Dean Bennett
Reporter with The Canadian Press
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Alberta United Conservatives win majority government
Alberta’s United Conservative Party emerged bloodied but still standing in Monday’s bitterly contested provincial election.
Pastor says Premier Danielle Smith lied about phone call before his criminal trial
The Calgary street pastor at the centre of an investigation that concluded Premier Danielle Smith interfered in Alberta’s justice system says she is lying about the nature of their pivotal phone conversation.
Smith, Notley focus on trust in Alberta election debate
Alberta’s two political contenders hammered each other on the issue of trust in the provincial election campaign's lone debate on Thursday.
Alberta UCP candidate sorry for comparing transgender kids to feces
A United Conservative Party candidate who compared transgender children in schools to having feces in food says she is sorry, plans to learn from it and is staying on to run in the May 29 Alberta election.
Smith considers changing wildfire communication to avoid politicization
United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith says she will consider making changes amid questions over whether she is politicizing Alberta’s wildfire crisis by using party news conferences to deliver fire updates meant for the broader public.
Far right group Take Back Alberta is making its voice heard in election
David Parker is a shadowy figure hiding in plain sight in Alberta’s political scene, now roiling in a May 29 election campaign deemed too close to call.
Alberta premier apologizes for interview linking COVID vaccinated to Nazi followers
United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith apologized on Monday, May 8, 2023, after a 2021 video surfaced of her saying she wouldn’t wear a Remembrance Day poppy while comparing those who got the COVID-19 vaccine to followers of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany.
Alberta UCP leader Smith might back away from lawsuit threat against CBC
Alberta United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith won’t say if she will follow through on her threat to sue the CBC for defamation over its coverage of her role in prosecuting COVID-19 court cases.
UCP, NDP paint bleak portrait of Alberta's future if rival wins election
The writ is expected to drop on Monday in Alberta for an election campaign that effectively began weeks ago with both Danielle Smith’s United Conservatives and Rachel Notley’s New Democrats warning of the dystopian future should their opponents triumph.
Alberta Premier Smith questions role of Opposition leader Notley's husband in election campaign
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is raising questions about Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley’s husband and his role in the upcoming provincial election campaign.