David J. Climenhaga

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David Climenhaga, author of the Alberta Diary blog, is a journalist, author, journalism teacher, poet and trade union communicator who has worked in senior writing and editing positions with the Toronto Globe and Mail and the Calgary Herald. His 1995 book, A Poke in the Public Eye, explores the relationships among Canadian journalists, public relations people and politicians. He left journalism after the strike at the Calgary Herald in 1999 and 2000 to work as Communications Director of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, which with more than 73,000 members is Alberta’s largest union and Canada’s 10th largest. Alberta Diary focuses on Alberta politics and social issues. Contact: albertadiary @ gmail.com
David J. Climenhaga

Conservative conundrum: 17 million Canadian Facebook accounts and only 18,000 Mounties! What to do?

| April 7, 2011
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No more Mr. Nice Guy? Alberta Liberal Leader David Swann shakes things up

| January 21, 2011
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All signs suggest Villa Caritas conversion was driven by political expediency, not sound planning

| January 19, 2011
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Raj Sherman's cross-Alberta road tour: Destination NDP?

| January 17, 2011
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Harper's game: Appealing to our nameless, unreasoning, unjustified fears

| January 14, 2011
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The Alberta Situation: ERs still critical; no shortage of flakes; premier's pay tops for the Dominion

| January 13, 2011
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Alberta's $64,000 Question: Where will Raj Sherman jump? And when?

| January 12, 2011
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Five reasons why stalling the next sitting of the Legislature won't help Ed Stelmach

| January 11, 2011
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Don't expect the right to connect the dots between its violent talk and actual violence

| January 10, 2011
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