Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to create an Edmonton council of candidates to provide her with advice on the province’s capital, given that the city now has no elected United Conservative Party (UCP) MLAs, after Kaycee Madu lost the party’s single Edmonton seat in the May 29 election. During a May 30 interview with 630…

The UCP won another majority government in the May 29 Alberta election, confirming late-stage polling projections close to election day. The party took almost all the seats outside of the major urban centres, while losing all ridings in Edmonton, and edged out in a number of Calgary ridings. Some of the biggest losers of the…

Federal Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has endorsed Alberta United Conservative Party Leader Danielle Smith in the provincial election, which will take place May 29. On May 25, just five days ahead of the election, Poilievre said in a video, “Let’s cut through the noise on the choice between the NDP’s Rachel Notley and Conservative Danielle…

Alberta’s New Democrat Party (NDP) has released a costed budget 13 days ahead of the provincial election on May 29, which commits to net-zero carbon tax targets, increases spending across the board, and raises the corporate tax rate in Alberta from 8 percent to 11 percent. The NDP states the tax increase will increase revenue…

Alberta’s New Democrat Party (NDP) has released a costed budget 13 days ahead of the provincial election on May 29, which commits to net-zero carbon tax targets, increases spending across the board, and raises the corporate tax rate in Alberta from 8 percent to 11 percent. The NDP states the tax increase will increase revenue…

Three individuals disrupted a news conference being held as part of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s reelection campaign, with one man storming the stage. In a statement issued following the press conference, the UCP alleged “radical activists” affiliated with the NDP and the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) had been identified as former federal Calgary NDP candidate…

On day nine of the Alberta election campaign, the NDP promised more hockey rinks and playgrounds, while the governing UCP vowed to improve public safety and get tougher on crime following the May 6 fatal stabbing of a mother and her child outside an Edmonton school. Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley announced she will build…

Whether it is Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party (UCP) in power, or Rachel Notley’s New Democrat Party (NDP) at the helm of the province, it seems Alberta is poised to have another majority government after the May 29 election, according to a summary of electoral projections. In the 2019 election, Alberta voters went to the…

Alberta’s United Conservative Party Leader Danielle Smith made a video appearance on the nightly broadcast of the UCP War Room to answer questions from the public about her party’s election platform on the first day of the official campaign. Bruce McAllister, former MLA for Chestermere/Rockyview and former host of the Global News morning show, served…

Alberta New Democrat Party leader Rachel Notley said fixing the health care crisis is her top priority. “If you need a doctor, you will get a doctor,” Notley pledged. The party has committed that “within 10 years, up to one million more Albertans will have access to a doctor within a day or two.” “Here…