Peter Mueller, Kelly Mandryk, Jessica Littlewood, and Colin Piquette With candidates nominated in 34 districts and less than two months until the official fixed-election period begins, the New...
View ArticleBig Nomination Update: Estefania Cortes-Vargas and Sandra Jansen not seeking...
Today’s big nomination news is the announcements by two New Democratic Party MLAs, Strathcona-Sherwood Park MLA Estefania Cortes-Vargas and Calgary-North West MLA Sandra Jansen, that they will not seek...
View ArticleNDP nominate 7 new candidates, Jordan Stein defeats MLA Anam Kazim in...
Photo: Jordan Stein (pictured) defeated MLA Anam Kazim to secure the NDP nomination in Calgary-Glenmore. (photo source: @Jordan.Stein.Alberta on Instagram) We are in the zone. As of February 1, 2019,...
View ArticleCandidate nominations continue with weeks or days left until an election call...
With an election call expected within the next few weeks, or days, Alberta’s political parties are continuing to nominate candidates to run for the upcoming vote. As of this afternoon, the United...
View ArticleHow much Alberta’s political parties spent in the 2019 election
Elections Alberta has released the initial financial disclosures showing how much money Alberta’s political parties spent and raised during the 2019 provincial general election campaign period spanning...
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 Article#1 for the wrong reason: Alberta leads Canada in new COVID-19 cases. Where is...
Alberta broke its daily record for new COVID-19 cases and led the country in new cases. With 1,584 new cases, Alberta had more new cases than Canada’s two largest provinces, Quebec with 1,154, and...
View ArticleMurray Sigler nominated as Liberal candidate in Calgary Confederation
A notice on the Liberal Party of Canada website today noted that Murray Sigler has been acclaimed as the party’s candidate in Calgary-Confederation. Sigler is a well-known name in corporate Calgary,...
View ArticleWhen a Premier is in trouble, the cabinet gets growing
It isn’t really a saying in Alberta politics but maybe it should be: When a Premier is in trouble, the cabinet gets growing. That’s what we saw today as embattled Premier Jason Kenney made a major...
View ArticleNomination update: Rob Miyashiro wins 4-way race in Lethbridge-East, Jennifer...
Former Lethbridge City Councillor Rob Miyashiro defeated former MLA Maria Fitzpatrick, non-profit executive director Amanda Jensen, and teacher Kevin McBeath to win the Alberta NDP nomination in...
View ArticleIrfan Sabir running for re-election in Calgary-Bhullar-McCall, Usman Sadiq...
NDP MLA Irfan Sabir has filed his papers with Elections Alberta to run for his party’s nomination in the recently renamed Calgary-Bhullar-McCall riding in the next election. Sabir has represented the...
View ArticleFormer City Councillor Druh Farrell running for NDP in Calgary-Bow, UCP MLAs...
The NDP have attracted a big name to run against United Conservative Party Minister of Advanced Education Demetrios Nicolaides. Former City Councillor Druh Farrell announced on social media today that...
View ArticleRichard Feehan retiring, Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse running for NDP nomination...
I’m back, again, with another candidate nomination update. The United Conservative Party is still tied in knots over Premier Jason Kenney’s leadership review and a real-time caucus revolt, so most of...
View ArticleUCP nominates 6 more incumbent MLAs, NDP challengers rack up endorsements in...
A few quick candidate nomination updates for this Saturday afternoon. The Incumbents It appears that the following United Conservative Party MLAs have been acclaimed for their party’s nominations:...
View ArticlePeggy Wright wins NDP nomination in Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, firefighter...
Provincial NDP President and teacher Peggy Wright defeated former public school board trustee Michelle Draper to secure to Alberta NDP nomination in Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview. “I have watched the...
View ArticleNomination Updates: Greg Sawchuk eyes UCP candidacy in Bonnyville-Cold...
A quick nomination update this Saturday morning: Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul: Former Municipal District of Bonnyville Reeve Greg Sawchuk is seeking the United Conservative Party nomination. Sawchuk...
View ArticleUCP MLA Richard Gotfried not running for re-election, NDP nominate former...
Calgary-Fish Creek MLA Richard Gotfried has announced he will not run for re-election. Gotfried was the only rookie Progressive Conservative MLA elected in 2015, stealing the south Calgary seat from...
View ArticleNomination Updates: Pamela Rath nominated for UCP in Calgary-Mountain View,...
Former Calgary Catholic School District Trustee Pamela Rath has been nominated United Conservative Party candidate in Calgary-Mountain View. Rath served as a trustee from 2017 until her resignation in...
View ArticleNDP leader Rachel Notley nominated in Edmonton-Strathcona, Chelsae Petrovic...
Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley was nominated as her party’s candidate in Edmonton-Strathcona this past weekend. Speaking to a crowd of more than 800 supporters gathered at the Northern Alberta...
View ArticleDaveberta Podcast: Who’s on the ballot in Alberta’s election?
I joined Éric Grenier of TheWrit.ca on his excellent podcast this week to discuss Alberta’s election and the candidates who will be on the ballot on May 29. Éric was generous enough to share the audio...
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