Jan 25 2023 — Calgary Herald — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on CBC News to retract and apologize for a story that cites unnamed sources alleging her office emailed Crown prosecutors regarding the handling of cases tied to last year’s Coutts border blockade. In a statement Wednesday, Smith’s office referred to CBC’s reporting in a story published Jan. 19 as […]
Jan 20 2023 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — Preston Manning’s name has been in the wind for days as the front-runner to chair Premier Danielle Smith’s promised COVID-19 response panel. It’s official now. Manning is in and it’s a good gig — he’ll be paid $253,000 for his toils. This came out in a government news release Thursday afternoon. There was no news […]
Jan 16 2023 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — The federal plan to “transition” jobs and regional economies in the fight against climate change is more vast and all-embracing than suspected by even the most suspicious sovereignty fan in Premier Danielle Smith’s office. “When I saw the memo, I felt a pit in my stomach,” Smith said Monday morning. “It’s worse than I feared.” […]
Jan 8 2023 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is either clueless about what’s going in Alberta, or cares nothing for the truth. That’s the unpleasant choice in his inflammatory remarks about provincial action on climate change. “One of the challenges is there is a political class in Alberta that has decided that anything to do with climate change is […]
Jan 8 2023 — Calgary Herald — Alberta has no intention of following a federal plan to transition workers out of the energy sector, Premier Danielle Smith said Saturday. The premier, on her Saturday morning radio show, said it’s still unclear what the Liberal government is proposing with “just transition” legislation aimed at helping workers find new jobs in a low-carbon economy.
Dec 29 2022 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — At the start of 2022, hardly a soul in this province imagined Danielle Smith would be premier at the end of 2022. Did she think so? “Certainly not,” Smith said in a year-end interview. “I thought I was going to be on radio for another 10 years, and the former premier would be a three-term […]
Dec 18 2022 — Calgary Herald — Calgary’s top cop says his department will always follow the law if they are ever caught in the crosshairs of any provincial-federal political squabbles. Calgary police chief Mark Neufeld said regardless of whether a law is created by the province or the federal government, CPS will follow and enforce it. “If the law is that […]
Dec 8 2022 — Chris Nelson — Calgary Herald — Would you like Joe Ceci in charge of your retirement money? OK, now I’ve your attention, the next order of business is apologizing to our former provincial treasurer under the previous NDP government. Ceci, the current MLA for Calgary-Buffalo, took enough stick from the likes of me when he was actually looking after Alberta’s books, […]
Dec 5 2022 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — Alberta is engulfed in a heart-wrenching crisis of children’s health that even makes official cruelty unavoidable. Mortally ill children are being moved from the hospice where they were lovingly cared for in their dying, into the Alberta Children’s Hospital itself, along with their care teams. Respite care, which helps families whose kids have severe disabilities, […]
Dec 5 2022 — Pierre Gratton — CAFTA, Calgary Herald — Current global unrest and ongoing impacts from the pandemic have brought the security of supply of energy and resource products into sharp focus, not just for Canadians but our allies around the world. This priority was reinforced at the highest political levels with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland saying in a recent speech that “Canada […]
Dec 2 2022 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — Before you start a war, best remember that the other side has an army, too. Premier Danielle Smith might also ask herself — are my foot soldiers willing to fight? The people with the most to lose from the sovereignty act are the very ones Smith would force to comply with her anti-Ottawa actions — […]
Nov 29 2022 — Calgary Herald — “I am concerned that our democratic life is veering away from ordinary prudential debate towards a polarization that undermines our bedrock institutions and principles,” he wrote. Former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced he has resigned from his role as a member of the legislative assembly Tuesday evening.
Nov 8 2022 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — Premier Danielle Smith has to win the byelection in Brooks-Medicine Hat on Tuesday or risk losing the UCP leadership and premiership. Yes, it’s that big a deal. Nobody should bet even a loonie on her losing, of course, but until the votes are counted you never quite know what the voters are up to. On […]
Nov 8 2022 — Calgary Herald — Will Alberta’s new premier get a seat in the legislature? That’s what residents of Brooks-Medicine Hat will decide Tuesday, as voters in the riding head to polls for a byelection that’s put all eyes on the southern Alberta region. Premier Danielle Smith won the leadership of her United Conservative Party last month, but now she’s […]
Nov 6 2022 — Calgary Herald — A former Trump administration adviser who pushed for a herd immunity approach during the COVID-19 pandemic has been invited to speak to Alberta’s governing body, Premier Danielle Smith said this week. During a forum ahead of the Brooks-Medicine Hat byelection this week, Smith said a group of doctors who are advising her has reached out […]