Archive - Daveberta - Alberta politics and elections

Republican Party connections to Alberta’s separation referendum

Another bombshell story dropped by Carrie Tait and the Globe & Mail

11 hrs ago • Dave Cournoyer

Rewind: Danielle Smith’s Alberta Sovereignty Act is all about creating a political crisis

So much about what is happening in Alberta right now can be traced back to the Free Alberta Strategy

Oct 4 • Dave Cournoyer

September 2026

There’s nothing like a Janet Brown poll to shake up Alberta politics

Mark Carney’s broad approval dwarfs Danielle Smith and Naheed Nenshi

Sep 27 • Dave Cournoyer

Danielle Smith’s very rough week

The UCP loss in Calgary-Shaw and the thin end of the separatist wedge

Sep 24 • Dave Cournoyer

Michael Janz: It’s time for a regional approach to public safety

Edmonton City Councillor argues it’s time to start pooling revenue and pooling protection in the Capital region.

Sep 23 • Dave Cournoyer

Andy Grabia: A Fight To Remember

Canada is under attack, from within and from without. Saving an organ at the University of Alberta is one way to fight back.

Sep 16 • Dave Cournoyer

Wow! Just wow. NDP’s Kyle Campbell wins Calgary-Shaw by-election.

South Calgary voters backlash against Danielle Smith’s separation referendum

Sep 15 • Dave Cournoyer

Nenshi delivers health care pitch days before Calgary-Shaw by-election

NDP pitches stability and investment over the UCP’s restructuring and privatization

Sep 12 • Dave Cournoyer

Alberta separatists want a sandbox for conspiratorial quackery

Separatist leaders are not interested in their own version of peace, order, and good government

Sep 10 • Dave Cournoyer

Nolan Dyck defeats Robin Coward to win UCP nomination in Grande Prairie

Catching up on Alberta politics: 41 days until the separation referendum

Sep 8 • Dave Cournoyer

August 2026

Danielle Smith heading to Music City USA

Premier going to Tennessee as Alberta separation referendum only 49 days away

Aug 31 • Dave Cournoyer

Alberta’s separation referendum and the law of unintended consequences

Politics makes strange bedfellows. It’s amazing how much can change in 10 years.

Aug 29 • Dave Cournoyer

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