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Braid: Smith waves Ottawa deal at UCP convention, but separatists and recalls still challenge

Premier Danielle Smith isn't personally challenged at this UCP convention, but still faces blowback from separatists and recall campaigns

yesterday 5

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Smith scores a major victory as Ottawa retreats from a decade of meddling Beyond the details, the agreement actually returns legitimate provincial power to Alberta

Braid: Smith scores a major victory as Ottawa retreats from a decade of meddling Beyond the details, the agreement actually returns legitimate provincial power to Alberta
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Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Smith scores a major victory as Ottawa retreats from a decade of meddling

Braid: Smith scores a major victory as Ottawa retreats from a decade of meddling

Beyond the details, the agreement actually returns legitimate provincial power to Alberta

previous day 4

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: With tanker ban on the table, it's B.C. Premier Eby's turn to moan about Ottawa

Don Braid: With tanker ban on the table, it's B.C. Premier Eby's turn to moan about Ottawa

Eby sounds almost like an Alberta premier during the Trudeau regime, when the feds systematically piled up laws that stifled the province’s economy

26.11.2025 7

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: With tanker ban on the table, it's B.C. Premier Eby's turn to gripe about Ottawa

Braid: With tanker ban on the table, it's B.C. Premier Eby's turn to gripe about Ottawa

Eby sounds almost like an Alberta premier during the Trudeau regime, when Ottawa systematically piled up laws that stifled the province’s economy

26.11.2025 7

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: UCP performing major surgery on Alberta health care The new legislation introduced Monday is fundamental, monumental, and could directly affect how much patients pay

Braid: UCP performing major surgery on Alberta health care The new legislation introduced Monday is fundamental, monumental, and could directly affect how much patients pay
25.11.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: UCP performing major surgery on Alberta health care

Braid: UCP performing major surgery on Alberta health care

The new legislation introduced Monday is fundamental, monumental, and could directly affect how much patients pay

25.11.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Whodunit? Government blames ex-AHS boss in case of missing notebooks Athana Mentzelopoulos, former AHS CEO, denies destroying the notebooks of her predecessor

Braid: Whodunit? Government blames ex-AHS boss in case of missing notebooks Athana Mentzelopoulos, former AHS CEO, denies destroying the notebooks of her predecessor
24.11.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Whodunit? Government blames ex-AHS boss in case of missing notebooks

22.11.2025 9

Calgary Sun

Don Braid

Braid: Whodunit? Government blames ex-AHS boss in case of missing notebooks

Braid: Whodunit? Government blames ex-AHS boss in case of missing notebooks
22.11.2025 3

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Auditor general finds stalling, bad planning, big losses in Dynalife report

Braid: Auditor general finds stalling, bad planning, big losses in Dynalife report
20.11.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Auditor general finds stalling, bad planning, big losses in Dynalife report

Braid: Auditor general finds stalling, bad planning, big losses in Dynalife report
20.11.2025 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Council fumbles flag-raising, delivers a gut-punch to new Mayor Farkas

Braid: Council fumbles flag-raising, delivers a gut-punch to new Mayor Farkas

Farkas spent four years on council and knows his way around. Not until Monday, though, did he learn Lesson One for a Calgary mayor: Never take...

19.11.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Carney lands in B.C with massive survival plan for the provincial NDP

Braid: Carney lands in B.C with massive survival plan for the provincial NDP
15.11.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Don Braid: Carney gifts B.C. NDP with major project bonanza ahead of premier's leadership review

Don Braid: Carney gifts B.C. NDP with major project bonanza ahead of premier's leadership review

The Liberal prime minister is doing his best to make sure no Conservative government takes power in British Columbia

15.11.2025 8

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: Carney lands in B.C with massive survival plan for the provincial NDP

Braid: Carney lands in B.C with massive survival plan for the provincial NDP

In the national project crapshoot, the NDP premier has scored four big approvals, including two new ones this week

15.11.2025 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Farkas team signals return to common sense at city hall

Braid: Farkas team signals return to common sense at city hall

Staffing decisions show strong sign of balance, with no ideological favourites

13.11.2025 6

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Poilievre's team gets ready for epic leadership review fight in Calgary Fact: Recent CPC leaders have not survived election losses. Poilievre is the third defeated CPC leader since 2019. His leadership odds are not great

Braid: Poilievre's team gets ready for epic leadership review fight in Calgary Fact: Recent CPC leaders have not survived election losses. Poilievre is the third defeated CPC leader since 2019. His leadership odds are not great
11.11.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Poilievre's team gets ready for epic leadership review fight in Calgary

Braid: Poilievre's team gets ready for epic leadership review fight in Calgary

Fact: Recent CPC leaders have not survived election losses. Poilievre is the third defeated CPC leader since 2019. His leadership odds are not great

11.11.2025 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: UCP faces mounting challenges from its own Recall Act

06.11.2025 8

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: UCP faces mounting challenges from its own Recall Act

05.11.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: UCP dumps auditor general as he races to finish health scandal report The surest way to screw up Doug Wylie’s office is to appoint a more complacent auditor general and install her or him at a crucial point in the investigation

04.11.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: UCP rejects auditor general as he races to finish health scandal report

04.11.2025 9

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Thomas Lukaszuk has a political treasure chest — and he might start a new party

31.10.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Thomas Lukaszuk has a political treasure chest — and he might start a new party

'You know, you never say never,' said Lukaszuk

30.10.2025 20

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Tension rising as UCP introduces school bill, labour unions fume

28.10.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Tension rising as UCP introduces school bill, labour unions fume

28.10.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: UCP set to slam through back-to-work bill while teacher anger rises, other unions threaten action

25.10.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: UCP set to slam through back-to-work bill while teacher anger rises, other unions threaten action

24.10.2025 7

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: UCP will decide who can run for office next time; only the "serious" allowed Government House Leader Joseph Schow said the Justice Statutes Amendment Act will bring protection for local elections

23.10.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: UCP will decide who can run for office next time; only the "serious" allowed

Government House Leader Joseph Schow said the Justice Statutes Amendment Act will bring protection for local elections

22.10.2025 4

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Sharp demands recount just as Farkas begins 'onboarding' at city hall

22.10.2025 4

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Sharp demands recount just as Farkas begins 'onboarding' at city hall

22.10.2025 3

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: UCP will decide who can run for office next time; only the "serious" allowed

22.10.2025 4

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: UCP will decide who can run for office next time; only the "serious" allowed

Government House Leader Joseph Schow said the Justice Statutes Amendment Act will bring protection for local elections

21.10.2025 6

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: A confused, exasperated city still can't make up its mind about the next mayor

In the electorate, there is little enthusiasm for anybody. Mass confusion reigns

17.10.2025 5

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Upstart Calgary Party aims to boot the province out of city hall business

16.10.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Upstart Calgary Party aims to boot the province out of city hall business

'If (Danielle Smith) wants to run Calgary, she should resign her seat, move to Calgary and run for mayor,' says mayoral candidate Brian Thiessen

15.10.2025 9

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Calgary voters face tightening mayoral race and peculiar puzzle of political parties

Polling numbers and campaign financial filings raise more questions than they answer

11.10.2025 3

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Big talk, bold promises from candidates who won't tackle the real problem — city hall itself

Calgary needs a mayor who will end the rule of city hall bureaucrats and run the city with social compassion but fierce focus on real problems

10.10.2025 3

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: B.C. premier accuses Smith of bringing Trump to Canada via pipeline

08.10.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Don Braid: B.C.'s Eby accuses Danielle Smith of bringing Trump politics to Canada via pipeline

The B.C. premier’s new attack on Danielle Smith's pipeline plans is purely partisan, and vicious

08.10.2025 8

National Post

Don Braid

Braid: B.C. premier accuses Smith of bringing Trump to Canada via pipeline

David Eby’s new attack on Danielle Smith's pipeline plans is purely partisan, and vicious

08.10.2025 6

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Lavish private-school funding infuriates teachers, spooks government Simply put, the UCP is increasing private school support at a much faster rate than funding for public schools

07.10.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Lavish private-school funding infuriates teachers, spooks government

Simply put, the UCP is increasing private school support at a much faster rate than funding for public schools

07.10.2025 3

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: Student speaks out at Alberta Next session, gets referred for a spanking Bruce McAllister looked like a privileged government man speaking power to truth. And he raised a question: Is this how they think of students in the premier’s office?

02.10.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: The teachers' strike will be a monster that could affect a million families

01.10.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

Don Braid

Braid: Student speaks out at Alberta Next session, gets referred for a spanking

Bruce McAllister looked like a privileged government man speaking power to truth. And he raised a question: Is this how they think of students in the...

01.10.2025 3

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Braid: The teachers' strike will be a monster that could affect a million families

30.09.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Don Braid

Don Braid: The Liberals seem clueless about the furious Prairie resistance to gun buybacks

Gun licences are federal, but Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province is ‘working right now’ on setting up its own firearms licensing system

25.09.2025 10

National Post

Don Braid