Dave Cournoyer is a writer and political watcher living in Edmonton, Alberta. Contact him at david.cournoyer@gmail.com.

The motion placed on the Order Paper by UCP Government House Leader Joseph Schow would create a Special Select Committee on ...

← Is Lesser Slave Lake MLA Scott Sinclair about to rejoin the United Conservative Party? → Jackie Tomayer enters the UCP nomination race in Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright ...

Independent MLA Scott Sinclair was a close ally of Guthrie ’s when they were trying to rename the Alberta Party as the Progressive Conservative Party, but he declined to join the PTP. This has led ...

Jackie Tomayer is the third candidate to enter the UCP nomination contest in the Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright riding. Tomayer is President of the Lloydminster Chamber of Commerce, a director of ...

Dave Cournoyer is a writer and political watcher living in Edmonton, Alberta. Contact him at david.cournoyer@gmail.com. Dave Cournoyer is a writer and political watcher living in Edmonton, Alberta.

“Every day, Albertans ask me one simple question about separatism: ‘what can I do?’ This new campaign is an answer to that—giving everyday people the tools and the power they need to stand up for our ...

Nick Taylor (centre) with Alberta Liberal MLAs Grant Mitchell (left) and Bettie Hewes (right) in 1986. He was never Premier of Alberta or even Leader of the Official Opposition, but Nick Taylor was a ...

The winners of the 1998 Calgary Board of Education election (Calgary Herald, Oct. 16, 1998) The series was published in the weeks after Smith won the Wildrose Alliance Party leadership in 2009. Here ...

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 ...