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What’s With All the Polls?
If the first 48 hours of the 2012 Alberta Election Campaign are any indication, political junkies will have access to an adundance of polling to fuel their data addictions this election season....
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MLA turnabout from Redford PCs
Saying her government should have acted faster on the issue of political pay, PC Leader Alison Redford said Thursday she expects Tory MLAs to give back all the money they earned on the “no-meet”...
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April Fools’ on the campaign trail
Alberta political parties tried their hand at humour on Sunday, with a smattering of April Fools’ jokes on a quiet day on the election campaign trail. The Liberals issued a news release responding to a...
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Sparks fly in testy debate between party leaders as the April 23 election nears
DARCY HENTON AND KELLY CRYDERMAN EDMONTON Sparks flew Thursday as the right and left squared off in a political slugfest over health care, taxation, social issues and school funding, but the biggest...
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One for the Record Books
During the first week of the 2012 Alberta election campaign, I heard dozens of people proclaim this to be the most exciting provincial election since 1993. During the second week, those same people...
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Rookie Tory swims against orange tide in Fish Creek
The sole rookie among the ten Tory candidates to win in this week’s historic vote had mixed feelings as he watched the results roll in on election night. While Richard Gotfried managed to win back the...
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Alberta cabinet to be chopped from 20 to 12 ministers
Rachel Notley has put the Alberta cabinet on a radical diet, slimming down the executive council from 20 ministers to just 12, including herself. The dozen ministers will be sworn in Sunday on the...
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Holistic review of electricity sector still in the works, says energy minister
Alberta’s energy minister says she is undertaking a “holistic” evaluation of the electricity sector that will include the plan for phasing out coal-fired power plants. But Marg McCuaig-Boyd declined to...
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Second Wildrose try for MLA recall bill failing to gain traction with other...
The Wildrose is taking another run at introducing recall legislation through a private member’s bill that’s backed by a petition containing nearly 10,000 signatures. Mark Smith introduced Bill 201 —...
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Alberta mayors say NDP budget signals need for new municipal funding model
Alberta’s mayors are calling for a new funding model after the NDP government withdrew a proposed $50-million boost to its Municipal Sustainability Initiative in last week’s budget. Lisa Holmes,...
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