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Bell: Smith UCP — it's wakey-wakey time from those Calgary byelection blues The UCP lose in south Calgary. They cannot afford losses like that

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16.09.2026

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Bell: Smith UCP — it's wakey-wakey time from those Calgary byelection blues

The UCP lose in south Calgary. They cannot afford losses like that

Naheed Nenshi is all smiles. He should be smiling.

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Winners smile. The Alberta NDP Nenshi leads won on Monday night.

Bell: Smith UCP — it's wakey-wakey time from those Calgary byelection blues Back to video

You can call Nenshi all the names you can dream up and slam the NDP as a horror show as often as you like but no-one can erase the numbers on the scoreboard.

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