With the idea of carbon taxes all but dead with Canadian electorates, the cap-and-trade idea is likely to gain traction with other candidates and even other political parties.
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How the UCP gets away with worse stuff than Alison Redford could – we’ve been desensitized by Donald Trump
There was a time in Alberta when sending a stroke patient in a taxicab to a cheap motel in Leduc would have sparked a huge scandal. It’s history now.
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Alberta’s ‘astonishingly bad’ K-6 social studies curriculum appears to have been ‘designed for home schooling’
An expert panel asked to weigh in on the new kindergarten to Grade 6 social studies curriculum unanimously urged Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides to pull the plug and start over.
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It turns out Danielle Smith, the smartest person in any room, solved the health care crisis in 2022! Who knew?
There is a clear line that connects the dots between the words spoken by Danielle Smith at her campaign town hall on Aug. 12, 2022, and the arrival of a recuperating stroke patient at a $47-a-night motel in Leduc on March 4.
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Beware the Ides of March! You might get a subpoena from Elections Alberta!
David Parker calls on his supporters to demonstrate against Elections Alberta, which he says has subpoenaed him to appear before an investigation of Take Back Alberta.
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An Alberta police force? Yep, it’s back! You can count on the UCP to never give up on a bad idea
Yesterday afternoon, the UCP tabled Bill 11 in the Legislature, which comes with a non-descript title, the Public Safety Statutes Amendment Act, 2024. But it’s the provincial police scheme all over again.
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Naheed Nenshi, Superstar! Do you think you’re what they say you are?
Whether or not Calgary’s former mayor is really the front runner in the race to lead the Alberta NDP can be debated, but it can be assumed that from today on, national media is going to treat him as if he is.
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Naheed Nenshi expected to enter Alberta NDP leadership race today – and it’ll be a true stress test for the coalition Rachel Notley built
Until Rachel Notley came along, Alberta’s NDP played the role of a little party of conscience, no threat to Conservatives but usually capable of electing a couple of MLAs who punched above their weight.
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‘Guy Boots,’ youngest mayor of Fort McMurray, first mayor of Wood Buffalo, PC, Independent and Wildrose MLA, dead at 65
While Guy Boutilier was happy to find a new political home and a banner under which he could run after being kicked out of the Tories in 2009, he was never really a natural Wildroser.
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After five years, RCMP investigation into Kamikaze Affair ends with a whimper, not a bang
Jason Kenney calls Mounties’ decision to end investigation without charges “total vindication.”
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‘Tar oil,’ Venezuela, Trump and Trudeau: Something else for Alberta conservatives to complain about!
Premier Smith has shown time and again that she is capable of advocating completely contradictory things at exactly the same time without suffering even a tingle of irony.
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Trump to world: ‘I call it tar … it’s not oil … it’s terrible!’ – so where’s the Energy War Room when you need it?
Uh-oh! The former – and possibly future – U.S. president has warned his supporters about “tar oil” – and urged American environmentalists to take a look at it.