Dave Cournoyer is a writer and political watcher living in Edmonton, Alberta. Contact him at [email protected].

The three provincial by-elections are in full swing and the NDP are eager to have leader Naheed Nenshi join their MLAs in the Legislature. Two new polls will add extra urgency to the NDP’s efforts to ...

The three provincial by-elections are in full swing and the NDP are eager to have leader Naheed Nenshi join their MLAs in the ...

Alberta will have a new electoral map when the next provincial election is called. An Electoral Boundaries Commission has been named and will begin travelling the province next week to collect ...

After ten years as the MLA for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills and nearly six years as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Nathan Cooper is leaving the Legislature to take up a new job as Alberta’s senior ...

New and recent episodes of the Daveberta Podcast are available exclusively to paid subscribers of the Daveberta Substack. We also delve into Pierre Poilievre’s future as leader of the Conservative ...

Preston Manning emerged from political retirement to insert himself into the federal election mix by writing an op-ed in the Globe & Mail claiming that Liberal Party leader Mark Carney poses a threat ...

Eighty-six years ago, in 1938, Alberta Premier William Aberhart staged an invasion of Saskatchewan politics by using the Alberta Social Credit Party’s organization and the levers of the Alberta ...

Politics in Alberta doesn’t skip a beat. Nenshi’s team tossed out the old NDP playbook. Instead of stumbling over fancy words and getting overly defensive (or even worse, ignoring the charge), Nenshi ...

I usually share Daveberta newsletters later in the week, but with MLA Shannon Phillips announcing her resignation yesterday, I wanted to share my thoughts earlier this week. Enjoy! Shannon Phillips is ...

Any good talk radio host understands that the show doesn’t belong to the host, it belongs to the listeners. And if this past weekend’s annual general meeting is any indication, talk radio ...