Nelson: Premier Smith fiddles with licence plates as Liberals burn Alberta

She gave the Liberals the benefit of our doubts and now is in the unenviable position of trailing NDP boss Naheed Nenshi in recent polls

06.11.2025 7

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Nelson: If teachers start working full time, everyone wins

The reasoning behind continuing such a Luddite system basically boils down to: 'It’s how we’ve always done things'

30.10.2025 10

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Nelson: Rolling back Calgary's rezoning nightmare is new council's litmus test

23.10.2025 10

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Nelson: Despite anger, many Calgarians will pass on civic vote

09.10.2025 10

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Nelson: Alberta won't separate as Smith falls for Carney's promises

With the separatist genie once more back into its bottle the Liberals can play their age-old game of delay and divide

02.10.2025 10

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Nelson: Code of the West still rings true for Calgary today

25.09.2025 2

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Nelson: City Hall must go backwards in future if Calgary’s to progress

Suggesting we’re collectively happier, wealthier or more united is sheer nonsense

18.09.2025 10

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Nelson: Too little, too late — it's time for a city hall reckoning

13.09.2025 10

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Nelson: Too little, too late — it's time for a city hall reckoning

11.09.2025 10

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Nelson: Alberta book ban bust-up about power politics, not kids

05.09.2025 9

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Nelson: Alberta book ban bust-up about power politics, not kids

This was a glorious chance for school boards to embarrass the government and simply claim they were only following orders

04.09.2025 10

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What's reasonable when fighting for your life?

what happened that cold, Saturday afternoon in Kesler’s Marda Loop drugstore is as relevant as it was back then

28.08.2025 10

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Get ready Alberta — snap election tempting for Premier Smith

If next month Smith announces an election Albertans will flock to her side.

21.08.2025 10

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Nelson: Bring back Calgary's photo radar — all is forgiven

14.08.2025 10

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Nelson: Homeowners pay heavy price for city hall's arrogance

Alberta is on pace to erect more homes than Ontario despite having a third of the population

07.08.2025 10

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Nelson: Reconcile this Alberta — new pipelines remain pipe dreams

31.07.2025 3

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Nelson: Reconcile this Alberta — new pipelines remain pipe dreams

31.07.2025 10

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Nelson: Bring back historic Fort Calgary's rightful name

Why would city hall axe the name of the very spot where Calgary began?

24.07.2025 10

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Thank separatists; Alberta's pain is finally heard across Canada

talk of separatism has already achieved more than all the legal challenges, political posturing and newspaper columnist caterwauling has ever managed.

17.07.2025 10

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Nelson: Only after PM Carney admits we're broke can rebuilding Canada begin

This will come as a rude awakening for those who currently believe they can endlessly milk the system for globs of free money

10.07.2025 10

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Nelson: In or out? Premier must choose if Carney betrays her trust

Just as Carney can’t have it both ways for much longer, neither can Smith

03.07.2025 10

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Nelson: Calgary can’t afford another four years of status quo in mayor's office

26.06.2025 10

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Nelson: Elbows down, Canada, as Trump and Carney make nice over tariffs

Before election night their new boss, Mark Carney, wrapped himself so tightly in the Maple Leaf it’s a wonder he’d breathe enough to thank voters...

19.06.2025 10

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Nelson: Danielle Smith thrives among Canada's chaos

15.06.2025 10

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Nelson: Danielle Smith thrives among Canada's chaos

Certainly, she has managed, through a mix of brinkmanship, stubbornness and skill, to push Alberta’s agenda onto centre stage across the nation

12.06.2025 10

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Nelson: Carney will feel Alberta's pain in trying to build 'national' projects

Fittingly, it’s the legacy of Justin Trudeau that will open our new prime minister’s eyes to the sheer frustration this province has felt for the...

06.06.2025 4

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Nelson: Carney will feel Alberta's pain in trying to build 'national' projects

05.06.2025 10

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Nelson: Canada Post's debacle is Carney's litmus test

We were once utterly reliant upon the mail, but no longer. There are better alternatives, and those regular strikes pushed us into discovering them

22.05.2025 10

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Nelson: Five million reasons why PM Carney must act

15.05.2025 10

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Nelson: Five million reasons why PM Carney must act

15.05.2025 10

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Nelson: Will Carney hold or fold playing Alberta poker?

09.05.2025 10

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Nelson: Will Carney hold or fold playing Alberta poker?

08.05.2025 8

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Nelson: Mark Carney should beware Danielle Smith

02.05.2025 10

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Nelson: Mark Carney should beware Danielle Smith

01.05.2025 10

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Nelson: Alberta won’t tolerate another decade of Liberal rule

25.04.2025 4

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Nelson: Alberta won’t tolerate another decade of Liberal rule

24.04.2025 10

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Opinion: Calgary should ditch Conservatives if they lose again

17.04.2025 7

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Nelson: Calgary should ditch Tories if they lose again

17.04.2025 10

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Nelson: Carney's 'Captain Canada' gig is a cynical ruse

Mark Carney became Captain Canada, and within weeks the Grits were giving Lazarus a run for his money in the resurrection game

10.04.2025 10

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Nelson: Liberal resurgence leaves Alberta caught between rock and hard place

04.04.2025 4

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Nelson: Liberal resurgence leaves Alberta caught between rock and hard place

03.04.2025 10

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Nelson: Canadians have been high rollers when it comes to spending on American goods

27.03.2025 20

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Nelson: Team Canada will use and abuse Alberta

Whatever other reservations folk have about our premier, when it comes to sticking up for this province, she’s displayed a backbone of steel

20.03.2025 30

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Nelson: Liberals reborn under Carney? Pray it ain't so

The rigours of a Canadian federal election campaign surely will expose Carney for what he is

06.03.2025 9

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Nelson: PM Carney would be bad for Alberta, but not for premier

28.02.2025 10

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Nelson: Hey, Trump — Canada's no state; we're a colony

How did we get to this? Don’t we live in a democracy? Surely, Trudeau didn’t figure out this ruse all by himself? Maybe we should ask Stephen Harper

20.02.2025 20

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Nelson: Make Canada great again? No chance

13.02.2025 10

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Nelson: Make Canada great again? No chance

There is a sense of righteous anger across our land. But if anyone believes this is enough to change our collective attitude toward large-scale...

13.02.2025 40

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Nelson: Alberta premier goes from zero to hero

Alberta’s premier has helped buy Canada some time by giving Trump his win. In doing so, she even provided Trudeau with one

06.02.2025 10

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Nelson: Nenshi ignores Alberta's history at his peril

Tying your political future to anything Liberal in Alberta is akin to clutching a concrete block before jumping into Great Slave Lake

30.01.2025 9

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