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Fallout from dual probes into 2017 United Conservative Party leadership campaign still drifting down

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It may not be fair, and you may not like it, but politics is like French justice: Guilty until proven innocent. OK, the French say it ain’t so, and we have to take them at

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Symbolic MLA pay cut set stage for attack on public services – so why did the NDP support it?

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Like neoliberals everywhere, Alberta’s Conservatives overrate the virtues of big business and undervalue those of democracy. This is not exactly news. This was a clear message yesterday from the vote of the Legislature’s Member Services

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Aug 6, 2019

Jason Kenney pledges ‘I will never give up on Canada’ while stoking Alberta separatist sentiment

9 mins

Maybe Canada needs a Clarity Act for pollsters’ questions intended to gauge the level of support for provincial secession from Canada. The Clarity Act, of course, is the federal law passed in 2000 in response

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Aug 3, 2019

Journalists who are UCP members are not the problem; media companies that publish nothing but conservative views are

9 mins

There was a fine old to-do on social media Friday night when a Toronto journalist revealed that a high-profile Postmedia columnist known for her enthusiastic support of Jason Kenney had been a member of the

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David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Aug 3, 2019

Kate Atkinson’s Big Sky leads Audreys Books Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers List

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Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton during the week ended July 28, 2019. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta.

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Aug 2, 2019

UCP Government, with no apparent short-term Plan B, seeks leave to appeal injunction suspending Bill 9

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Unsurprisingly, the United Conservative Party Government has sought leave to appeal the temporary injunction granted by the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench that halted application of Bill 9, playing havoc with Premier Jason Kenney’s strategy

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Aug 2, 2019

Plus ça change, plus c’est la meme chose? Former Postmedia journalist hired by Kenney Government to ‘reset the record’

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Energy Minister Sonya Savage announced last night, in the words of her news release, that “award-winning oil and gas journalist Claudia Cattaneo has joined the fight against the lies and myths being spread about Alberta’s

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David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Aug 1, 2019

Regardless of Jason Kenney’s tweets, the Corporate Mapping Project is uncovering data of value to citizens

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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has a well-known propensity to blame Justin Trudeau for things that were done by Stephen Harper, as the debate over who is responsible for the time it’s taken to complete the

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jul 31, 2019

Injunction suspending application of Bill 9 leaves Kenney Government with egg on its face

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Oh, to have been a fly on the wall at United Conservative Party Headquarters last night! I imagine there were heated words spoken about Mr. Justice Eric Macklin’s decision just before the close of business

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Aug 8, 2019

Fallout from dual probes into 2017 United Conservative Party leadership campaign still drifting down

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Aug 7, 2019

Symbolic MLA pay cut set stage for attack on public services – so why did the NDP support it?

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Aug 6, 2019

Jason Kenney pledges ‘I will never give up on Canada’ while stoking Alberta separatist sentiment

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Aug 3, 2019

Journalists who are UCP members are not the problem; media companies that publish nothing but conservative views are

David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Aug 3, 2019

Kate Atkinson’s Big Sky leads Audreys Books Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers List

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Aug 2, 2019

UCP Government, with no apparent short-term Plan B, seeks leave to appeal injunction suspending Bill 9

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Aug 2, 2019

Plus ça change, plus c’est la meme chose? Former Postmedia journalist hired by Kenney Government to ‘reset the record’

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jul 31, 2019

Injunction suspending application of Bill 9 leaves Kenney Government with egg on its face

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