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Bell: Danielle Smith blasts teachers for 'barreling ahead' to a strike

'The ATA wants more money than we are prepared to offer them,' says Premier Danielle Smith, with an Oct. 6 teacher strike looming

yesterday 2

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Rick Bell

Braid: Incumbent mayors are hard to beat but Gondek may end the trend

The fact remains that no mayor has been defeated after one term for almost a half-century

yesterday 2

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Don Braid

Varcoe: 'A three-legged stool': Can a grand bargain over pipelines, production and Pathways become a real deal for Alberta?

Varcoe: 'A three-legged stool': Can a grand bargain over pipelines, production and Pathways become a real deal for Alberta?

There’s plenty of talk these days about the Carney government striking a grand bargain with Alberta and Canada’s oil and gas sector. But how does...

yesterday 10

Calgary Herald

Chris Varcoe

Ford: We set the stage for Trump who just stomped all over it

Ford: We set the stage for Trump who just stomped all over it

It is lazy — but easy — to blame the American president for what’s wrong in the world and, in particular, the U.S., Canada’s neighbour and...

yesterday 10

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Catherine Ford

Breakenridge: Politics looking a bit brighter for Smith after Carney meeting

Breakenridge: Politics looking a bit brighter for Smith after Carney meeting

Not that Alberta’s premier could be described as especially dour or morose, but there was significance and newsworthiness in Danielle Smith’s...

previous day 10

Calgary Herald

Rob Breakenridge

Opinion: Where do candidates sit: with residents or city strategies?

Opinion: Where do candidates sit: with residents or city strategies?

With the municipal election campaign heating up, candidates will soon be knocking on your door. This is an important time to let them know what...

previous day 1

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Anthony Imbrogno

Braid: Coffee with a corpse? Stark tales from the street for mayoral candidates

Braid: Coffee with a corpse? Stark tales from the street for mayoral candidates

Election candidate Jyoti Gondek, also the mayor, wants a special phone line you can call to report “non-criminal” social offences. This is a...

previous day 4

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Don Braid

Bell: Gondek wins as this awful Calgary council breathes its last gasp

Bell: Gondek wins as this awful Calgary council breathes its last gasp

One last poke in the eye. One last shot in the ribs. They leave as they arrived in 2021. They have their way right to the bitter end, this most...

previous day 5

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Rick Bell

Bell: Danielle Smith fights back, the premier not caving to teacher demands

Bell: Danielle Smith fights back, the premier not caving to teacher demands

Danielle Smith is no Ralph Klein. This current Alberta premier is not taking a page out of the playbook of a former Alberta premier. She is not...

monday 8

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Rick Bell

Opinion: Council's Inglewood pool decision reflects broader issue of disconnection

Opinion: Council's Inglewood pool decision reflects broader issue of disconnection

What would you do if your community’s only indoor recreation facility was about to shut down? Would you contact your local councillor? Would you...

monday 10

Calgary Herald

Marina Ortman

Before Terry Fox: Two war amputees hiked for disability justice

Before Terry Fox: Two war amputees hiked for disability justice

Before Terry Fox ran the famed Marathon of Hope in 1980, George Hincks and Marshall McDougall walked their own journey across Canada. With one leg...

monday 2

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Eric Story

Bell: Alberta auto insurers want to stick it to Albertans in 2026

Bell: Alberta auto insurers want to stick it to Albertans in 2026

Surprise, surprise. Not. The insurance companies are at it again. They do what they have done through my long career turning over rocks and chasing...

12.09.2025 1

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Rick Bell

Braid: Quebec’s likeliest next premier backs Alberta separation. Canada had better take him seriously

Braid: Quebec’s likeliest next premier backs Alberta separation. Canada had better take him seriously

Quebec’s equalization payments — $13.6 billion this year — are “toxic” and must be abolished, the politician says. We hear that a lot around...

12.09.2025 1

Calgary Herald

Don Braid