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EDITOR’S NOTE: CBC News and The Road Ahead commissioned this public opinion research in mid-October, starting six days after Danielle Smith won the leadership of the United Conservative Party. As with all polls, this one is a snapshot in time. This week, Albertans saw glimpses of the Trudeau government’s strategy …
Read More »Danielle Smith talks Ottawa. Albertans have health and inflation on their minds
EDITOR’S NOTE: CBC News and The Road Ahead commissioned this public opinion research in mid-October, starting six days after Danielle Smith won the leadership of the United Conservative Party. As with all polls, this one is a snapshot in time. This analysis is one in a series of articles to …
Read More »Danielle Smith wants vaccine status to be a human right. Expect a petri dish of problems
There’s been much said, and justifiably so, about new Premier Danielle Smith’s remarks that the unvaccinated have been more discriminated against than any other group in the last half-century — a 50-year spell that’s been marked by systemic racism against various groups, the rise of Islamophobia and transphobia, ongoing homophobia …
Read More »As families gather to bury their dead, James Smith Cree Nation struggles to heal
As most people in James Smith Cree Nation were still sleeping, violence erupted. The killings began in homes around the northern part of the community before sunrise — at least three attacks, followed by five more in the central village and two in the south, said Chief Robert Head, tracing …
Read More »RCMP say Sask. mass killing suspect not on James Smith Cree Nation, search continues
Mass killing suspect Myles Sanderson is not hiding at James Smith Cree Nation, RCMP say. Authorities say the location of the mass murder suspect is still unknown and are urging the public to remain cautious. Earlier Tuesday, RCMP sent an alert telling residents of James Smith Cree Nation, about 170 kilometres …
Read More »Danielle Smith launches charm offensive in the Alberta United Conservative Party leadership race
This column is an opinion from Graham Thomson, an award-winning journalist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. After weeks of heated rhetoric in the United Conservative Party leadership race, the perceived front runner, Danielle Smith, is trying …
Read More »Polarizing stances make Danielle Smith main debate target. And, it seems, front-runner
In a debate for the 2016 U.S. Republican presidential primaries, organizers went big and gaudy by positioning Ronald Reagan’s old Air Force One jet as a backdrop to the candidates and their lecterns. In a province that no longer has executive aircraft for its leader, United Conservatives offered a low-budget …
Read More »Her political career died with Alberta floor-crossing. Meet Danielle Smith, resurrected
This column is an opinion by James Johnson, a former researcher for Alberta’s Wildrose and United Conservative parties. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. Danielle Smith’s return shocks many Albertans. It shouldn’t. Many think she made the unforgivable sin in 2014 when as Wildrose leader she crossed the …
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