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Danielle Smith to Calgary-Shaw voters: Forget about a by-election any time soon

Alberta premier explains it’s the middle of summer and you don’t have time for politics … seriously! Danielle Smith says there will be no by-election just yet to replace Rebecca Schulz who resigned as the MLA for Calgary-Shaw back on May 15 because Albertans are too busy in the summer. Or something. “In the middle…

by David Climenhaga July 17, 2026July 17, 2026

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by David Climenhaga July 5, 2026July 5, 2026

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Obviously impressed by the nice reception the NDP gave him, Sen. Lindsay Graham said Donald Trump made him ‘want to move to Canada’

Something’s gravely wrong with how Elections Alberta torpedoed Corb Lund’s Water Not Coal citizen initiative petition

UCP’s ‘constitutional’ referendum questions push a grab-bag of right-wing policy goals intended to divide and weaken Canada

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