When Premier Jason Kenney held his long-awaited news conference on Tuesday to announce new COVID-related restrictions, he did two unusual things. Well, unusual for him. He admitted to making a mistake and he issued an apology. I don’t want to overstate the moment but, well, I’ve never heard Kenney definitively do either of those things in his 23 years as…

Premier Jason Kenney declared a public health emergency on Tuesday, with more COVID-related restrictions, but his underlying message remains the same to Albertans: please take personal responsibility or I’ll be forced to take drastic action. And this time, I really mean it! Kenney continues to play the role of exasperated parent in the driver’s seat telling the mischievous kids in…

He is our own harbinger of doom. When Premier Jason Kenney turns up at one of Dr. Deena Hinshaw’s regular pandemic updates nowadays, we know we’re in trouble. On Friday, for the first time in many weeks, Kenney shared the podium with Alberta’s chief medical officer of health to discuss the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the province.

For everyone who wants to see life return to pre-pandemic normal, I give you this week’s wildcat strike by Alberta health support workers. This is the strike — or one quite like it — we would have seen earlier this year if it wasn’t for the pandemic. Of course, COVID-19 screwed up the timetable, as it’s done so effectively with…

These days, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney must feel like he’s trapped in a multi-dimensional vise, being squeezed from all possible directions. He’s under pressure from a flailing economy, the miserable price of oil, a $24-billion deficit, frustrated voters, environmental groups, public sector unions, the Joe Biden campaign, and, of course, the NDP opposition. He’s even facing internal strain from his…