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Alberta Tories give Premier Ed Stelmach 77 per cent support in leadership review
Premier Ed Stelmach got 77 per cent support in a leadership review vote by Tory delegates meeting in Red Deer, Alta.
Braid: Premier needs time, but will he get it?
Calgary-Egmont MLA Jonathan Denis will vote for "the boss"-- Premier Ed Stelmach--in Saturday's leadership review.
Alberta Tories' support lowest in 16 years: poll
On the eve of Premier Ed Stelmach's leadership review, a new poll shows the governing Tories have sunk to their lowest popular support in 16 years, slipped to second place in Calgary and are barely fending off the Wildrose Alliance as the preferred party among decided Alberta voters.
Premier Ed Stelmach says he's ready for this weekend's mandatory leadership review -- even as he continues to take it on the chin over his government's rollout of the H1N1 vaccine.
According to Wikipedia, a oe a Mistakes were madea is an expression that is commonly used as a rhetorical device, whereby a speaker acknowledges that a situation was handled poorly or inappropriately but seeks to evade any direct admission or accusation of responsibility by using the passive voice.a So far, Alberta Health Minister Ron Liepert and ...
Rookie Edmonton MLA Fred Horne has been appointed to several committees, the most important of which is the advistory committee on health that will review major pieces of Alberta's health legistlation.
Alberta's health superboard asks workers to take wage freeze
The province's cash-strapped health superboard--Alberta's largest employer -- is asking its 90,000 employees to take a two-year wage freeze, following an announcement Thursday that senior managers will forgo salary hikes during that period.
Old rivals speak out for Stelmach
One of Premier Ed Stelmach's former leadership rivals warned PC party members Monday that it would be risky for them to force a leadership race at their upcoming convention.
Stelmach's Tory leadership vote next week top issue at the legislature
Premier Ed Stelmach's leadership of Alberta's Progressive Conservatives was top of mind as elected members returned to the assembly for the fall sitting.
Graham Thomson: Legislative assembly steered off course
If you want to know what's going on in Alberta politics, don't look inside the legislative assembly.
Turfing Stelmach would be huge risk
Some Tories actually think Premier Ed Stelmach's party will dump him on Nov. 7. Others just hope it will.
AUPE names activist to top post
Guy Smith was elected as the new president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees on October 23, 2009.
Don Martin: Federal Tories face a Wildrose dilemma in Alberta
A carved-in-stone commandment for MPs came down from the mountain this week. If those wretched media ask about Alberta's fledgling Wildrose Alliance, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told his caucus, shut your trap and run away.
Agency a lightning rod for complaints
Alberta MLAs spend a lot of their time dealing with constituents who fall through the cracks of the provincial Workers' Compensation Board, says Liberal WCB critic Hugh MacDonald.
Wildrose's rise divides Calgary-West Tories
A spat broke out Tuesday between Tory provincial and federal politicians representing Calgary-West, underscoring divisions between Progressive Conservative and Reform factions in Alberta over the emerging Wildrose Alliance.
Vote-splitting favours Alberta Liberals, premier warns
Premier Ed Stelmach warned small-c conservatives Tuesday that a vote for the fledgling Wildrose Alliance will split right-wing support in Alberta and is akin to casting a ballot for the Liberals.
Stelmach faces big test at leadership review: Klein
As several Tory MLAs rallied behind Premier Ed Stelmach on Monday, former Alberta leader Ralph Klein suggested his successor will face a tough time at his party leadership review next month.
Longtime Calgary Tory calls for premier's defeat
That was some nervy way for Danielle Smith to start her first weekday as leader of a party with one seat.
New Wildrose Alliance party leader Danielle Smith speaks to the crowd following her election as the new party leader.
She is what this province's Progressive Conservatives would be if the Progressive Conservatives were actually conservatives.