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6 days ago · I did something old-timey with my hotel breakfast today: I read a newspaper, an actual newspaper, the Friday edition of the Calgary Sun. For a guy who got his start in the newspaper business in 1972, and loved the things from …
Prime minister announces two Alberta Senate appointments; UCP …
Aug 31, 2024 · Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Kristopher Wells and Daryl Fridhandler as Alberta's newest senators, sparking UCP's anger and resentment. Wells is a 2SLGBTQI+ advocate and educator, while Fridhandler is a lawyer and Liberal Party activist.
New poll by Abacus Data shows Alberta NDP breaking ahead of …
May 14, 2023 · Still, the Abacus results yesterday do run counter to the findings of another recent poll by Mainstreet Research, which said Saturday it was in the field on the same dates talking to 1,338 adults.. Mainstreet had the UCP ahead by 6 points, at 45 per cent compared with 39 per cent for the NDP.
Alberta NDP now has more than 85,000 members, party says; Gil …
May 13, 2024 · The Alberta NDP has over 85,000 members eligible to vote in the leadership race, thanks to the interest in former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi and others. Candidate Gil McGowan suspends his campaign due to financial difficulties, leaving …
‘Best Summer Ever’ takes its toll on Jason ... - Alberta Politics
Oct 5, 2021 · Alberta Opposition NDP Leader and former premier Rachel Notley (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Indeed, a Sept. 20-27 survey by EKOS pegged support for Mr. Kenney’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic at 11 per cent. Now, you can argue that the two polls measure apples and oranges – approval of Mr. Kenney’s overall governing (very low) and approval of his efforts on the pandemic file (even ...
Two new polls Wednesday say UCP and NDP are close to …
May 18, 2023 · Well, at least it would be a political crisis, not a constitutional one, which would relieve the rest of the country of having to pay much attention to our lingering misery.. Let me explain: Two new polls released yesterday – one by Ipsos and the other by Angus Reid Institute – show almost exactly the same thing with slightly different numbers.
Buoyed by overwhelming leadership approval vote ... - Alberta Politics
Jun 7, 2021 · Acting like someone with a serious chance of returning to the Premier’s Office in 2023, Alberta New Democratic Party Leader Rachel Notley received a 98.2-per-cent approval vote in the Opposition party’s leadership review Sunday. The former Alberta premier set out a hopeful vision of how her next government would “transform Alberta …
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Apr 8, 2021 · Having opted Tuesday for a return to restrictions on some business and social activities to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the face of virulent mutations of the coronavirus, Premier Jason Kenney immediately faced a full-blown rebellion yesterday by 15 members of his United Conservative Caucus in the Alberta Legislature, including the Speaker of the […]
Despite UCP efforts to tilt the playing field, progressive mayors are ...
Oct 19, 2021 · Despite the best efforts of Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government to tilt the playing field steeply in favour right-wing candidates, voters in both Calgary and Edmonton elected progressive mayors yesterday. Amarjeet Sohi, a soft-spoken former bus driver and trade unionist who was once a political prisoner in India and served as a minister in Justin […]