Oct 15 2021 — Calgary Herald — Calgary police cordoned off sections of downtown streets Friday morning as officers investigated a series of random attacks that injured four people and left two of them in hospital.
Oct 5 2021 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — Premier Jason Kenney’s approval rating is now very close to the level marked BASEMENT EXIT. Only 22 per cent of Albertans support him, while 77 per cent disapprove of his performance, according to a new poll from Marc Henry’s ThinkHQ. The brutal result could see UCP riding boards ramp up efforts to force him out […]
Oct 1 2021 — Calgary Herald — On Friday, an open letter from prominent Alberta doctors requested the province share its predictive modelling for the fourth wave of a pandemic that’s crippling Alberta’s health-care system, criticizing the government’s “cold-blooded” handling of the pandemic.
Oct 1 2021 — Licia Corbella — Calgary Herald — It really is easier to give than to receive. When it comes to accepting help to deal with COVID-19, the Alberta government has proven to be loath to do so as, in many respects, it indicates a failure to get ahead of a COVID spike.
Sep 29 2021 — Licia Corbella — Calgary Herald — First the numbers, then the stories. Here’s hoping one, or the other, or both, will encourage the unvaccinated to get their shots. During Tuesday’s lengthy COVID-19 update, Premier Jason Kenney pointed out that while only 17 per cent of eligible Albertans are unvaccinated, they make up 92 per cent of all intensive-care patients clogging our […]
Sep 29 2021 — Calgary Herald — Alberta should be a “sovereign” province within Canada, says Rob Anderson, former Airdrie MLA and Wildrose original. Without such action the province will soon be both “a have-not and a has-been,” Anderson said Tuesday, as he and others launched what they call the “Free Alberta Strategy.”
Sep 25 2021 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — Mount Royal University political scientist Duane Bratt choked up while doing an interview. Dr. Verna Yiu, the head of Alberta Health Services, looked like she was about to cry as she said deaths are keeping the ICUs below capacity. Coun. Jeff Davison, a candidate for mayor, told council that his six-year-old daughter had her vital […]
Sep 24 2021 — Calgary Herald — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, having survived the possibility of a caucus revolt, now has roughly six months to prepare for a spring leadership review that has the potential to throw the United Conservative party into chaos prior to the next election. In recent weeks, Kenney’s position has looked increasingly tenuous, while progressive Albertans, including the […]
Sep 24 2021 — Calgary Herald — Calgary Liberal MP George Chahal was videotaped taking Conservative party flyer from home the night before his election win. Video of a federal Liberal candidate allegedly stealing an opponent’s flyer from a Calgary doorstep is now a police investigation. In a story first reported by the Toronto Sun, newly elected Calgary-Skyview MP George Chahal was […]
Sep 22 2021 — Licia Corbella — Calgary Herald — According to government insiders who spoke on the condition of anonymity, Kenney is beginning to realize that he cannot hold onto his job as premier. Already, speculation is swirling about who will replace Jason Kenney as premier of Alberta.
Sep 22 2021 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — Moving out Shandro, Aheer concludes bitterly, ‘is an absolutely despicable move to try to save himself, to shift the blame’ That was a sad little cabinet shuffle, a few moments of eerie calm amid the political chaos surrounding Premier Jason Kenney.
Sep 21 2021 — Licia Corbella — Calgary Herald — Well, that was a waste of time, effort and $610 million. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a snap election in an effort to win a majority government and wound up almost exactly where he was when he started.
Sep 21 2021 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — Today Premier Jason Kenney will be blamed for contributing to the federal Liberals’ relatively strong showing in Canada’s election. Even worse for him, many in his own government and party are hoping for his resignation and think they might get it.
Sep 19 2021 — Calgary Herald — People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier made a late election stop in Calgary Saturday, where he spoke at a rally that attracted more than 1,000 attendees, many carrying anti-mask and anti-vaccine signs. The event, at Central Memorial Park in Calgary’s Beltline, comes only days after Alberta declared a state of public health emergency as […]
Sep 19 2021 — Calgary Herald — A senior United Conservative Party member has called for an emergency meeting to discuss an early leadership review of Premier Jason Kenney. As first reported by the Western Standard, Joel Mullan, the party’s vice-president of policy, emailed the United Conservative Party board on Friday to discuss a review Kenney’s leadership.