6 days ago · Carrie Tait’s bombshell exposé rocked Alberta politics this week. When I first sat down to start writing today’s column I was planning to write a follow up to my piece about Premier Danielle Smith’s reaction to American President Donald Trump’s tariff threat, but a week in politics can be an eternity and to say this has been a busy week in Alberta politics is an understatement.

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5 days ago · When scandal threatens to envelop a government, the politicians spin hard “Changing the channel” might be an outdated metaphor in a world where online streaming is how a lot of people now watch “television,” but it is a term that remains in use by politicians and political communicators to describe a strategy to draw attention away from something you don’t want to be on the top of ...

Feb 8, 2025 · Carrie Tait’s bombshell exposé rocked Alberta politics this week. When I first sat down to start writing today’s column I was planning to write a follow up to my piece about Premier Danielle Smith’s reaction to American President Donald Trump’s tariff threat, but a week in politics can be an eternity and to say this has been a busy week in Alberta politics is an understatement.

Good morning, Dave. On the wider civic election front, I have a name for you who knows something about Grande Prairie: Dr Daryl White. Dr White is an instructor in the Faculty of Arts & Education at Grande Prairie Regional College, and he has started a high-quality, unbiased civic election website describing the issues, and about the candidates for Mayor & Council (unfortunately, he has not ...

Jan 22, 2024 · From the price of oil to the influence of right-wing populist groups to the NDP leadership race and more. January is usually a quiet month in politics, making it a good time to look ahead at what to expect in the year to come.

Carrie Tait’s bombshell exposé rocked Alberta politics this week. When I first sat down to start writing today’s column I was planning to write a follow up to my piece about Premier Danielle Smith’s reaction to American President Donald Trump’s tariff threat, but a week in politics can be an eternity and to say this has been a busy week in Alberta politics is an understatement.

May 3, 2024 · Changes will send chills through municipal councils and create a lot of grief for MLAs. One of my goals when I moved Daveberta over to this Substack newsletter in 2022 was to take a different approach to writing about Alberta politics. For 17 years I published, sometimes, almost daily commentary on Alberta politics.

May 6, 2024 · Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS The former health minister shares her plans for health, climate, and housing. NDP MLA Sarah Hoffman joins the Daveberta Podcast to talk about why she is running for the Alberta NDP leadership and her plans for health care, climate, and housing.. We discuss Hoffman’s experiences as Minister of Health and chair of the Edmonton Public School ...

Aug 29, 2024 · The separatist Wildrose Loyalty Coalition was only recognized as a political party by Elections Alberta last week and this weekend the right-wing splinter party registered a slate of 54 candidates in ridings across Alberta.. The right-wing slate includes leader Paul Hinman, who is running in Taber-Warner, an area he represented as an Alberta Alliance and Wildrose Alliance MLA from 2004 to 2008.