Federal election campaign reflects change in oil and gas since PM Harper's...
Energy issues have been a major preoccupation during Stephen Harper’s decade as prime minister, but as the oil and gas industry was transformed by the fracking revolution the political narrative...
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Canadian drug policy an abysmal failure Re: “We’re wallowing and sinking in a sea of drugs,” Chris Nelson, Opinion, Aug. 13, “Overdoses at Calgary music festival send 17 to hospital,” Aug. 10, and...
View ArticleCalgary mayor meets with Mulcair and Trudeau on infrastructure, transit
With barely a month left in the federal election campaign, Calgary’s mayor is making a new push for municipal issues to become a priority as two national leaders descended on his office Wednesday at...
View Article6 basic things about the federal leader's debate, including where to watch it
The leaders of Canada’s three largest political parties will face off in Calgary tonight at the Globe and Mail Leader’s debate. It’s the second of five debates being held during the 11-week long...
View ArticleReplay: Federal leaders debate in Calgary
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau faced off in Calgary this evening during a 90-minute debate focused on the economy. The event, which took...
View ArticleKlassen: If I were Harper, I'd be in sweatpants with a pizza
Two schismatic political insurrections in one year that heavily and directly affect Alberta — or mutinies, depending on your stripe — are enough to be craving some rainbows, lollipops and sunshine...
View ArticleEditorial: The wildly swinging pendulum
It was just 21/2 months ago that the horrifying, heartbreaking photo of three-year-old Alan Kurdi’s body lying on a Turkish beach brought the reality of the Syrian refugee crisis to Canadians like a...
View ArticleBraid: Early flood solidarity, and a shadow of the massive task ahead
Justin Trudeau hugged Rona Ambrose. Thomas Mulcair praised Danielle Smith. Day 3 of the great Fort McMurray fire truly did pull Canadians together in unexpected ways. Ambrose, the interim Conservative...
View ArticleBraid: Invited crowd means no cold shoulder for Notley
Premier Rachel Notley still insists she wasn’t insulted last October, when Calgary business people were as silent as a morgue at midnight during her state of the province speech. That wasn’t just a...
View ArticleThomas Mulcair and all federal NDP leadership candidates skipping Stampede
Thomas Mulcair and the four candidates running to replace him as leader of the federal New Democratic Party are not planning to attend the Calgary Stampede this year. The lack of attendance makes the...
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