This week, the campaign came to Edmonton — and more than 350 supporters came out to greet Smith and hear her inflammatory rhetoric on everything from the federal government to freedom of speech to the pandemic

Her aggressive moves in the UCP leadership race, such as proposing the Alberta Sovereignty Act, is setting off a race to the bottom.

Premier Danielle Smith. Get used to it. That appears to be where we’re headed after watching the first official leadership debate Wednesday evening in Alberta’s United Conservative Party race to replace Premier Jason Kenney. There might be seven people on the track but Smith seems to be the only one with a steering wheel — and she’s leading everybody in…

Think you know who’ll replace Jason Kenney? Think again Now that the race is officially underway for leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party, you’ll be hearing this question a lot: Who will win? Or at the very least: Who is the front-runner? The two questions might sound like the same thing, but they are vastly different.