Ted Morton was best known as one of the signatories of the Firewall manifesto, the notorious sovereignty-association screed that Ralph Klein wisely trashed.
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‘Not one shred of evidence’ bill’s arbitrary measures are needed; they could block up to 50,000 Albertans from voting
“Bill 20 is aimed at a bunch of boogiemen,” U of A political scientist Jared Wesley said. “From fake voters to rogue councillors to unlawful bylaws – not one shred of evidence. Just fear and feelings.”
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Don’t worry, Edmonton is still ‘Redmonton,’ but all of a sudden Calgary’s looking orange as well
NDP membership numbers speak for themselves – it’s just that it’s not 100% clear what they’re saying.
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Guest Post: Israeli weapons manufacturers will soon be using Alberta as a testing ground to market their latest weapons
By facilitating this “sandbox”, Canada’s DND is directly involving itself in the sale of weapons that have been – and will be – used to kill civilians.
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Danielle Smith thinks there are too many managers at AHS? Pay attention! Now she says it needs ‘thousands’
If you were looking for a good career in Alberta, who’d have thought health care management would be the ticket?
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The Alberta Advantage? For workers subject to the province’s wage suppression tactics, it’s gone like the wind
To counter Alberta’s wage slide, Economist Jim Stanford suggests boosting minimum wages by at least 15 per cent and reforming labour laws to make it easier for workers to join unions.
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Edmonton Police Commission locks its doors, retreats to the Internet, to avoid facing peaceful protesters
Well, nobody likes criticism, and this may be why, now as ever, a policeman’s lot is not a happy one!
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Anger continues to grow at university administrations and police over Palestine solidarity encampment clearances
U of A President Bill Flanagan’s departure is now clearly on the protest movement’s list of objectives. Meanwhile, former Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason weighs in on the dangers of “Liberal-land.”
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Gil McGowan, who quit NDP leadership race yesterday, was the only candidate to make an issue of the party’s relationship with workers
AFL president for nearly 20 years, Gil McGowan pitched a strategy of wooing back working-class voters.
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Alberta NDP now has more than 85,000 members, party says; Gil McGowan drops out of leadership race
Commentators credit former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi’s campaign with much of the growth.
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Were the presidents of Alberta’s two largest universities pushed to call the cops to remove Gaza protesters, or did they jump?
If they jumped, they need to be held responsible – if they were pushed, we need to know by whom.
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A timely message to our many anti-woke friends and acquaintances: Sorry about yer Rex Murphy!
If the ugly mood yesterday in that slough of despond known as X is anything to go by, Rex Murphy’s passing seems to have both unmanned and unhinged his many admirers on the right.