Category: Jason Kenny

‘It Needs to Be Expedient’: The UCP’s Quest to Replace Jason Kenney

May 23, 2022
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With Alberta’s next election in about a year, the United Conservative Party needs a new leader who can beat Rachel Notley’s NDP if it is to retain power after Jason Kenney’s reign. Kenney resigned May 18 after receiving 51.4 percent support from UCP members in a leadership review, saying it wasn’t a strong enough mandate…

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Kenney Wants to Pause Truckers’ COVID Vaccine Mandate

January 20, 2022
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OTTAWA—Alberta Premier Jason Kenney on Thursday called on the federal government to pause a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers that companies say will disrupt the supply chain and fuel inflation. The mandate, imposed by Ottawa to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, has cost Canadian trucking companies about 10% of their international drivers, six top executives said this week. They said…

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Just ‘Chipping Away’ Says Modest Kenny After Record 7th Gold

August 8, 2021
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IZU, Japan—With a glorious sense of under-statement Jason Kenny said he had just kept “chipping away” over more than a decade of track cycling domination to become Britain’s most successful Olympian. By not just beating, but absolutely smashing the opposition, in the keirin final at the Izu Velodrome on Sunday, the 33-year-old Kenny earned a…

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