It is not yet clear if Jason Kenney will adopt a diet of honey and wild locusts, as befits a prophet wandering in the wilderness, to go with his grizzled and Lula-like whiskers.
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Hot take: Premier Danielle Smith finally wins a seat in Brooks-Medicine Hat – with an unimpressive 54.5% of the vote
The NDP’s Gwendoline Dirk won the vote outright for the NDP within the boundaries of the City of Medicine Hat. Is that a harbinger of things to come when Calgary residents get a chance to vote?
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New cracks appear in UCP façade as party officials disallow anti-vaxx nomination candidate in premier’s home riding
There’s not a lot of light between Nadine Wellwood’s beliefs, so bonkers they got her disqualified as a UCP candidate, and those of Danielle Smith, so mainstream they got her elected premier.
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St. Albert’s city administration contravened Libraries Act by modifying library funding request before presenting city budget to council
There is no reasonable excuse for the city administration, which includes its own legal staff to advise it on such matters, to have missed the requirements of Section 8 of the Libraries Act.
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Danielle Smith, it would seem, wants to Alberta hear from prominent anti-vaxxers – and maybe take their advice
Premier Danielle Smith appears to be reaching into some pretty strange corners to find anti-vaccine voices to support her crackpot views about public health in general and COVID-19 in particular.
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As by-election test nears for UCP Premier Danielle Smith, new poll shows NDP in majority territory
Danielle Smith may win next Tuesday’s by-election in a safe rural riding, but anything short of total electoral shock and awe is going to contribute to the narrative of an inevitable NDP victory in 2023.
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National convoy inquiry not going as hoped? Preston Manning plans partisan pandemic panel
Preston Manning, who is 80 and not really a player any more, celebrated the 35th anniversary of his ascension to the leadership of the Reform Party of Canada 35 years ago on Monday.
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Something for Doug Ford to remember: Once in a while when you pull the cork from a bottle a genie pops out!
The actions of the convoy insurrection last February defied the rule of law; the right of CUPE members to negotiate an agreement within a codified structure of labour relations defines it.
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Manitoba’s Stefanson to Alberta’s Smith: Drop dead!
“There are other, more pressing things for us to be dealing with right now” than Danielle Smith’s big ideas, Manitoba’s premier says.
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Danielle Smith vows not to let school districts impose mask mandates to protect students and teachers
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith vowed Saturday to take measures to ensure masking mandates for children in Alberta’s kindergarten-to-Grade-12 classes can no longer be imposed. “Our government will not permit any further masking mandates of children in Alberta’s K-12 education system,” her edict published on the government’s website read. With Halloween right around the corner, this […]
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Judge says order to dump school masks contravened Public Health Act, a reminder of how bad the Kenney Government was
Justice Grant Dunlop’s declaration that the UCP Government acted “unreasonably” is a useful reminder of the sins of now-departed premier Jason Kenney.
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Signals unintelligence: Danielle Smith’s latest fumbles suggest her government struggles with ineptitude
Nathan Cooper, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, announced yesterday he has received notice the Legislature will be prorogued on Sunday and a new session will begin with a Speech from the Throne on Tuesday, Nov. 29.