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TweetWhile most political chatter in Alberta is focused on how big Jim Prentice’s victory will be on the first ballot of the Progressive Conservative leadership vote on September 6, there is another...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Opposition hoping for a sequel to Air...
TweetThe long-summer of 2014 has begun in Alberta politics. With little substantial policy ideas to dispute or debate, Alberta’s opposition parties have set their sights on Progressive Conservative...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Alberta politics today: Caribou, Cell Phone...
TweetAnother news report this week focused on the devastation of caribou habitat in northwestern Alberta. The CBC story reported that deforestation caused by seismic cutlines and snowmobile traffic has...
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The Progressive Conservatives held their first “Super Saturday” on Feb. 21, 2015, during which contested nominations were held in seven constituencies. The handful of contested PC nominations have been...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Tuesday candidate nomination update in Alberta
Alberta’s New Democrats demonstrated some organizational strength last weekend as close to 400 supporters packed the TransAlta Arts Barns to watch party leader Rachel Notley accept the nomination to be...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: “It’s like we’ve become House of Cards,” PC...
“It’s like we’ve become House of Cards,” is how one Progressive Conservative Party member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, described their party’s candidate nomination process. With a rush of...
View Articledaveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: PCs and NDP seal up full slates, election...
With Alberta’s provincial election expected to be called tomorrow, both the governing Progressive Conservatives and New Democratic Party are expected to have candidates in place in all 87...
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Ed Gibbons and Ray Martin not seeking...
Two long-time Edmonton politicians announced this week that their names will not be on any ballot when the municipal elections are held on October 16, 2017. Ed Gibbons announced he will not be a...
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Monday Night Candidate Nomination Update
Here are some of the latest updates to the list of candidates running for party nominations ahead of Alberta’s expected 2019 provincial general election: Airdrie-Cochrane: Airdrie realtor Mauri Stiff...
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Alberta Candidate Nomination Updates: 3 NDP...
New Democratic Party MLAs nominated: Three NDP MLAs were chosen as their party’s candidates for the next election at meetings held on May 6 and
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Alberta Candidate Nomination Update: A Big One.
Photo: Prasad Panda, Abagail Douglass, David Eggen, Kate Potter, and Graham Sucha We are now about one year away from Alberta’s next provincial general election and the
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Alberta Candidate Nomination Update: Lisa...
Calgary school trustee Lisa Davis announced this week that she will seek the United Conservative Party nomination in the Calgary-Bow district. While Davis’ conservative leanings
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: UCP quashes giant bozo-erruption in the...
The United Conservative Party quashed a giant bozo-erruption in the making this week when the party asked S. Todd Beasley to withdraw his candidacy for
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Wednesday Morning Alberta Candidate...
Photo: Danielle Larivee, Tanya Fir, Lori Sigurdson, and Sonya Savage. I took a short break from writing about Alberta politics while I was on vacation
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: PC-turned-NDP MLA Sandra Jansen running for...
Photo: Then-rookie PC candidate Sandra Jansen at an election rally in 2012, pictured with then-Premier Alison Redford (right) and now UCP candidate Jason Luan (left).
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Sarah Hoffman secures NDP nomination in...
Minster of Health and Deputy Premier Sarah Hoffman has been nominated as the New Democratic Party candidate in Edmonton-Glenora for the next election. Hoffman was
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Doug Schweitzer wins UCP nomination in...
Photo: Doug Schweitzer, Danielle Larivee, Travis Toews, and Mo Elsalhy. Former United Conservative Party leadership candidate Doug Schweitzer defeated past city council candidate Chris Davis to
View Articledaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Alberta Election Updates: NDP MLA Michael...
Photo: NDP MLA Michael Connolly (left) with Premier Rachel Notley and Finance Minister Joe Ceci (source: Facebook) New Democratic Party MLA Michael Connolly announced this weekend
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