Drew Barnes

Persistent reports from a variety of sources indicate Wildrose Leader Brian Jean is also seriously eyeing a run for mayor of the Municipal District of Wood Buffalo.

Short answer: yes.

Only certain tragic catastrophes make the grade for public discourse in our society, and those are the ones that can be interpreted as "proof" socialism is evil.

If Brian Jean is going to hang on to his leadership of the Wildrose Party, he is going to have to be tougher than he has appeared to be up to now.

The nine MLAs behind this latest social media tempest probably do comprise the fruitcake fringe of the Wildrose caucus -– but that's 41 per cent, without even counting Derek Fildebrandt!

"The Beast," as Wood Buffalo regional fire chief Darby Allen calls the Fort Mac fire, is fearsome, but it has taught Albertans five remarkable things about themselves and their government.

Even with the formal approval of 78 per cent of the Wildrosers at the party's AGM in Calgary, Leader Brian Jean's effort to reunite Alberta’s right is far from a done deal.

Albertans have made their wishes for the health-care system clear and they want stability, says Health Minister Sarah Hoffman.

Anybody who's been inside the Royal Alexandra Hospital in the past decade knows a major rebuild of the Edmonton region’s crumbling major hospital campus is long overdue.