Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s wounds may be self-inflicted but are they politically fatal?

Can Jason Kenney survive politically ? That’s the question facing Alberta’s premier as he refuses to take responsibility for allowing a disastrous fourth wave of the pandemic to overtake the province’s health-care system.

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Why Kenney’s government handed Albertans a nothing burger amid a disastrous 4th COVID wave

It was a nothing burger — with extra word salad on the side. Thursday’s news conference with Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw should have been a meaty update on how the provincial government is battling the devastating fourth wave of COVID-19. Instead, Shandro and Hinshaw continued to starve Albertans of information, of honesty…

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Kenney’s vacation is over, but his political troubles aren’t

OK, now what? Now that Premier Jason Kenney has poked his head over the ramparts via a Facebook live appearance Wednesday night, what will he do about the worrying fourth wave of COVID?

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Kenney can’t change federal system but he can make sure you don’t lose an hour’s sleep in March

You know the Alberta government is in an awkward spot when cabinet ministers attend a news conference to sheepishly announce what they won’t be doing. On Thursday, we had Finance Minister Travis Toews explaining why he won’t be holding a referendum this October on setting up an Alberta pension plan and Justice Minister Kaycee Madu explaining why he won’t be…

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Kenney’s cabinet shuffle more firecracker than fireworks

We were expecting a cabinet shuffle. Just not this particular shuffle.

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