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4 days ago · Rod Sykes, mayor of Calgary from 1969 to 1977, is reported to have died in the past few days. During his three consecutive terms in office, James Rodney Winter Sykes put in motion major projects that continue to benefit Alberta’s largest city, among them development of the iconic Calgary Tower, Calgary’s downtown convention centre, and […]
If Justin Trudeau takes a ‘walk in the snow,’ how will Alberta’s UCP ...
Dec 18, 2024 · Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre (Photo: Mykola Swarnyk, Wikimedia Commons). And if Mr. Trudeau surprises everyone and asks the Governor General to call an election, the apparently inevitable ascent of Mr. Poilievre to the PMO would potentially be even worse news for the separatists in Ms. Smith’s office, if not for the ones expected to show up momentarily in Quebec City.
Alberta pulls plug (again) on regional planning – a big win for the ...
Nov 26, 2024 · The Edmonton and Calgary regional metropolitan boards were formally established in 2017.. Former Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach, who tried to restore some sanity to regional planning in Alberta (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). And it even seemed to be working for a while, even though the Sprawl Cabal – the term is thought to have been coined by former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi – hated it ...
Prime minister announces two Alberta Senate appointments; UCP …
Aug 31, 2024 · Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced two long-anticipated Alberta appointments to the Senate of Canada this morning. Kristopher Wells of St. Albert is a post-secondary educator and champion of Alberta’s 2SLGBTQI+ community; Daryl Fridhandler is Calgary lawyer with longstanding ties to the Liberal Party of Canada. The PM’s news release didn’t provide a lot of information […]
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Dec 30, 2024 · The Alberta NDP’s worst-kept secret has now been confirmed: Party Leader Naheed Nenshi will run in the by-election to replace former leader and premier Rachel Notley as MLA for the Edmonton-Strathcona riding. Ms. Notley’s resignation as an MLA took effect on Monday, but even before she’d ...
‘Not one shred of evidence’ bill’s arbitrary measures are needed; …
May 26, 2024 · Does Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver have any idea how many Albertans could be denied the right to vote in the next general election because of the United Conservative Party’s planned changes to provincial voting rules in Bill 20, the Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024?. A demonstrator at Saturday’s Enough is Enough rally in Edmonton tallies up some of the UCP’s more ...
Alberta NDP now has more than 85,000 members, party says; Gil …
May 13, 2024 · “This leadership race is an historic moment for the Alberta NDP,” Ms. Freistadt said in the Opposition party’s news release. “Voters from all walks of life and all regions of the province joined the Alberta NDP because they are excited …
What can we expect from the UCP in 2024? Not just more of the …
Dec 30, 2023 · First, there will be more of the same, alright. A lot more! Like any grifter who has enjoyed a modest success with a scam, the Danielle Smith Government is likely to double down on what appears to have worked for it in 2023 and do more of it in 2024.
Alberta’s Legislature shudders back to life this afternoon – what …
Oct 30, 2023 · The headline on the government’s news release Friday about the inaugural session of the 31 st Legislature, the first since the May 29 election, says MLAs will reconvene “with legislation geared towards providing financial protection and securing Albertans’ interests.”. Now there’s a heavily coded phrase if ever I heard one that ought to send Halloween chills up and down your spines ...