Alberta’s other political parties. If you’re unhappy with the state of Alberta politics and are tempted as a summer project to form your own political party, might I suggest you call it the “None of the Above” party. Or maybe the “I Don’t Know” party. Do that and you’ll attract the support of more than 10 per cent of all Alberta…

Alberta might be sweltering through a brutally hot and blindingly sunny week but there’s a cloud hanging over the provincial government that keeps raining on Premier Jason Kenney’s parade. We got a good look at the ominous spectre Wednesday morning when Finance Minister Travis Toews released the province’s final fiscal report on the 2020-21 budget.

When Alberta Premier Jason Kenney unveiled a giant “Open for Summer July 1” sign at an outdoor news conference in Edmonton last week, he could barely contain his excitement. “We did it!” he declared as the province hit its goal of getting the first dose of COVID vaccines into 70 per cent of Albertans. “You did it,” Kenney added, giving…

There is something oddly fitting, even symbolic, about the Alberta government offering exotic vacation packages as part of its vaccine lottery. After all, almost 10 per cent of United Conservative caucus members jetted off to hotspots during the Christmas break.

We knew we were about to get run over by a bus. We could see it coming. We even knew its number. But that didn’t make it any easier or less painful when it finally hit. Thus, when the Alberta government formally announced Wednesday it was “terminating its involvement” in the defunct Keystone XL pipeline project, Albertan taxpayers had every…