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Finance Minister Jason Nixon admits Alberta just missed its annual fiscal report deadline, offers two lame excuses

Government news release fails to mention the omission actually breaks the law, but there’s no penalty, so why worry? Happy Canada Day! The summer solstice has already come and gone. So has the deadline for Alberta’s fiscal-year-end update! The next summer solstice won’t be back till June 21, 2027, of course, but we can be…

by David Climenhaga July 1, 2026July 1, 2026

UCP Calgary-Shaw by-election nomination winner assailed as ‘extremist’ by NDP

A summertime mystery: Why has Danielle Smith flip-flopped on forcing public health inspectors to switch employers?

Right-wing think tankers urge PM Mark Carney to leave Alberta alone to undermine public health care

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Smith-Farkas fracas: Calgary mayor spells out the B.S. in stinging riposte to Alberta premier’s pressure campaign

Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas wins Round One of bitter Twitter window-rattle battle

Prominent Conservatives go wild on social media attacking Calgary’s conservative mayor

Alberta Politics

Bold move or big mistake? Naheed Nenshi implores Ottawa to step in and force Alberta to drop surgery line-jumping scheme

Jack Mintz, chair of panel studying pros and cons of Alberta separation, seems to have made up his mind in favour of secession

by David Climenhaga June 16, 2026June 16, 2026

Four NDP MLAs, three of them cabinet veterans, announce plans to retire after next election

by David Climenhaga June 14, 2026June 14, 2026

UCP’s ‘independent advisory panel’ on Alberta secession costs is likely to defend Canada on separatist terms

by David Climenhaga June 13, 2026June 13, 2026

Finance Minister Jason Nixon admits Alberta just missed its annual fiscal report deadline, offers two lame excuses

UCP Calgary-Shaw by-election nomination winner assailed as ‘extremist’ by NDP

A summertime mystery: Why has Danielle Smith flip-flopped on forcing public health inspectors to switch employers?

Right-wing think tankers urge PM Mark Carney to leave Alberta alone to undermine public health care

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Smith-Farkas fracas: Calgary mayor spells out the B.S. in stinging riposte to Alberta premier’s pressure campaign

Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas wins Round One of bitter Twitter window-rattle battle

Prominent Conservatives go wild on social media attacking Calgary’s conservative mayor

Alberta Politics

Bold move or big mistake? Naheed Nenshi implores Ottawa to step in and force Alberta to drop surgery line-jumping scheme

UCP plunges ahead with scheme to Americanize health care by letting patients with money jump the line for surgeries

Wow! 3.4 million Albertans will qualify for $100 ‘Dani Dollars’ energy rebate – enough for maybe half a tank of gas

Jack Mintz, chair of panel studying pros and cons of Alberta separation, seems to have made up his mind in favour of secession

Four NDP MLAs, three of them cabinet veterans, announce plans to retire after next election

UCP’s ‘independent advisory panel’ on Alberta secession costs is likely to defend Canada on separatist terms

Canadian Politics

82 years on, a reminder that on this historic date the hammer of D-Day crushed Hitler on the anvil of Russia

Whether we Canadians like it or not, Pierre Poilievre is waiting around for us to come to our senses and vote for him

Avi Lewis decisively wins federal NDP leadership; Alberta and Saskatchewan NDP leaders foolishly freak out

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