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Calgary Sun

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Bell: Smith slams 'willfully blind' and 'ignorant' critics of Alberta

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Calgary Sun

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Bell: Smith slams 'willfully blind' and 'ignorant' critics of Alberta

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Edmonton Journal

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Rick Bell: Smith fires back — the Liberals not Trump are greatest threat to Alberta

'As scared as these people are of what Donald Trump is going to do to their economy, that’s how scared Albertans are of what the Liberals are going...

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National Post

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Bell: Smith fires back — Liberals not Trump are greatest threat to Alberta

'We're feeling the biggest threat to our economic survival is Ottawa,' says Premier Danielle Smith who believes President Trump is not the biggest...

yesterday 4

Calgary Herald

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Bell: Carney must deal with Smith or face Alberta separatist headache

yesterday 6

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Smith is firm — for Carney and Canada it's her or Alberta separatists

previous day 9

Calgary Sun

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Bell: Smith sticks her neck out, says Alberta separatist feeling is justifiable

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Calgary Herald

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Bell: Smith is firm — for Carney and Canada it's her or Alberta separatists

'I think we have to accept there's a lot of anger out there. There's a lot of groups organizing to try to do something about it,' says Alberta Premier...

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Calgary Herald

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Bell: Smith sticks her neck out, says Alberta separatist feeling is justifiable

previous day 6

Calgary Sun

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Bell: Smith sticks her neck out, says Alberta separatist feeling is justifiable

previous day 5

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Danielle Smith, Carney meet — the Alberta premier feels positive

05.05.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Albertans will get a vote on Alberta independence — bet on it, baby!

Alberta independence is now a hot-button issue as Premier Danielle Smith prepares to speak with Prime Minister Mark Carney on whether Ottawa will stop...

05.05.2025 40

Calgary Herald

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Bell: Albertans will get a vote on Alberta independence — bet on it, baby!

Bell: Albertans will get a vote on Alberta independence — bet on it, baby!
03.05.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Danielle Smith, Carney meet — the Alberta premier feels positive

03.05.2025 7

Calgary Sun

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Bell: Danielle Smith, Carney meet — the Alberta premier feels positive

Bell: Danielle Smith, Carney meet — the Alberta premier feels positive

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith meets Prime Minister Mark Carney and says the meeting was positive. Was Carney being real or playing games?

03.05.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Bell: Albertans will get a vote on Alberta independence — bet on it, baby!

03.05.2025 10

Calgary Sun

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Bell: Many Albertans will blow a hell of a fuse if Carney Liberals win

Bell: Many Albertans will blow a hell of a fuse if Carney Liberals win
28.04.2025 30

Calgary Herald

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Bell: Many Albertans will blow a hell of a fuse if Carney Liberals win

26.04.2025 20

Calgary Sun

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Bell: Liberal Mark Carney plays fast and loose with the truth — again

Bell: Liberal Mark Carney plays fast and loose with the truth — again
26.04.2025 8

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: The horror show Mark Carney and the Liberals want deep-sixed now

25.04.2025 20

Calgary Sun

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Bell: Liberal Mark Carney plays fast and loose with the truth — again

25.04.2025 10

Calgary Sun

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Bell: The horror show Mark Carney and the Liberals want deep-sixed now

Bell: The horror show Mark Carney and the Liberals want deep-sixed now

A government report paints a horrible picture of 2040 Canada just before the election but the Carney Liberals face little grief and few questions

25.04.2025 9

Calgary Herald

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Bell: Mark Carney — Not such a tough guy against Donald Trump now

Bell: Mark Carney — Not such a tough guy against Donald Trump now

Liberal Leader Mark Carney under fire for not telling Canadians the whole story of his phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump

25.04.2025 20

Calgary Herald

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Bell: The horror show Mark Carney and the Liberals want deep-sixed now

Bell: The horror show Mark Carney and the Liberals want deep-sixed now
25.04.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Canada is headed on the Highway to Hell, government probe warns

Bell: Canada is headed on the Highway to Hell, government probe warns
24.04.2025 3

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Canada is headed on the Highway to Hell, government probe warns

23.04.2025 10

Calgary Sun

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Bell: Canada is headed on the Highway to Hell, government probe warns

Bell: Canada is headed on the Highway to Hell, government probe warns

'Why this isn't blazing the front pages of every news outlet in the country right now is beyond me,' says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, of a...

23.04.2025 40

Calgary Herald

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Bell: Carney in front, the man for comfy Canadians not wanting change

20.04.2025 10

Edmonton Sun

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Bell: Carney in front, the man for comfy Canadians not wanting change

20.04.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Former B.C. Liberal premier has a word for boomers before voting Carney

19.04.2025 10

Edmonton Sun

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Bell: Former B.C. Liberal premier has a word for boomers before voting Carney

19.04.2025 10

Calgary Sun

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Bell: Former B.C. Liberal premier has a word for boomers before voting Carney

19.04.2025 6

Calgary Herald

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Bell: Carney in front, the man for comfy Canadians not wanting change

19.04.2025 7

Calgary Sun

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Bell: Carney in front, the man for comfy Canadians not wanting change

Pierre Poilievre puts his chips down on enough Canadians wanting change so Conservatives can win this election

19.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Bell: Former B.C. Liberal premier has a word for boomers before voting Carney 'This cannot be all about what the boomers want,' says former B.C. Liberal premier Gordon Campbell, on the federal election

19.04.2025 10

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Carney keeps peddling the Big Lie, fear is the name of the game If a snake oil salesman was picking a place to ply his con artist trade the obvious choice would be Canada — hands down

18.04.2025 8

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Carney stiffs Alberta, Danielle Smith holds her fire — for now

17.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Bell: Carney stiffs Alberta, Danielle Smith holds her fire — for now

17.04.2025 10

Calgary Sun

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Bell: Carney keeps peddling the Big Lie, fear is the name of the game

17.04.2025 8

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Carney keeps peddling the Big Lie, fear is the name of the game

If a snake oil salesman was picking a place to ply his con artist trade the obvious choice would be Canada — hands down

17.04.2025 20

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell

Bell: Carney stiffs Alberta, Danielle Smith holds her fire — for now

17.04.2025 9

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Mark Carney Liberal sleaze and Premier Doug Ford's big mouth

Carney Liberals once again want to link Pierre Poilievre to Donald Trump, this time with dirty tricks of their own

16.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Bell: Mark Carney Liberal sleaze and Premier Doug Ford's big mouth

16.04.2025 6

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Mark Carney Liberal sleaze and Premier Doug Ford's big mouth

15.04.2025 8

Calgary Sun

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BELL: Mark Carney Liberal sleaze and Premier Doug Ford's big mouth

15.04.2025 8

Toronto Sun

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BELL: Mark Carney Liberal sleaze and Premier Doug Ford's big mouth

15.04.2025 10

Ottawa Sun

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Bell: Carney stars as tough-guy saviour in the great Liberal con job

12.04.2025 10

Calgary Sun

Rick Bell

Bell: Carney stars as tough-guy saviour in the great Liberal con job

How Mark Carney and the Liberals used fear to make the political comeback of the ages

12.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

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Bell: Mark Carney is now on a collision course with Danielle Smith

12.04.2025 7

Edmonton Journal

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Bell: Did we just witness Mark Carney playing Albertans for a fool?

'We need the votes of your readers,' says Liberal Leader Mark Carney in Calgary, appealing to readers of this column to get on board the Liberal train

11.04.2025 10

Calgary Herald

Rick Bell