Alberta’s separatist movement fell flat on its face Monday night in three provincial byelections. The Opposition NDP held on to two Edmonton ridings with leader Naheed Nenshi winning one of them, and the governing UCP was again victorious in the rural riding of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills.

If you were thinking Alberta’s politics is getting particularly crazy these days — you’d be right. I mean, how else to explain why Premier Danielle Smith was recently dabbling in the “chemtrail” conspiracy theory. If you were thinking that’s because Smith has spun out of control — you’d be wrong. Smith is very much in control. She’s just worried about staying…

With the completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline (TMX) expansion this week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has just handed Alberta Premier Danielle Smith the gift that will keep on giving for years to come — billions of dollars worth of economic prosperity for the province’s economy and millions of dollars to the provincial government’s treasury. Will this finally bring peace to…

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has long indicated her government would use hammer, tongs and scalpel to reshape the face of Alberta politics. It’s a strategy can be summed up in four words that actually appear now and again in official government documents: “More Alberta, Less Ottawa.”

Next year, you can expect Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to spark more legal showdowns with the federal government, push ahead with an Alberta Pension Plan despite public opposition and codify protection for those who railed at pandemic restrictions, writes Graham Thomson.