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Exhibit offers Alberta through the acid pen of political cartoonists
Political cartoonist Vance Rodewalt can only remember ruffling the feathers of Ralph Klein once. Unsurprisingly, the colourful former Alberta premier was the subject of Rodewalt’s pen for hundreds of...
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Ministers of telephones and RAGE: Actual Alberta cabinet jobs of the past...
This afternoon, Rachel Notley announces her cabinet picks, after weeks of speculation and wild guesses. We don’t know who, and we don’t know what the posts will be. All we know for certain is that...
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Braid: The NDP breezes into stuffy old McDougall Centre
That was a striking sight; the NDP parked in Calgary’s political power plant, McDougall Centre, the building where a generation of Christmas parties were invitation-only, reserved for the Progressive...
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Lakritz: Attacks on health minister are reprehensible
Given the level of discourse about Health Minister Sarah Hoffman, one would think we’re in a junior high locker-room, reeking of smelly gym gear and catty remarks about other people’s appearances. The...
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Bob Wanner is the new Legislature Speaker, something he didn't anticipate a...
Robert Wanner wasn’t even considering running in the May 5 provincial election — let alone becoming the next Speaker of the Alberta legislature — until fate and a phone call dramatically changed his...
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Braid: From cancer hospital to deficit, Notley faces big problems
EDMONTON — The Calgary cancer hospital, the ring road, flood control projects; those are a few of the huge challenges facing Premier Rachel Notley, from just one city. She doesn’t seem at all...
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Editorial: Education in shortsightedness
The Rachel Notley government has shown no reluctance to increase spending on core areas such as education since sweeping to power May 5. So it’s odd the premier hasn’t chosen to change course with the...
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Thomson: Notley takes her place on the national stage
It’s not exactly a cross-Canada tour — but this week, Premier Rachel Notley is going across Canada. On Tuesday, she had breakfast with Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard. On Wednesday, she is meeting...
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Liability for Swan Hills hazardous waste plant clean-up keeps growing
Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein once defended the money-losing Swan Hills hazardous waste treatment facility saying “you can’t put a price on cleaning up the environment,” but a new report says it...
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Braid: A visionary arena project, wrapped in mystery
The Calgary Flames’ arena proposal for the west end is brilliant. It’s also a dream wrapped in a mystery shrouded in fog. At this stage, the Flames can answer virtually no questions about the biggest...
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Creosote plant closed in the sixties, but its problems linger in Calgary
When large patches of oily film appeared on slower running sections of the Bow River in Calgary nearly six decades ago, a wood preserving plant just upstream on the west end of the city’s downtown was...
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Nelson: Ralph's revolution is a legacy worthy of our respect
Many major political figures shared two characteristics — they were outsiders, even within their own party, and they had clarity of vision. Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher were...
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Milke: Alberta's NDP government continues a long tradition: overspending
Alberta’s government has long had a spending problem. It is one that predates the past year’s collapse in oil prices and the concurrent drop in revenue for the resource-rich province. To understand...
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Letters for Saturday, Sept. 5
Trudeau shamelessly exploited child’s death Re: “Canada says it never denied a refugee application for Alan Kurdi and his family,” Sept. 2. Justin Trudeau’s comment about a Conservative minister...
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Letters for Wednesday, Sept. 9
Klein’s legacy left painful memories Re: “Klein hurt Alberta,” Letter, Sept. 5. You really have to wonder what planet Chris Nelson was living on when Ralph Klein was slashing royalties, passing a flat...
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Thomson: Build, baby, build — Notley government appears ready to spend
Ralph Klein used to say governing during bad times was easier than in good times, because he could say a simple “no” to everyone asking for money. If that’s true, then Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci...
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Thomson: Notley giving Washington, D.C., a miss on first foreign visit
Rachel Notley is about to make her first international trip as premier. Like so many of her predecessors, she’s going to New York to talk to the Wall Street crowd. But unlike so many of her...
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Braid: Notley confronts Alberta's diversification jinx
There’s something new in Premier Rachel Notley’s Advisory Council on the Economy — union and non-profit members fill in the blanks between the usual business people and academics. Apart from that,...
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Braid: NDP's borrowing the biggest symbolic shift of all
In a monumental NDP budget, the most shocking Alberta paradigm punch in a generation, it’s the string of details that can make you gulp. By 2017-18, for instance, health-care spending of $20.4 billion...
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Lakritz: Don't blame premier — she's fixing Klein's mess
OMG! We’re ruined! Alberta’s fiscal future is down the toilet! Bob Rae, Bob Rae, Bob Rae! Aaarggghhhh! Deficit! Debt! Doom! Pass the smelling salts! Our great-grandchildren who don’t even exist — what...
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