(UPDATED – SEE BOTTOM OF POST FOR FULL ANALYSIS) Calgary ElbowCheffins (Lib) 46%Henninger (PC) 38%Reed (Gre) 6%Greydanus (AA) 4%Brown (NDP) 3%Grover (SC) 2%Willerton (Ind) 1% Drumheller– StettlerHayden (PC) 58%Dooley (Lib) 14%Davidson (SC) 12%Rew (Ind) 7%France (AA) 5%Wigmore (Gre) 3%Bough (NDP) 1% Full analysis tomorrow but, for now, let me say: I could get used to […]

I'm about ready to call it. Liberals win calgary elbow. Up 2791 to 2135 with a third of the polls to go.

Cheffins up in 11 of first 12 polls in. A very promising start…

One of the most hotly contested byelection campaigns in Alberta’s history wraps up tonight as Calgary Elbow residents vote for the MLA to replace Ralph Klein. The Tories have burned through $200,000 of taxpayer dollars to send out pamphlets across the province, they’ve re-re-re-re-announced funding for a South Calgary hospital, and they even rolled Jim […]

I won’t pretend to understand how equalization works. I won’t pretend to understand if the “opt back” to the Atlantic Accord is the same or different than the original Atlantic Accord. I won’t pontificate on the pros and cons of side deals with the provinces. I won’t speculate on the legitimacy of the Senate holding […]

The feud between Dave Bronconnier and Ed Stelmach descended into self-parody over the weekend with Bronco taking offense to Ted Morton calling Calgary the best city in Canada. Here’s the blow by blow: Morton: “Calgary by itself is a good but not a great city,” [Morton] told delegates. “What makes Calgary a great city — […]

…comes in the form of the Globe & Mail editorial in support of a CTVglobemedia’s take-over bid.

I just got back from a weekend in Drumheller, helping out on the by election campaign there. Between that, Bronco versus Morton, Elbow by election mania, Paul Jackson’s idiocies, Gordon O’Connor, and the Ontario election, there’s a lot to blog about. But it will all have to wait because of the news story that has […]

“Bring back the sponsorship program“

1. The Green Party environmental platform calls for a dreaded carbon tax and higher gasoline prices. Sure, it’ll be unpopular, but if people are serious about meeting Kyoto (and the Greens certainly are), you’ll only get there with hard line tactics like that. 2. On the international scene, G8 leaders have agreed to consider thinking […]