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Tomorrow is by-election day in Calgary-Shaw; voters there have an opportunity to spank the UPC – but will they?

Tomorrow is by-election day in Calgary-Shaw. Voters in that riding in the city’s far south will have an opportunity not just to spank the United Conservative Party of Premier Danielle Smith for its devotion to private health care, open-pit coal mining, AI data centres and questionable ethics, but to send a message to Donald Trump…

by David Climenhaga September 13, 2026September 13, 2026

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Tomorrow is by-election day in Calgary-Shaw; voters there have an opportunity to spank the UPC – but will they?

Despite UCP scheme to fuel AI data centres, there’s nothing wrong with Crown corporations

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Blame Ottawa? Most of Alberta’s economic discontent has roots in policies cooked up right here at home

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