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Catching up on Alberta politics: 41 days until the separation referendum
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (690+ words) First-term United Conservative Party MLA Nolan Dyck defeated local business owner and separation supporter...in the UCP with big wins in provincial board elections at the party’s annual general meeting and in local...
Danielle Smith heading to Music City USA
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1271+ words) These meetings with local officials in Nashville are somewhat comical because of how low-level they are...
An Independent Alberta is an American Alberta
3+ week, 1+ day 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…...
Calgary-Shaw by-election called for September 14, ahead of Alberta's separation referendum
3+ week, 6+ 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…...
Nenshi delivers health care pitch days before Calgary-Shaw by-election
1+ day, 13+ hour 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…...