A leaked audio recording emerged this week in which embattled Alberta Premier Jason Kenney referred to members of his own United Conservative Party as ‘lunatics’ and ‘kooky people.’ It’s possible the...

The complaint from Premier Smith’s office is more about dueling perceptions, of the nature I've often had to look into, in my role at the Star.

When the Alberta government announced what is surely the largest mass layoff in provincial history, it didn’t hold a news conference or even have one cabinet minister available to answer questions.

Smith is tossing the legislative process — let’s call it democracy — into a bonfire fuelled by cynical and manipulative partisan politics.

Alberta's health minister and chief medical officer of health should have provided a meaty update on how the provincial government is battling the devastating fourth wave of COVID-19. But instead, at...

The pandemic has thrust Alberta Premier Jason Kenney into an awkward partnership with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has provided billions of dollars in aid to the province. But Kenney’s default...

It’s probably fair to say Premier Jason Kenney has a love-hate relationship with the new federal speech from the throne — meaning, he doesn’t just hate it, he loves to hate it.

Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage is urging all Albertans to read the final report of the government-sponsored Steve Allan public inquiry into anti-Albertan activities.

With in-school classes cancelled indefinitely, funding for K-12 education is being temporarily adjusted to reflect the cost of at-home learning by students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding...

When Moody's Investors Service downgraded Alberta's credit rating this week, Premier Jason Kenney reacted swiftly and decisively — to attack the messenger.

Graham Thomson says the blistering pace of UCP legislation is all part of Premier Jason Kenney's strategy of moving with speed to make it harder for the opponents of reform to obstruct it.

If you’re looking to get a gift for Premier Jason Kenney this Christmas, might I suggest Dale Carnegie’s classic self-help book, How to Win Friends and Influence People? Kenney could do with some...

Her combative, gaslighting persona was put away for the election campaign. It was back this week.

That this new plan comes at a time when the energy industry is raking in huge profits makes the pitch no easier, writes Graham Thomson.

Critics say the premier’s power grab could mean privatization and turmoil.

It is a cessation of hostilities, not the beginning of a honeymoon. When Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland met Premier Jason Kenney in Edmonton on Monday she arrived under a flag of truce. She...

Alberta’s Premier has announced her new cabinet, with a focus on ensuring Albertans’ interests and priorities are well represented.

Danielle Smith’s mantra seems to be “More Alberta, Less Canada,” writes Graham Thomson, and those Albertans who might object to pushing the federal government out of interactions with local governm...

Premier Jason Kenney is fluent in both of Canada’s official languages. Yet he can’t seem to communicate with Alberta’s teachers.

On January 22, Premier Jason Kenney declared in a tweet that "Ottawa's trucker vaccine mandate has to go." Days later, a truck convoy of protesters angry at the vaccine mandate began tying up an...

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and key federal ministers today dismissed Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's criticism of Canada's top doctor and the approval process for new drugs and equipment by Health...

The fact that Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu phoned Edmonton police Chief Dale McFee to discuss his own traffic ticket 10 months ago is a fireable offence, according to Graham Thomson.