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PC party wracked by deep divisions as leadership race heads into new year
The Progressive Conservative party is likely the strongest it’s been since the Tory dynasty went down to defeat in the 2015 election, with the race for the PC leadership boosting membership and...
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Your letters for Saturday, Jan. 28
Henry Burris is the perfect gentleman Re: “Burris retiring as the same old Smilin’ Hank,” Jan. 25. The announcement of the retirement of Henry Burris, although not unexpected, is sad news. I am...
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Editorial: Alberta's new politics (with poll)
After more than four decades of Progressive Conservative party domination of Alberta politics, it’s astonishing how quickly the electoral landscape continues to change. The Tory dynasty, which began...
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Your letters for Tuesday, Feb. 7
Our skin colour doesn’t define us Re: “Mother makes public plea after son faces racial slurs,” Feb. 6. I read with much sadness of the bigotry the mixed family is experiencing in Okotoks. It is a sad...
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Some PCs ready to walk away if Kenney wins
As Jason Kenney appears increasingly likely to become captain of the Progressive Conservative party, some longtime Tories are prepared to jump ship. Kenney, the former federal cabinet minister running...
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Alberta Tories prepare for a historic and defining leadership vote
They were elected at the same time and served together around the cabinet table, but two former Tory finance minister illustrate the deep split among many long-time Progressive Conservatives as the...
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Editorial: No end to the red ink
The NDP didn’t disappoint with Thursday’s budget. Finance Minister Joe Ceci had said the government would continue to act as a shock absorber — which means it will keep spending borrowed money with...
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From 'Snack Pack' to leader of the Progressive Conservatives: How Jason...
Jason Kenney likes to quote an old saying to describe himself, that he tends “to march toward the sound of gunfire.” The combative Kenney has never been one to back down from a fight, whether it was...
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Kenney sweeps to victory at PC leadership convention
Jason Kenney is the new leader of the Progressive Conservative party after a sweeping victory Saturday that will likely transform Alberta politics. While the Tories governed Alberta for more than four...
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Eisen and Lammam: Alberta’s 2017 budget is a bad case of déjà vu
By Ben Eisen and Charles Lammam Many of us are guilty of failing to learn lessons from the past and then going on to repeat avoidable mistakes. Alberta’s 2017 budget is a prime example of this at the...
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Lakritz: NDP have a big budget, but they're fixing what's wrong with Alberta
By Naomi Lakritz “Orange is the New Broke.” That was the meme circulating on social media after the NDP brought down its budget last week. Go ahead. Condemn the NDP for cleaning up the mess created by...
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Liepert: A diversity of views won't prevent uniting the right
By Ron Liepert There are few Albertans whose involvement in the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party extends beyond 35 years. Dave Hancock and Jim Horsman would be two such individuals. I would be...
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Braid: Will Alberta's four-year election law be ignored again?
The New Democrats wouldn’t dare. Or would they? The disastrous early election call in 2015 put a stake in the heart of the Progressive Conservative regime. So you’d think that the New Democrats would...
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Nelson: The next civic election can't come soon enough
We’ve got five months — my brain hurts a lot, five months, that’s all we’ve got. Apologies to the late, great David Bowie for repurposing his Five Years ditty, but we Calgarians need a singsong to drag...
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Thomson: It's been 100 years since Alberta Liberals had much to cheer about
Alberta Liberals — who elected Calgary lawyer David Khan as their new leader on the weekend — deserve to celebrate. Um, not because they have a new leader. They should celebrate because it was 100...
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Braid: Calgary way behind in mental health beds, but Edmonton gets more
It’s a routine but tragic story in Calgary. A patient with severe mental illness is rushed to emergency, where a doctor pleads for urgent admission to a mental health bed. But there’s no bed available....
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Your letters for Tuesday, June 13
Edmonton escaped hospital chaos Re: “We’re paying For Klein’s debt-slaying Dickensian slashes,” Don Braid, Opinion, June 9. I think Don Braid nailed it. Ralph Klein was dead wrong to blow up the...
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Fortney: Canada Day essay — Calgary's place in the country as the nation...
We are a nation of more than 35 million souls, one out of five of us foreign born and nearly 1.5 million of us having an indigenous identity. On Saturday, July 1, 2017, this diverse group of people...
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Tories top Wildrose in membership as unity vote nears
With more than 50,000 Progressive Conservative members signed up to cast a ballot, even some Tories leery of the party’s unity deal with the Wildrose fully expect it will be approved by PC members in...
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Braid: UCP candidates come out swinging – and so does the NDP
They’ve barely started and the troops are already diving into the trenches for a two-year culture war. On business Day 2 after the unity vote, the United Conservative Party’s leadership rivals were...
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