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…

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?

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…

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

Kenney’s target audience these days is Albertans, not the prime minister. Kenney is desperate to reconnect with voters, particularly Conservatives in Calgary and rural Alberta who have soured on him in the past 18 months. He’s trying to convince them that everything is fine, that Alberta is now enjoying its “Best Summer Ever.”