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Never mind the facts of Canadian history: Brian Jean says … Make Confederation Great Again!

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If former Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean established anything on Monday with his Epistle to the Albertans, wherein he set out his “agenda to move Alberta forward,” it’s that he remains a man desperate to

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 16, 2019

Blown off by Jason Kenney’s UCP last fall, former Wildrose MLA Rick Strankman heads for the Independent benches

7 mins

When this blog’s entirely fictional Vegas oddsmaker Jimmy “The Geek” Porcospino celebrated the first birthday of the United Conservative Party last summer by setting the next year’s resignation odds for each of the party’s remaining

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David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Jan 16, 2019

No truck convoy to Ottawa? No trucks, no glory, perhaps, but no Conservative PR disaster either

5 mins

If you were one of those cynics who wondered how far that heavily publicized Ottawa-bound truck convoy demanding new pipelines and demanding them now would get, you have your answer: Nowhere. The promised slow-moving, horn-honking,

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David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Jan 15, 2019

Everything you always wanted to know about Rand Paul and the Shouldice Hernia Hospital * but were afraid to ask

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I’m sorry to report, Canada, that Rand Paul, the nutty libertarian son of the crazy uncle of the American Right, isn’t the only politician to stumble into a controversy for getting repairs at the Shouldice

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 14, 2019

Enough already! It’s time for the NDP to implement the Bighorn park plan immediately

12 mins

Were provincial officials taking part in town hall meetings on the Alberta Government’s plan to create a park in west central Alberta’s Bighorn Country really harassed and threatened by all-terrain-vehicle enthusiasts opposed to restrictions on

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David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Jan 11, 2019

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq returns to top of Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List for week ended Jan. 6

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Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Jan. 6, 2019. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the Book Publishers

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 10, 2019

University of Calgary acted like ‘Big Oil U’ in 2015 controversy, paper by B.C. academic researchers concludes

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It’s not every day you see terms like “corporate obstructionism” and “institutional corruption” used to describe the way things are done at one Canadian university in a peer-reviewed academic paper written by scholars from two

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 9, 2019

Just as well, no province-wide gender-reveal party to be required for Baby Jean, a girl

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There will be no province-wide social media gender reveal party for Brian Jean’s and Kimberly Michelutti’s expected baby. True, this would have given all Albertans the opportunity to continue to take part in the fascinating

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David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 8, 2019

Death of Gene Zwozdesky, the mellifluous smoothie of Alberta politics, an apt symbol of the end of the Progressive Conservative Era

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The death Sunday of Gene Zwozdesky – first elected as a Liberal but for many years afterward a Conservative, a cabinet minister who could be counted on to smooth over messes made by others, and

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 17, 2019

Never mind the facts of Canadian history: Brian Jean says … Make Confederation Great Again!

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 16, 2019

Blown off by Jason Kenney’s UCP last fall, former Wildrose MLA Rick Strankman heads for the Independent benches

David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Jan 16, 2019

No truck convoy to Ottawa? No trucks, no glory, perhaps, but no Conservative PR disaster either

David Climenhaga

Canadian Politics

Jan 15, 2019

Everything you always wanted to know about Rand Paul and the Shouldice Hernia Hospital * but were afraid to ask

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 14, 2019

Enough already! It’s time for the NDP to implement the Bighorn park plan immediately

David Climenhaga

Bestsellers

Jan 11, 2019

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq returns to top of Audreys Books Edmonton Bestseller List for week ended Jan. 6

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 10, 2019

University of Calgary acted like ‘Big Oil U’ in 2015 controversy, paper by B.C. academic researchers concludes

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 9, 2019

Just as well, no province-wide gender-reveal party to be required for Baby Jean, a girl

David Climenhaga

Alberta Politics

Jan 8, 2019

Death of Gene Zwozdesky, the mellifluous smoothie of Alberta politics, an apt symbol of the end of the Progressive Conservative Era

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