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Rebecca Schulz resigns, UCP and NDP set nomination dates for Calgary-Shaw by-election
Rebecca Schulz speaking at the United Conservative Party Leaders Dinner in Calgary in 2025 (source: Rebecca Schulz / Facebook)
A by-election in Calgary-Shaw is imminent following the resignation of United Conservative Party MLA Rebecca Sch...
Water Not Coal with Corb Lund
As the Water Not Coal citizen initiative enters its final week, country music singer-songwriter and rancher Corb Lund joined the Daveberta Podcast to explain why it’s important for Albertans to sign the petition to block new coal mining pro...
Alberta Referendum Madness
Thank you to for inviting me to join his live stream over at The Orchard today where we discussed Alberta’s upcoming referenda, the politics of Alberta separatism and the United Conservative Party that led us to this point, and what might...
Danielle Smith dug the separatist hole she's now stuck in
UCP leader Danielle Smith on election night in 2023 (source: Danielle Smith / Facebook)
“I’m no separatist. I am a Canadian. A proud Canadian. And I think almost every person in this party is a proud Canadian.”
That was Alberta Premier...
NDP MLA Kyle Kasawski running for re-election in Sherwood Park
Sherwood Park NDP MLA Kyle Kasawski (source: Kyle Kasawski / Facebook)
MLA Kyle Kasawski was nominated to run for re-election in Sherwood Park by Alberta NDP members at a meeting last weekend in the large suburban hamlet east of Edmonton....
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\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3e\ud83c\udfd4️ Dave Cournoyer has been writing and podcasting about Alberta politics and elections since he founded Daveberta in 2005. He frequently shares his thoughts about Alberta politics on CBC, CTV and QR Calgary radio.
Edmonton-based journalist interested in politics, the media and corporate power. Author of Kenneyism: Jason Kenney’s Pursuit of Power (Dundurn, 2024).
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