Dave Cournoyer is a writer and political watcher living in Edmonton, Alberta. Contact him at [email protected].

Dave Cournoyer is a writer and political watcher living in Edmonton, Alberta. Contact him at [email protected].

Dave Cournoyer is a writer and political watcher living in Edmonton, Alberta. Contact him at [email protected].

UCP candidate Tara Sawyer won the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills riding with 61 percent, a drop of 14 points from the 2023 election, and most of that vote appears to have gone to the right-wing separatist ...

Ralph Klein I was born in Edmonton in 1983 and the first Premier I remember being aware of was Ralph Klein. Having grown up during the Klein-era, I have a different perspective of those years than ...

Fresh from her big victory in Alberta’s Gay-Straight Alliances debate, Edmonton-Centre Liberal MLA Laurie Blakeman announced this morning that she has accepted the nominations to be a candidate for ...

Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel looks a lot like a UCP re-election tour Alberta is getting a bad deal and it’s always Ottawa’s fault. That’s Premier Danielle Smith ’s key message in a 6 minute and ...

Nick Taylor (centre) with Alberta Liberal MLAs Grant Mitchell (left) and Bettie Hewes (right) in 1986. He was never Premier of Alberta or even Leader of the Official Opposition, but Nick Taylor was a ...

When the Legislative Assembly resumes for its fall sitting on Monday, there will be a new seating plan. Brian Jean A new Official Opposition United Conservative Caucus made up of twenty-two former ...

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While voters in most of Alberta’s 37 federal electoral districts are expected to elect their local Conservative Party candidate tonight, there are a few ridings that are expected to be competitive.

Canada’s next federal election is happening on April 28, 2025. Here is a list of candidates running for party nominations or nominated to run in the newly redistributed electoral districts for the ...