Jim Prentice, the politician who wasn’t there for politics
’He knew what team he played for, but I always got the feeling he had the bigger picture in mind’
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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.
Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice dead in plane crash
Sources say the twin-engine business jet went down on Thursday night, not far from Kelowna, B.C.
Inside the wild Canadian past of the Trump family
Before there was a Trump Tower, there was a gold-rush hotel in Bennett, Yukon, where the Trump family dynasty began
Hillary Clinton, probable next president
It’s time to stop thinking about Trump and start asking, ’What kind of president will Clinton be?’
Why Trudeau and the oil industry are losing the pipeline battle
New oil sands pipelines may be vital for the industry, but opponents are winning
Wrong, wrong, wrong: Fact-checking the first presidential debate
Clinton delegated the task of fact-checking to her massive campaign team. Her political neophyte opponent took on the task himself, and made a hash out of it.
The real threat in the U.S. election
Author Jane Mayer on the Koch brothers, the U.S. political right and the future of politics in America
The Robin Camp case: Who judges judges?
Justice Robin Camp’s mishandling of a rape case raises questions about the training and accountability of Canadian judges
Robin Camp testimony: Eight things we learned about the judge
Robin Camp is sorry, has taken training to recognize his bias—but still can’t explain his most controversial comments
What’s at stake in the case of Justice Robin Camp
The Alberta judge is under review by a panel of his peers. His critics say it’s about more than his words.