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Sep 29, 2016  Right-wing newspaper owners want your taxes to subsidize their obsolete, mismanaged, biased publicationsDavid J. Climenhaga Nobody had more warning of the extent and nature of the coming digital revolution than the Canadian newspaper industry, and they still blew their future to smithereens. Now they want your tax money. |
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Sep 27, 2016  'Bernard the Roughneck' campaign has been in preparation for months, may soon target Rachel NotleyDavid J. Climenhaga Will the "Bernard the Roughneck" campaign continue now that "Bernard" himself has proved to be both more and less than original advertised? Oh, probably … |
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Apr 26, 2016  Shakeup? Lobby firms launch new publications to compete in a previously comfortable niche under the domeDavid J. Climenhaga These new publications have the potential to upset the applecart for the folks who used to have this business to themselves. |
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Mar 1, 2016  The Annals of the Alberta Party: A mystery created, a mystery solvedDavid J. Climenhaga What was the mysterious party Danielle Smith was flirting with before the notorious 2014 Wildrose floor crossing? The Alberta Party. |
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Jun 8, 2015  Tory-linked lobbying firm hires former CLC president, B.C. NDP ministerDavid J. Climenhaga Some of Alberta's NDP-free lobbying firms are starting to take measures to try to fix that unexpectedly serious deficiency. |
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Jan 9, 2015  Keeping up with the floor crossers: Wildrose defection continues to generate plenty of heat, less lightDavid J. Climenhaga The furor over the defection of majority of Alberta Wildrose Opposition to the Progressive Conservative government has prompted clarifying statements from two MLAs involved. |
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Jan 7, 2015  Alberta Premier Jim Prentice is weaker today because of the Wildrose floor-crossing fiascoDavid J. Climenhaga Thanks to the Wildrose defections, Alberta Premier Jim Prentice is in a far weaker position thanks to his own actions than he was at the start of December. |
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Jan 4, 2015  Poll says all is well in Alberta garden as disappointed Wildrosers file back into PC ranksDavid J. Climenhaga Support for the Wildrose Party is plummeting as supporters angered by the defection of 11 MLAs to the governing PCs have turned on the five Wildrose MLAs who didn't cross the floor. Go figure! |
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Dec 24, 2014  Enough with the fantasy Wildrose was Alberta's best opposition, already! It's baloney!David J. Climenhaga The Wildrose Party was the most effective opposition Alberta's ever had? Give us a break! In fact, they were lousy in opposition. |
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Dec 23, 2014  Jim Prentice revealed as Hayek 'disciple'; Heather Forsyth to lead Wildrose rump; Preston Manning says he's sorry... and more!David J. Climenhaga With the appointment of Heather Forsyth as Wildrose leader yesterday, Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is the only leader of an Alberta opposition party who's never been a Tory cabinet minister. |
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Dec 17, 2014  Say it ain't so, Danielle! Bulk of Wildrose caucus commits ritual political suicideDavid J. Climenhaga It was conceded openly by the principal characters in today's "unification" drama that this scheme has been in the works at least for several weeks, possibly longer. |
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Nov 13, 2012  Is a Wildrose 'coup d'etat' in the works? Not very likelyDavid J. Climenhaga It's a safe bet Opposition Leader Danielle Smith and Premier Alison Redford will have an opportunity to fight a rematch of the 2012 Alberta election in 2016. |
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Aug 30, 2012  The Annals of Law Enforcement: Alberta's Tories are sleazy, but they still get it right now and thenDavid J. Climenhaga Albertans need to ask themselves: Is dropping plans for a city police college in an isolated rural town the right decision, even if it’s made for the wrong reasons? |
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Nov 2, 2011  Alberta's Wildrose owns up to push polling; now you too can answer a completely unfair push pollDavid J. Climenhaga The right-wing party opted for a strategy of brazening it out, claiming that their robo-call survey uses a completely legitimate polling technique. |
