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daveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: PCs and NDP seal up full slates, election...

With Alberta’s provincial election expected to be called tomorrow, both the governing Progressive Conservatives and New Democratic Party are expected to have candidates in place in all 87...

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daveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Recap: #abvote Google Hangout with NDP...

It is day three of Alberta’s 2015 Provincial Election and the campaign is already getting interesting. Two polls released in the first days of the campaign show an unprecedented three-way race between...

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daveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Liberals don’t owe the Alberta Party a free...

A squabble between supporters of two opposition parties in Calgary-Elbow has attracted some media attention over the past few days. Supporters of the Alberta Party have taken to social media to voice...

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daveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Notley wins the debate. Now it’s time to...

Last night’s leader’s debate was the biggest opportunity for Progressive Conservative leader Jim Prentice to knock NDP leader Rachel Notley off-balance. Since the start of the campaign, the PC Party...

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daveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: 12 races I’m watching on Election Night in...

With all the polls showing the 43-year long governing Progressive Conservatives trailing the NDP and Wildrose across the province, there could be a race to watch in every constituency in Alberta when...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Alberta’s Tories Poised to Sweep Election in...

December 17, 2015 By: Dirk Pranter, Provincial Affairs columnist, Calgary Sunherald One year after nearly the entire official opposition crossed the floor to join Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives,...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Delaying Alberta Liberal leadership vote...

The Alberta Liberals have decided to postpone the selection of their next party leader until spring 2017. The party had originally scheduled to hold a leadership vote in April 2016. The only current...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Alberta Party first out of the gate for 2019...

Engineer Omar Masood is the first candidate nominated to run in Alberta’s next provincial election, which is expected to be held in early 2019. Members of the Alberta Party association in the...

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Alberta Politics: It’s hard to imagine the Alberta Liberal Party surviving...

PHOTOS: Is this the new face of the Alberta Liberal Party? Would-be candidate Jacob Huffman, photo grabbed from his Facebook account. Below: Candidates David Khan and Kerry Cundal, plus non-candidate...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: All roads lead to Red Deer and the Alberta...

Red Deer and the Alberta Party are frequent destinations for disaffected politicos in search of a new political home. Led by former Progressive Conservative Party president Katherine O’Neill and backed...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: All roads lead to Red Deer and the Alberta...

Red Deer and the Alberta Party are frequent destinations for disaffected politicos in search of a new political home. Katherine O’Neill Led by former Progressive Conservative Party president Katherine...

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Alberta Politics: So long PAB! Alberta restructures government...

PHOTOS: Public Affairs Bureau Managing Director Corey Hogan during his days as a political commentator for CBC Calgary, shown in a screenshot of a CBC broadcast. Below: Alberta NDP Premier Rachel...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Kenney’s UCP comes out against NDP’s latest...

Photo: Jason Kenney with UCP MLAs Jason Nixon, Angela Pitt, Leela Aheer, Ric McIver and Prab Gill on October 30, 2017. United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney announced on November 7, 2017 that...

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Alberta Politics: Bill 24 passes, making it hard for Alberta schools to...

PHOTOS: Alberta Education Minister David Eggen, whose Bill 24, An Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, was passed by the Alberta Legislature yesterday. Below: UCP Leader Jason Kenney, former Alberta...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Alberta Election 2019: candidate nomination...

Photo: Alberta political party nomination candidates: Mike Walsh, Stephanie McLean, Leela Aheer and Craig Coolahan. Here is the latest update to the list of candidates running for political party...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Alberta Candidate Nomination Update:...

Photo: Edmonton-Centre MLA David Shepherd with Premier Rachel Notley and other NDP MLAs at Pride festivities. Here are some of the latest updates to the

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Green Party candidate drops out and endorses...

Green Party of Alberta candidate Marco Reid has dropped out of the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake by-election and tweeted his endorsement of Liberal Party candidate Nick Jansen.

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: David Shepherd secures NDP candidacy in...

Edmonton-Centre MLA David Shepherd secured the New Democratic Party nomination in the newly redrawn and slightly renamed Edmonton-City Centre district at a packed nomination meeting

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Alberta Politics: Hugh MacDonald, four-term Edmonton MLA and scourge of Tory...

With an election in the wind, it’s always worth remembering there’s life after politics. Consider Hugh MacDonald, once renowned as Alberta’s hardest-working MLA. The former

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The Daveberta Podcast: Episode 48: An urban agenda in Alberta. Municipally...

More than half of Albertans live in Calgary and Edmonton, so why does it feel like the provincial government rarely takes big city issues seriously? Mack Male joins Dave Cournoyer on this episode of...

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