Platformless NDP Surges in Alberta

Despite its youth, the Alberta election campaign is already one of the most interesting this country has ever seen. Mere days after PC Premier Jim Prentice called an election for early May, his party has tanked...

Wild Ride to Wildrose Leadership

Wildrose, the party that "almost" broke the unbroken stranglehold that the Progressive Conservatives have held in the Alberta's Legislative Assembly since 1971, is gearing up for a leadership election come June...

Danielle Smith and the Wildrose “Victory”

The wonderful thing about politics is that everyone always wins. Consider Danielle Smith, the Leader of Alberta’s Wildrose Party. Last month she left her party and joined her former enemies, the Progressive Con...

Wildrose: Such Female, Much Progressive

Lately, Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives seem like the type of people Michael Moore would try to interview: old, white, and male. So out of touch! To be fair, they were always this way. The PCs have ruled Al...

Everyone in Alberta is Freaking Out About Licence Plates

What’s in a licence plate slogan? Would replacing “Wild Rose Country” with “alberta.ca” still smell as sweet? With the reactions over the change in the Alberta licence plate, you would think the provincial gove...

Alison Redford: Canada’s Gandhi?

Alberta Premier Alison Redford speaking last month.Premier Alison Redford   Another prominent Conservative stepped down yesterday, and in doing so put another dent in Canada’s grand old party.  Sure...