alberta politics notes 12/12/2010
TweetDon Martin goes to Ottawa After 32-years writing for the Calgary Herald, Don Martin wrote his final column last week titled “ My last words on Alberta politics.” Mr. Martin will soon take over as...
View Articlealberta candidate nomination update – september 2011 (part 2)
TweetI have updated the list of declared and nominated candidates standing in the next provincial election. Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater: At a nomination meeting scheduled for September 21, former...
View Articlealberta election candidate update: january 2012.
TweetThe list of candidates nominated to stand in the next provincial general election continues to grow. Here are some of the updates that I have recently made to the list: Banff-Cochrane: Nominated...
View ArticleTuesday 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 ArticleAlberta Politics Roundup: Bill 10 and the short #ableg session
The Alberta Legislature returned for what is expected to be short sitting before an expected Spring election. With the provincial budget scheduled to be tabled on March 26 and the last major round of...
View Article“It’s like we’ve become House of Cards,” PC activist says of party nomination...
“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 ArticleAlberta Election Week 1: The Economy and Corporate Tax confusion
Recent polls show a three-way split in support between the Progressive Conservatives, New Democratic and Wildrose Parties have generated some interest in Alberta’s provincial election campaign but with...
View ArticleAlberta Politics Summer Reading List
Summer has finally arrived and what is better than sitting in the warm Alberta sun, cracking open a cold beverage and flipping open your favourite book about Alberta politics? To quench that thirst for...
View ArticleNick Taylor was a giant in Alberta politics
He was never Premier of Alberta or even Leader of the Official Opposition, but Nick Taylor was a giant in Alberta politics nonetheless. The quick-witted oilman-turned-politican with swept-back silver...
View ArticleDanielle Smith v. Calgary Board of Education (part 4)
This post is the fourth and final of a multi-part series that was published over the past week. Part 1 was posted on October 26, 2009, Part 2 was posted on October 28, 2009, and Part 3 on October 30,...
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