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Braid: Nenshi issues slavish apology for photo with Israeli ambassador It’s part of a Canadian political leader’s job to meet senior foreign diplomats and hear their viewpoints

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16.07.2026 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Nenshi issues slavish apology for photo with Israeli ambassador

What is it with these former Calgary mayors and the Jewish community? NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi now joins Jyoti Gondek as a serial offender. As mayor,...

16.07.2026 7

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: Nenshi's slavish apology for his photo with the Israeli ambassador

For the Alberta NDP leader the trouble came after some people objected to the photo. Those would include the antisemitic cluster on the left of his...

16.07.2026 10

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: A young girl saves her own life — because she wasn't glued to a cellphone

A driver’s FIRST check should be for pedestrians. You might wait a few seconds longer but nobody’s going to die

15.07.2026 3

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Big projects lock Smith and Carney in a pact neither can break Isn’t it time to drop the suspicion that Ottawa is just setting Alberta up for another betrayal?

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14.07.2026 5

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Big projects lock Smith and Carney in a pact neither can break

Isn’t it time to drop the suspicion that Ottawa is just setting Alberta up for another betrayal?

14.07.2026 4

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Alberta bets on dubious deal with internet gambling giants

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14.07.2026 30

Edmonton Journal

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Braid: Alberta bets on dubious deal with internet gambling giants

Ontario, the first province into the online gambling pot, faces a rise in gambling addiction and even suicides

13.07.2026 5

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Corb Lund fiasco signals trouble for Oct. 19 referendum blitz A long, dark shadow over the voting and counting of the 10 referendum questions has been cast

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10.07.2026 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Corb Lund petition fiasco signals trouble for Oct. 19 referendum blitz

The rejection of Corb Lund’s Water Not Coal petition, aimed at stopping new mines on the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies, throws Alberta’s whole...

10.07.2026 8

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Smith's big Stampede rollouts aimed at cutting separatist support Carney is not Trudeau, but do separatists see that, Danielle Smith hopes so

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10.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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Braid: Smith's big Stampede rollouts aimed at cutting separatist support

Carney is not Trudeau, but do separatists see that, Danielle Smith hopes so

09.07.2026 9

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Alberta Energy Rebate just the latest dubious data grab Such portals have collected information before, but not on this aggressive level

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07.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

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Braid: Alberta Energy Rebate just the latest dubious data grab

Such portals have collected information before, but not on this aggressive level

07.07.2026 50

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Want a pipeline with those pancakes? Doug Ford comes to Stampede Ontario, not Alberta, would be the formal proponent, a wise call that would make a pipeline look more national than Albertan

06.07.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Want a pipeline with those pancakes? Doug Ford comes to Stampede

You know you’re in Calgary during Stampede when one premier says of another, “I don’t want his pants to fall down.” That was Premier Danielle...

06.07.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: UCP hostility with First Nations mars a special time of year in Calgary Indigenous culture is a huge part of Stampede’s enduring success. It’s woven into the very fabric of the event

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30.06.2026 30

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: UCP hostility with First Nations mars old Stampede tradition

Indigenous culture is a huge part of Stampede’s enduring success. It’s woven into the very fabric of the event

29.06.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Who's hurting Stampede? The politicians who claim the fun is gone

22.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Life on AISH is hard. Now the UCP government makes it worse

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17.06.2026 40

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Life on AISH is hard. Now the UCP government makes it worse

The UCP government’s treatment of AISH recipients is contemptible. Well-known businesswoman Arlene Dickinson launched a powerful post about Bruce...

16.06.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Will separatists topple Danielle Smith and win control of UCP? Not a chance

11.06.2026 50

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Will separatists topple Danielle Smith and win control of UCP? Not a chance

There is zero chance, absolutely none, that separatist leaders will kick Premier Danielle Smith out of office and take over the United Conservative...

10.06.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Premier Smith's quiet battle against separatist takeover of UCP heats up History shows most times voters don’t eject conservative premiers - the party does

09.06.2026 20

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Premier Smith's quiet battle against separatist takeover of UCP heats up

The UCP is cooked if separatists take control. Well aware of the threat, Premier Danielle Smith’s forces are quietly acting against UCP rebels who...

09.06.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Premier Smith's quiet battle against separatist takeover of UCP heats up

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09.06.2026 20

Calgary Sun

Don Braid

Braid: Poll shows separatist support is falling fast as reality sets in and vote approaches

The separatist surge in Alberta is starting to wane. An Ipsos poll, done for Global News, finds support for leaving Canada has dropped from 28 per...

05.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: The latest health card news: How to fill a prescription when dead If there really are 500,000 cards unattached to humans, that’s the government’s own doing

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04.06.2026 30

Edmonton Journal

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Braid: The latest health card news: How to fill a prescription when dead

If there really are 500,000 cards unattached to humans, that’s the government’s own doing

04.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Alberta separatist leaders imagine a grand alliance with Quebec separatists. Not happening.

As Premier Danielle Smith visits Quebec for friendly talks with the new premier, Christine Frechette, she knows who to avoid

02.06.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Farkas seeks to reassure as 2013 flood fears rise with the rivers

Since the devastating flood of 2013 the city, province and Ottawa have spent $2 billion on flood mitigation.

01.06.2026 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Smith finally begins the struggle to win UCP back from the separatists

29.05.2026 50

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Don Braid: Danielle Smith finally begins the struggle to win UCP back from the separatists

The biggest threat to the UCP, in fact, may be the loss of conservative moderates. Many are disgusted enough by separatist noise to leave the party

28.05.2026 40

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Smith finally begins the struggle to win UCP back from the separatists

The biggest threat to the UCP, in fact, may be the loss of conservative moderates

28.05.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Danielle Smith's party abandons federalism while western premiers blast her referendum Smith herself has warned the party could split. That’s the whole reason for this referendum. And yet, it’s startling to have a clear statement that Smith and her party are now formally offside

26.05.2026 30

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Smith backs federalism. Her party won't. Sure path to big trouble in UCP

Smith herself has warned the party could split. That’s the whole reason for this referendum. And yet, it’s startling to have a clear statement...

26.05.2026 40

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Prime Minister Carney waves the Clarity Act over Smith's 'dangerous bluff' In the long-running Alberta-Ottawa barn dance, there’s rarely been a weirder clash of contradictions

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Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Prime Minister Carney waves the Clarity Act over Smith's 'dangerous bluff'

Premier Danielle Smith’s referendum question could get slammed to a halt by Ottawa. “This is a very dangerous bluff,” Prime Minister Mark Carney...

25.05.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Amid strong pro-Canada speech, Smith drops a goofy, unworkable referendum question Now we have this strange hybrid question that will probably annoy nearly everyone

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22.05.2026 40

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Amid strong pro-Canada speech, Smith drops a goofy, unworkable referendum question

Now we have this strange hybrid question that will probably annoy nearly everyone

21.05.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Two ministers quit, Smith will talk referendum on TV, legislature committee erupts

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21.05.2026 40

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Two ministers quit, Smith will talk referendum on TV, legislature committee erupts

Danielle Smith will have strong words about the future of the province in her TV speech

20.05.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: UCP may OK Lukaszuk's referendum question, amid threats to Smith's leadership

A pro-Canada independence referendum question may head for approval Wednesday.

20.05.2026 40

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: UCP may OK Lukaszuk's referendum question, amid dispute over what it means An independence referendum question may head for approval Wednesday, trailing a bizarre brawl.

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20.05.2026 40

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: UCP may OK Lukaszuk's referendum question, amid dispute over what it means

An independence referendum question may head for approval Wednesday, trailing a bizarre brawl.

19.05.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Smith's economic wins with Ottawa are historic and may move the dial on separatism Smith may have set up this province for decades of economic gains

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19.05.2026 40

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Smith's economic wins with Ottawa are historic and may move the dial on separatism

Premier Danielle Smith was almost jumping with glee and optimism Friday. She has pulled off a deal that leads to a pipeline and will attract investors...

15.05.2026 50

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: As separatist leaders bumble, Smith hopes Ottawa deal will make them irrelevant

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13.05.2026 50

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: As separatist leaders bumble, Smith hopes Ottawa deal will make them irrelevant

A subtle warning is out — hardline separatists won’t be welcome in the next UCP caucus

12.05.2026 30

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Separatist leaders hatred of Canada leads them and the province nowhere There is only one way Alberta leaders’ contempt for Canada makes any sense. They don’t think they need Canada because, as David Parker says, 'we have America backing us'

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11.05.2026 30

Edmonton Journal

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