Elections Canada vs. Jays fans on Oct. 19
Major League Baseball hurls a curveball into the Canadian election
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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.
A true NDP homecoming in Saskatchewan
The party of Tommy Douglas stands finally to make inroads in Saskatchewan, thanks to a handful of new urban ridings
Exorcising the ghost of Trudeau past
How Justin Trudeau and his Liberals are closing in on these key Calgary ridings
Edmonton vs. Calgary: A hockey rivalry, but also more than that
Edmonton, armed with the NHL’s next prodigy and a plan to transform downtown, is fully wrapping its civic identity in its Oilers. Not so much in Calgary.
Can those wearing a niqab vote in an election where the niqab’s a hot issue?
Wearing niqabs at the ballot box was an issue in past years. Will it become one again?
Price of admission: The true cost of running for election
Being a candidate is a full-time job that, increasingly, takes an enormous personal and financial toll
Mulcair’s awkward Alberta problem
The NDP leader and his Alberta counterpart went to great lengths this week to show there is no tension between them. Don’t be fooled.
Guy talk: Why are the Conservatives’ latest ads so male-dominated?
Why do men do most of the most of the talking in the new Tory campaign ads, while women sit quietly by?
The summer’s over for Alberta’s NDP. How about the honeymoon?
Inside Rachel Notley’s surprisingly pragmatic, slightly unprepared, learn-on-the-fly new government
Prince Albert: Canada’s political city of champions
Three prime ministers have represented the riding of Prince Albert. But only one of them, John Diefenbaker, gets any real respect.