UCP candidate Tara Sawyer won the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills riding with 61 percent, a drop of 14 points from the 2023 election, and most of that vote appears to have gone to the right-wing separatist ...

Dave Cournoyer is a writer and political watcher living in Edmonton, Alberta. Contact him at [email protected].

Dave Cournoyer is a writer and political watcher living in Edmonton, Alberta. Contact him at [email protected].

Dave Cournoyer is a writer and political watcher living in Edmonton, Alberta. Contact him at [email protected].

Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel looks a lot like a UCP re-election tour Alberta is getting a bad deal and it’s always Ottawa’s fault. That’s Premier Danielle Smith ’s key message in a 6 minute and ...

Alberta will have a new electoral map when the next provincial election is called. An Electoral Boundaries Commission has been named and will begin travelling the province next week to collect ...

Is Premier Danielle Smith a separatist? Is the UCP a separatist party? The biggest difference between today’s Alberta separatist push and past efforts is that today’s most vocal separatists are ...

New and recent episodes of the Daveberta Podcast are available exclusively to paid subscribers of the Daveberta Substack. We also delve into Pierre Poilievre’s future as leader of the Conservative ...

Rod Loyola has resigned as the Alberta NDP MLA for Edmonton-Ellerslie and is running as the Liberal Party candidate in the new Edmonton Gateway riding in the federal election. Loyola represented his ...

Protected rights for the unvaccinated and tax cuts aimed at appeasing unruly UCP members ahead of November vote Summer is normally a time when politics cools down and politicians hit the BBQ circuit, ...

Politics in Alberta doesn’t skip a beat. Nenshi’s team tossed out the old NDP playbook. Instead of stumbling over fancy words and getting overly defensive (or even worse, ignoring the charge), Nenshi ...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS Longtime labour leader joins the Daveberta Podcast to explain why he’s running for the Alberta NDP leadership Labour leader Gil McGowan joins the ...