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List of Edmonton municipal election candidates now updated
I have *finally* updated the list of declared Edmonton Mayoral, City Council and school board candidates with social media links. I am planning to publish a more detailed update with a review of some of the new candidates in the next few days. Thank you to everyone who has reached out and shared ...
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I have *finally* updated the list of declared Edmonton Mayoral, City Council and school board candidates with social media links. I am planning to publish a more detailed update with a review of some of the new candidates in the next few days. Thank you to everyone who has reached out and shared ...
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Prominent Calgary physician Dr. Luanne Metz seeking NDP nomination in Calgary-Varsity
Calgary physician and well-known public health care advocate Dr. Luanne Metz is filing her papers to seek the Alberta NDP nomination in Calgary-Varsity. Dr. Metz is a Professor and the Head of the Division of Neurology at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary. She is also a f...
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Calgary physician and well-known public health care advocate Dr. Luanne Metz is filing her papers to seek the Alberta NDP nomination in Calgary-Varsity. Dr. Metz is a Professor and the Head of the Division of Neurology at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary. She is also a f...
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Amarjeet Sohi is in. Former federal cabinet minister running for Mayor of Edmonton
The race to replace Mayor Don Iveson got a little more crowded today. Former city councillor and former federal cabinet minister Amarjeet Sohi announced his plans to enter the mayoral election this morning on Facebook Live. After years working as a bus driver with the Edmonton Transit Service, So...
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The race to replace Mayor Don Iveson got a little more crowded today. Former city councillor and former federal cabinet minister Amarjeet Sohi announced his plans to enter the mayoral election this morning on Facebook Live. After years working as a bus driver with the Edmonton Transit Service, So...
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Episode 174: UCP Mutiny (Barnes and Loewen Edition)
Dani Paradis and Chris Henderson are back on the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the recent blow-out in the United Conservative Party caucus, the expulsion of Drew Barnes and Todd Loewen and the ongoing challenges to Premier Jason Kenney’s flailing leadership. We also discuss recent developmen...
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Dani Paradis and Chris Henderson are back on the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the recent blow-out in the United Conservative Party caucus, the expulsion of Drew Barnes and Todd Loewen and the ongoing challenges to Premier Jason Kenney’s flailing leadership. We also discuss recent developmen...
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Episode 174: UCP Mutiny Edition
Dani Paradis and Chris Henderson are back on the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the recent blow-out in the United Conservative Party caucus, the expulsion of Drew Barnes and Todd Loewen and the ongoing challenges to Premier Jason Kenney’s flailing leadership. We also discuss recent developmen...
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Dani Paradis and Chris Henderson are back on the Daveberta Podcast to discuss the recent blow-out in the United Conservative Party caucus, the expulsion of Drew Barnes and Todd Loewen and the ongoing challenges to Premier Jason Kenney’s flailing leadership. We also discuss recent developmen...
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MLAs Drew Barnes and Todd Loewen evicted from the UCP Caucus. What now?
United Conservative Party MLAs voted to expel Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes and Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Loewen from the governing party’s caucus after an afternoon virtual caucus meeting that spilled into the evening. The vote came less than 24-hours after Loewen released an op...
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United Conservative Party MLAs voted to expel Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes and Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Loewen from the governing party’s caucus after an afternoon virtual caucus meeting that spilled into the evening. The vote came less than 24-hours after Loewen released an op...
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It’s an open rebellion. UCP MLA Todd Loewen calls on Jason Kenney to resign
Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Loewen has resigned as chair of the United Conservative Party Caucus and is calling on Premier Jason Kenney to resign as leader of the United Conservative Party. In a letter posted on his Facebook page at 11:52 p.m. last night, Loewen, a former Wildrose Party MLA wh...
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Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Loewen has resigned as chair of the United Conservative Party Caucus and is calling on Premier Jason Kenney to resign as leader of the United Conservative Party. In a letter posted on his Facebook page at 11:52 p.m. last night, Loewen, a former Wildrose Party MLA wh...
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Former MLA Brian Malkinson running for NDP nomination in Calgary-Currie, Elections Alberta hits former UCP nomination candidate with $8000 fine
Former Alberta NDP MLA Brian Malkinson has filed his papers with Elections Alberta signalling his intent to seek his party’s nomination in Calgary-Currie in the next provincial election, which is expected to be held in 2023. Malkinson was elected as the NDP MLA in Calgary-Currie in the 2015...
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Former Alberta NDP MLA Brian Malkinson has filed his papers with Elections Alberta signalling his intent to seek his party’s nomination in Calgary-Currie in the next provincial election, which is expected to be held in 2023. Malkinson was elected as the NDP MLA in Calgary-Currie in the 2015...
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Jason Kenney is the King of Not Managing Expectations
“The work of democracy does not end in a crisis. The British House of Commons met every day during the blitz of the Luftwaffe on London.” That was Alberta Premier Jason Kenney‘s response on April 11, 2020 that the Legislative Assembly should stop meeting in-person to avoid spre...
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“The work of democracy does not end in a crisis. The British House of Commons met every day during the blitz of the Luftwaffe on London.” That was Alberta Premier Jason Kenney‘s response on April 11, 2020 that the Legislative Assembly should stop meeting in-person to avoid spre...
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Who could replace Jason Kenney as leader of the United Conservative Party?
With all the talk of challenges to Premier Jason Kenney’s embattled leadership of the United Conservative Party, his and his party’s plummeting approval ratings and lacklustre fundraising in the first three months of 2021, there has been surprisingly little talk about who might be in ...
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With all the talk of challenges to Premier Jason Kenney’s embattled leadership of the United Conservative Party, his and his party’s plummeting approval ratings and lacklustre fundraising in the first three months of 2021, there has been surprisingly little talk about who might be in ...
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Episode 73: Alberta politics is never boring
There is rarely a week in Alberta politics that is boring. On this episode of the Daveberta Podcast we discuss the recent fundraising numbers that show the NDP crushed the UCP in the first three months of 2021 and what that could mean for the rest of the year. And we dive into the mailbag […]
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There is rarely a week in Alberta politics that is boring. On this episode of the Daveberta Podcast we discuss the recent fundraising numbers that show the NDP crushed the UCP in the first three months of 2021 and what that could mean for the rest of the year. And we dive into the mailbag […]
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Duncan Kinney running for Senate, Paul Hinman running for Wildrose Independence Party leadership
Progress Alberta executive director Duncan Kinney is the first candidate to file his papers with Elections Alberta to run in Alberta’s Senate Nominee Election, which is taking place on the same day as the municipal elections on October 18, 2021. A well-known online provocateur and progressive act...
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Progress Alberta executive director Duncan Kinney is the first candidate to file his papers with Elections Alberta to run in Alberta’s Senate Nominee Election, which is taking place on the same day as the municipal elections on October 18, 2021. A well-known online provocateur and progressive act...
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It sucks to be Jason Kenney
Down in the polls, down in popularity, fighting off a caucus and party revolt and facing a vicious third wave of a global pandemic is probably not how Jason Kenney imagined he’d be spending the second anniversary of his party’s sweeping win in the April 16, 2019 election. When he rode into the vi...
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Down in the polls, down in popularity, fighting off a caucus and party revolt and facing a vicious third wave of a global pandemic is probably not how Jason Kenney imagined he’d be spending the second anniversary of his party’s sweeping win in the April 16, 2019 election. When he rode into the vi...
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NDP raises twice as much cash as the UCP in the first four months of 2021
The Alberta NDP raised twice as much money as the United Conservative Party in the first quarter of 2021, according to financial documents released today by Elections Alberta. This marks the third time in the last 12 months that Rachel Notley’s NDP have out-fundraised the governing UCP. Not...
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The Alberta NDP raised twice as much money as the United Conservative Party in the first quarter of 2021, according to financial documents released today by Elections Alberta. This marks the third time in the last 12 months that Rachel Notley’s NDP have out-fundraised the governing UCP. Not...
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“Let the Peace River country paddle its own canoe” – Province of Peace River was newspaper publisher’s vision
As talk of Alberta’s separation from Canada once again bubbles up in certain political circles, as it tends to every decade or two, rarely discussed is the idea of regions separating from Alberta. Just over one hundred years ago, a movement sprung up in the Peace Country to have the region split ...
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As talk of Alberta’s separation from Canada once again bubbles up in certain political circles, as it tends to every decade or two, rarely discussed is the idea of regions separating from Alberta. Just over one hundred years ago, a movement sprung up in the Peace Country to have the region split ...
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