Nine years ago on this day, Albertans realized something had changed and some things would never be the same again.
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High-speed rail in Alberta: STILL a terrible idea that won’t go away!
The distraction might work because Albertans have a romantic attachment to the rails and an enthusiasm for new-fangled technology.
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UCP executes screeching reversal of plan to stop funding low-income transit pass program
Today’s flip-flop had to be the result of thousands of Albertans picking up their phones and yelling at their UCP MLAs.
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Edmonton and Calgary mayors appear gobsmacked by unexpected UCP move to slash funds to low-income transit pass program
The Smith Government’s War on Everything appears to be shifting focus to Alberta’s big cities.
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The NDP leadership campaign so far: pretty boring, and seriously distracting when the UCP is running wild
Die-hard traditional New Democrats cannot turn back the clock to the days the NDP was a minuscule party of conscience.
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The Municipal Government Act already gives the government power to fire councillors – so why fix what ain’t broke?
Soviet-style government? Angry words about the NDP from 2016 sound like what the UCP is up to now.
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UCP’s legislation sets stage for municipal political parties, arbitrary nullification of bylaws, and firing of councillors by cabinet
Presumably the UCP hopes the threat of a cabinet-sanctioned city hall coup would be enough to get municipal councillors to knuckle under.
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Plan to have patients at Calgary clinic pony up ‘membership fees’ might have had a chance if the UCP’s War on Ottawa had heated up sooner
With a federal election looming, Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP is focused on picking fights with Ottawa, and just about any old fight will do.
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Busted! Globe outs Danielle Smith’s unpublicized pandemic data ‘task force’ headed by physician who attacked COVID restrictions
In 2021, AHS condemned Dr. Gary Davidson for his “completely false” claim the province manipulated COVID admission numbers. Now he’s leading a UCP study of the same thing!
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Once upon a time Danielle Smith told Marco Van Huigenbos, ‘Coutts must win!’ Now she can’t even find the poor guy’s phone number
Members of the Legislature ‘even thanked me for my service,’ complained the former Fort Macleod town councillor. Now they can’t even remember his name.
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How did Danielle Smith know about an anonymous letter alleging dirty deeds at the city of Edmonton before it arrived?
To say the Alberta premier’s story strains credulity understates the matter considerably.
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Planned provincial police to be called Alberta Rangers? Brace yourselves for more Conservative cowboy cosplay!
Forming an Alberta police force is a bad idea. Calling it the Rangers is a really bad idea. Which means that’s almost certainly what the UCP intends to do.