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Nenshi delivers health care pitch days before Calgary-Shaw by-election
9+ hour, 9+ min ago (1307+ words) With only days left before the September 14th by-election in Calgary-Shaw, Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi delivered his party’s health care pitch to voters with a pledge of stability and investment in a public system that has undergone massive bureaucratic restructuring…...
Alberta separatists want a sandbox for conspiratorial quackery
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (42+ words) Substack Paul Wells recently invited me to share some thoughts with readers of his excellent Substack about the state of Alberta politics and the separatism debate ahead of the October 19 referendums (thanks, Paul!)....
Catching up on Alberta politics: 41 days until the separation referendum
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (690+ words) Good morning! I’m working on a few longer form writing projects that will be published soon, so today’s Daveberta newsletter includes a few quick updates covering what has recently caught my attention in Alberta politics. First-term United Conservative Party MLA…...
Danielle Smith heading to Music City USA
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1271+ words) Premier Danielle Smith is soon flying to Nashville, Tennessee to meet with the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development, Head of the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, and the CEO of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation. These meetings with…...
An Independent Alberta is an American Alberta
3+ week, 16+ hour ago (1447+ words) We are now 58 days away from the province-wide referendum that will ask Albertans whether they want to hold a future referendum on Alberta’s independence from Canada. I believe the answer to this question is no. I wear my Canada and…...
UCP disqualifies Karen Peters from Grande Prairie-Wapiti UCP nomination race, MLA Ron Wiebe expected to be acclaimed
3+ week, 3+ day ago (761+ words) Karen Peters has been disqualifed from the United Conservative Party nomination contest in Grande Prairie-Wapiti, making first-term MLA Ron Wiebe widely expected to be acclaimed to run for re-election in the 2027 provincial election. Peters is believed to have had the…...
Calgary-Shaw by-election called for September 14, ahead of Alberta's separation referendum
3+ week, 5+ day ago (900+ words) Premier Danielle Smith has set Monday, September 14 as the date of the by-election vote in the Calgary-Shaw riding vacated by former UCP MLA Rebecca Schulz earlier this year. Schulz represented the riding since 2019 and served in cabinet for most of…...