Ranked #1
#250: The Robyn Luff Kerfuffle *ahem Ker-Luff-le* edition
#250: The Robyn Luff Kerfuffle *ahem Ker-Luff-le* edition
Alberta politics this week wasn't dominated by legislation and debate — it was Calgary-East MLA Robyn Luff who captured ... Read more
9 Nov 2018
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36mins
Ranked #2
The Alberta budget ... finally edition
The Alberta budget ... finally edition
There was practically no news in Alberta this week: A little federal election here, a long-awaited provincial budget the... Read more
25 Oct 2019
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38mins
Ranked #3
#253: The Oil's Very Slippery Slope edition
#253: The Oil's Very Slippery Slope edition
Between the oil differential and Premier Rachel Notley's commitment to buying rail cars to ship black gold, it was oil, ... Read more
30 Nov 2018
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31mins
Ranked #4
#254: The Oil, Oil, Oil And Trouble edition
#254: The Oil, Oil, Oil And Trouble edition
The fall legislative session is over, but the oil price crash and its impact on Canadian coffers is nowhere near done.Jo... Read more
8 Dec 2018
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37mins
Ranked #5
The Routing Alberta Labour edition
The Routing Alberta Labour edition
It's been a trying week for Alberta's public sector unions. The United Conservative Party government wants to make chang... Read more
1 Nov 2019
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43mins
Ranked #6
Interview: Richard Starke warns of hyper-partisanship in Alberta
Interview: Richard Starke warns of hyper-partisanship in Alberta
Keith Gerein talks with the MLA from Vermilion-Lloydminster — Richard Starke.Starke has seen the legislature from virtua... Read more
14 Nov 2018
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22mins
Ranked #7
The Greta Thunberg in Alberta edition
The Greta Thunberg in Alberta edition
A packed week in Alberta politics culminated with a huge climate protest at the Alberta legislature as international fig... Read more
20 Oct 2019
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38mins
Ranked #8
The flurried fall feast edition
The flurried fall feast edition
The Alberta legislature grounds had a back-to-school feel this week as MLAs returned to the capital for the fall sitting... Read more
11 Oct 2019
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36mins
Ranked #9
Budget Signs And Supreme Strangeness edition
Budget Signs And Supreme Strangeness edition
With Alberta's budget now confirmed for Oct. 24, the government this week floated a couple of snippets at the AUMA conve... Read more
28 Sep 2019
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37mins
Ranked #10
The Jason Kenney goes to New York edition
The Jason Kenney goes to New York edition
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney recently visited New York hoping to sell Alberta to investors. Join Dave Breakenridge, Jane... Read more
20 Sep 2019
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34mins
Ranked #11
The Kenney vs. Amnesty edition
The Kenney vs. Amnesty edition
This week, Alberta premier Jason Kenney got into a war of words with Amnesty International. Kenney's colourful letter ma... Read more
13 Sep 2019
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31mins
Ranked #12
The MacKinnon Panel Panel edition
The MacKinnon Panel Panel edition
The big news out of Alberta politics this week was, of course, the MacKinnon panel report, which is slated to guide the ... Read more
6 Sep 2019
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38mins
Ranked #13
The Quarterly Report That Wasn't edition
The Quarterly Report That Wasn't edition
Two flimsy, stapled pages formed the entirety of the province's first-quarter fiscal update this week, leading Alberta p... Read more
30 Aug 2019
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36mins
Ranked #14
The ABCs, As Easy As Reappointing edition
The ABCs, As Easy As Reappointing edition
Alberta's agencies, boards and commissions (ABCs for short) have undergone an overhaul by the UCP government, with 61 ne... Read more
23 Aug 2019
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38mins
Ranked #15
The Panels, Panels, Panels edition
The Panels, Panels, Panels edition
Minimum wage gets a panel! Alberta's finances get a panel! You ALLLLLL get a panel! Such was the case in Alberta politic... Read more
16 Aug 2019
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27mins
Ranked #16
The Paycuts And Promises edition
The Paycuts And Promises edition
Sure, it was a four-day week in the middle of summer, but that didn't stop MLAs from giving themselves a five per cent p... Read more
9 Aug 2019
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41mins
Ranked #17
The Flipping The Switch edition
The Flipping The Switch edition
The new UCP government this week reversed an NDP decision around Alberta's electricity market, announcing the province w... Read more
26 Jul 2019
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36mins
Ranked #18
The Pipelines and Earplugs edition
The Pipelines and Earplugs edition
The federal government approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (again) this week, but Premier Jason Kenney was no... Read more
21 Jun 2019
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37mins
Ranked #19
The All-Night Filibuster Fun edition
The All-Night Filibuster Fun edition
The Alberta legislature broke a record for the longest Wednesday sitting in provincial history this week, and Press Gall... Read more
7 Jun 2019
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38mins
Ranked #20
How the Alberta election was won and lost: Chapter 3
How the Alberta election was won and lost: Chapter 3
Jason Kenney was elected premier of Alberta on April 16 after a bitterly fought campaign. But the journey started nearly... Read more
6 Jun 2019
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18mins