Trudeau sends a signal to Alberta. Cue the squirming.
Alberta got its cabinet minister, but the real focus will be on the new names at environment and natural resources, and how they apply the government’s ’just transition’
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Jason Markusoff
Jason Markusoff writes about Alberta, from the stubbornly flat parts to the magnificently bumpy bits. He has lived in Edmonton and (currently) Calgary, and spent 12 years reporting for the cities’ largest newspapers.
One intern’s idea to curb road rage in Calgary—with humour
The drive into Calgary is worth a chuckle, thanks to Joseph Kruis, an intern in the city of Calgary’s transportation department
Jyoti Gondek and Amarjeet Sohi: An interview with Alberta’s new progressive mayors
The incoming mayors of Calgary and Edmonton on blazing trails, getting along with the Kenney government and breaking down Alberta stereotypes
Five strange things that were up for rent in the ’sharing economy’
There’s an Airbnb-type service for far more than home rentals these days
Finding David Lightning: The decades-long quest to locate an unmarked grave
In 1987, a Cree Elder went looking for his brother’s final resting place. His quest is now a beacon in the search for residential school graves.
The two pols on the prairie who kneecapped Erin O’Toole
The federal Tory leader cannot be feeling kindly toward Jason Kenney. And certainly not toward Maxime Bernier.
If this election is the ’most important,’ which one was the least?
The leaders would have you believe every vote is a battle for the soul of the nation. History tells us otherwise.
What Jason Kenney’s ’mission accomplished’ moment has reaped for Alberta
Case counts have soared, surgeries are getting postponed and the COVID-19 death toll is mounting. Why did the premier ignore the majority of his province’s voters?
Five takeaways from the federal election debate, a disjointed but feisty showdown
The English-language debate featured moments of redemption for Annamie Paul and jabs at Yves-François Blanchet that could stir up the race in Quebec
The quixotic quest to get elected senators into the red chamber
Jason Kenney says Alberta will go ahead with a Senate vote this fall. But will the winners be allowed to sit in the upper house—even if a Prime Minister agrees to appoint them?