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"...Dave Cournoyer isn't some obscure fat frat boy with a sticky-up haircut."
- Neil Waugh (Edmonton Sun)
2016-03-19 18:53
2016-03-19 18:53
Premier Ed Stelmach spoke to an audience of over 300 staff and students at the University of Alberta this afternoon at an event hosted by the Campus Conservative Club. I have seen Premier St… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Many Edmontonians who use Twitter might have noticed that Global Edmonton News anchor Lynda Steele recently deleted her Twitter account @lyndasteele. Ms. Steele was an avid and engaged contr… Read More
2010-04-08 15:23
Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong's replacement is expected to be announced this afternoon in Ottawa:"CALGARY - Decorated Canadian peacekeeper Col. Donald Ethell will be named Alberta’s… Read More
2010-04-08 02:02
- New polls from Angus-Reid (Wildrose: 42%, PC: 27%, Liberal: 19%, NDP 9%, Other 3%) and Environics (PC: 34%, Wildrose: 30%, Liberal: 23%, NDP 10%). Calgary Grit has more on these polls.- Ac… Read More
2010-04-08 02:02
- Don Braid has all the latest news on the Highwood PC revolt, including the letter sent by Constituency officials to PC Party President Bill Smith.- Sometime campaign manager Don Lovett is… Read More
2010-04-08 01:59
- David Akin recently sat down with Liberal Senator Tommy Banks for a chat on Senate reform.- Alberta has held Senate elections in 1989, 1998, and 2004, and is expected to hold a S… Read More
2010-04-07 04:29
With recent political contribution disclosures showing the PC Party holding ground, maybe the Wildrose Alliance groundswell in Calgary is just a bunch of hot air Read More
2010-04-06 05:53
This weekend some friends and I began watching the mini-series From the Earth to the Moon. The HBO mini-series ran from April to May 1998 and focused on the Apollo program that led to the fi… Read More
2010-04-03 17:29
I have been meaning to write about this for a couple of weeks. The Edmonton International Airport recently launched a semi-guerilla marketing campaign to convince Edmontonians and northern A… Read More
2010-04-01 22:34
It probably would have been more effective if they had kept their up the tongue-in-cheek theme, but before it devolves into a fairly predicable attack ad, this April Fools Day joke from the… Read More
2010-03-31 15:54
They may have dropped to the fourth largest party in the Legislative Assembly in 2010, but the NDP are the first out of the starting gate to nominate a candidate for the 2012 election. The E… Read More
2010-03-29 15:09
I bet there are some people who were wishing this letter would have just been a cruel April Fools joke:In a blistering, unprecedented letter to Premier Ed Stelmach, a key Progressive Conserv… Read More
2010-03-27 17:19
Question: Mayor Stephen Mandel has announced his intentions to seek re-election in October 2010. If the election were held today, would you vote for Mandel?Results: Yes: 64%, No: 36%Question… Read More
2010-03-25 16:22
For many reasons, so much about politics in Alberta's Legislative Assembly reminds me of the above scene from The West Wing.I used to believe that the toughest job in the Alberta cabine… Read More
2010-03-25 05:38
Following Mayor Stephen Mandel's recent announcement that he will be running for a third-term in office, I have a couple of quick thoughts on the October Municipal election:1) A cake-walk th… Read More
2010-03-23 16:20
Edmonton Journal columnist Scott McKeen is reporting via Twitter that Mayor Stephen Mandel is expected to announce whether or not he will run for re-election in the October 18, 2010. Mayor M… Read More
2010-03-23 00:43
Word on the street is that Alberta NDP Executive Director Sandra Houston is resigning to pursue an job in Islamabad, Pakistan involving women and democracy. Ms. Houston has held the position… Read More
2010-03-20 18:31
In his most recent blog post and column in the Saint City News, David Climenhaga (aka Perfesser Dave) pointed out five main challenges that the new Alberta Party faces in becoming relev… Read More
2010-03-19 15:23
While speaking to the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties this week, Premier Ed Stelmach confirmed the obvious when defending his government's de… Read More
2010-03-19 04:14
Earlier this week, I posted the poll-by-poll results from the 2008 provincial election for Calgary and Edmonton, and (once again thanks to reader Alan Hall) posted below are t… Read More
2010-03-17 02:15
I am speechless... and unsure how I missed this until now. Calgary-Fort MLA Wayne Cao sings on YouTube... could it be the next trolololololo? Read More
2010-03-16 05:27
An NDP letter writing campaign to change the name of a northern riding to Notley-Central Peace, at least two messages sent from a Blackberry, and a hand-written congratulatory note from Mini… Read More
2010-03-13 21:36
The threat of proposed school closures in inner city Edmonton has once again riled opposition MLAs into a frenzy on the floor of the Legislative Assembly. Declining student enrollment has le… Read More
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