Braid: UCP faces mounting challenges from its own Recall Act

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Braid: UCP faces mounting challenges from its own Recall Act

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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

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

04.11.2025 9

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

31.10.2025 10

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

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

28.10.2025 3

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

28.10.2025 10

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

25.10.2025 3

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

24.10.2025 7

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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

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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 3

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

22.10.2025 4

Don Braid

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

22.10.2025 2

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

22.10.2025 4

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

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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

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

16.10.2025 10

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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

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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

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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

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

08.10.2025 3

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

01.10.2025 10

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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

Don Braid

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

30.09.2025 10

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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

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Braid: The Liberals face a furious Prairie battle over mandatory gun buybacks

Danielle Smith and Scott Moe know exactly what they’re doing and it boils down to this: they will not allow Ottawa to take guns from law-abiding...

25.09.2025 5

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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

18.09.2025 7

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

In general, all the mayoral candidates have policies that look fine on paper. But this isn’t working because city hall never follows through with...

17.09.2025 5

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Don Braid: Quebec’s likeliest next premier backs Alberta separation. Canada needs to take him seriously

‘I want Quebec to self-determine democratically. And I hope Albertans would want the same thing for themselves,’ PQ leader St-Pierre Plamondon...

13.09.2025 10

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

St-Pierre Plamondon was in Alberta this week, speaking to the U of C's school of public policy — and meeting Alberta separatists

13.09.2025 8

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Braid: Carney talks nice but oil and gas still face uniquely hostile laws

13.09.2025 8

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Don Braid: Oil and gas industry still faces uniquely hostile laws despite Carney's nice talk

The federal ‘greenwashing‘ law could see oil and gas companies pay millions in fines for ‘misrepresenting’ their environmental activities or...

12.09.2025 10

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Braid: Carney talks nice but oil and gas still face uniquely hostile laws

Federal “greenwashing” law could see oil and gas company pay millions in fines

11.09.2025 5

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Don Braid: Trudeau's long gone but look who's virtue signalling now Former Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was often blasted for his smarmy, progressive virtue-signalling.

06.09.2025 10

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Braid: Trudeau's long gone but look who's virtue signalling now

06.09.2025 7

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Braid: UCP government's cash clawback and AISH upheaval seem heartless

05.09.2025 3

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Braid: UCP government's cash clawback and AISH upheaval seem heartless

The government seems clueless about the psychological harm they’re inflicting on people who face challenges most of us never imagine

04.09.2025 3

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Braid: The UCP retreats on library book ban after making Alberta an international punchline Under mounting pressure, the UCP caved, but they had to blame somebody on the way out — and the school boards were right at hand

03.09.2025 10

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Braid: The UCP retreats on library book ban after making Alberta an international punchline

Under mounting pressure, the UCP caved, but they had to blame somebody on the way out — and the school boards were right at hand

03.09.2025 5

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Braid: Despite the wild and angry campaign, Alberta will settle down

13.08.2025 20

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Braid: Alberta's pro-Canada forces scoop separatists, set referendum question

31.07.2025 10

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Braid: Smith breaks open the public piggy bank to solve school shortage, blames Trudeau

The UCP will pump $8.6 billion over three years into the construction of new schools

31.07.2025 10

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Braid: Smith breaks open the public piggy bank to solve school shortage, blames Trudeau

31.07.2025 10

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Don Braid: Calgary police say crime is down. Maybe they should look out the window

A decade of enabling by ultra-progressive local politicians has created an intractable civic disaster

26.07.2025 4

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Braid: UCP faces mounting challenges from its own Recall Act

Don Braid

Braid: UCP faces mounting challenges from its own Recall Act

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

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

Don Braid

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

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

Don Braid

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

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?

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

Braid: The Liberals face a furious Prairie battle over mandatory gun buybacks

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

Don Braid: Quebec’s likeliest next premier backs Alberta separation. Canada needs to take him seriously

Don Braid

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

Don Braid

Braid: Carney talks nice but oil and gas still face uniquely hostile laws

Don Braid

Don Braid: Oil and gas industry still faces uniquely hostile laws despite Carney's nice talk

Don Braid

Braid: Carney talks nice but oil and gas still face uniquely hostile laws