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David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator who has worked in senior writing and editing positions at the Toronto Globe and Mail and Calgary Herald. He holds a Masters Degree in Journalism from the Carleton University School of Journalism in Ottawa. His 1995 book, A Poke in the Public Eye, explores the relationships among Canadian journalists, public relations people and politicians. The opinions expressed in his blog and other journalistic and literary writing represent his own views and not those of any employer, organization, society, institution or organized religion with which he may be affiliated. Source
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Search Articles$&#% your fascist pancakes! An Alberta moment
Like her hero Donald Trump, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has always understood that populist movements like her United Conservative Party are based more on tribal identity than serious policy. Ms. Smith, caught flatfooted, tries to argue with her interlocutor, not particularly successfully from what little can be heard on the video (Screenshot of Instagram video/@mikaylaresists).
Danielle Smith to Calgary-Shaw voters: Forget about a by-election any time soon
Alberta premier explains it’s the middle of summer and you don’t have time for politics … seriously! Danielle Smith says there will be no by-election just yet to replace Rebecca Schulz who resigned as the MLA for Calgary-Shaw back on May 15 because Albertans are too busy in the summer. Or something. Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi, right now the MLA for Edmonton-Strathcona, says he will run in Calgary in the next general election (Photo: David J. Climenhaga).
Obviously impressed by the nice reception the NDP gave him, Sen. Lindsay Graham said Donald Trump made him ‘want to move to Canada’
In 2015, the Wildrose Party was outraged the NDP didn’t meet the late U.S. Senator at the airport with a brass band and a bouquet of roses Lest we forget, fellow Canadians, the late Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, was so unnerved by Donald Trump that in 2016 he admitted he almost wanted to move to Canada! Shannon Phillips in 2015, when she was the Alberta’s NDP environment minister (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). It must be acknowledged that Sen.
Something’s gravely wrong with how Elections Alberta torpedoed Corb Lund’s Water Not Coal citizen initiative petition
Combined with ongoing UCP electoral jiggery-pokery, this is turning into a genuine crisis of democratic legitimacy Public sentiment that something’s gravely wrong with the methodology used by Elections Alberta to abort musician and clean-water advocate Corb Lund’s Water Not Coal citizen initiative petition appears to be growing. University of Toronto statistics professor Jeffrey Rosenthal, whose calculations suggest Mr. Lund is probably right about that (Photo: University of Toronto).
UCP’s ‘constitutional’ referendum questions push a grab-bag of right-wing policy goals intended to divide and weaken Canada
Through commission and omission, the final four questions we must deal with on Oct. 19 aim to support a provincial march into federal jurisdiction – say no to all nine! On Wednesday we considered the five tendentious questions about immigration that Danielle Smith’s Government intends to put on a ballot on Oct. 19, 2026.
Meta announcement shows Alberta’s determination to welcome AI data centres, public anxiety notwithstanding
Other than a few jobs and modest annual government revenues, it’s not completely clear what benefits these massive plants will bring to Alberta With yesterday’s announcement of plans by Meta Platforms Inc. of Menlo Park, Calif., to build a massive Artificial Intelligence data centre northeast of Edmonton it has become clearer than ever that the Alberta Government is determined to welcome an industry that is distrusted and unwanted in many North American jurisdictions.
UCP referendum questions on immigration are illogical, deceptively worded and tainted by racism
The ballot questions on immigration aim to create conditions that would allow human rights violations and intrusions into federal jurisdiction Let’s take a look today at some of the “referendum questions” Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party Government plans to put on a ballot next fall. In addition to its separatist mischief, Ms. Smith’s government has formulated another nine referendum questions for her Oct. 19, 2026, vote.
Danielle Smith and Doug Ford, each facing criticism at home, announce performative pre-election pipeline pact
A northern route to Sarnia for Alberta heavy crude might have potential, but don’t bet the farm at Hardisty yet Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s announcement in Calgary yesterday of a “potential east-west pipeline” while accompanied by her Ontarian counterpart Doug Ford sounds more like a bit of brightly coloured pre-election confetti than an actual plan. The Irving refinery in St. John, N.B., which won’t be processing Alberta crude any time soon, or probably ever (Photo: David J. Climenhaga).
There’s no need to worry about plans to build a huge electricity plant and AI data centre near Edmonton, Danielle Smith insists
Alberta’s premier claims it’ll probably reduce electricity costs; don’t count on that, though, says the Pembina Institute But what about that other Alberta Government announcement on Thursday? Prime Minister Mark Carney looking a little tired from his day of flights and news conferences at Thursday night’s newser in Calgary with Premier Smith (Photo: Screenshot of Alberta Government video).
Corb Lund expresses ‘grave concerns’ about how Elections Alberta rejected his ‘Water Not Coal’ petition
Alberta musician and reluctant environmentalist Corb Lund (Photo: David J. Climenhaga).