West of Centre
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Episodes: 150
May 15, 2025
Description
We bring you into the Alberta state of mind, to explore how this province’s power is shifting and connect with the western voices driving national debate. Join Calgary’s Kathleen Petty every week as she helps decipher what's happening in Alberta politics for the rest of Canada. Whether you live in the province or just can’t look away, join us every Friday as we go West of Centre.
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Door No. 1 or Door No. 2
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May 22, 2026 |
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The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat
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May 16, 2026 |
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Separation anxiety
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May 08, 2026 |
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'One way or another'
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May 01, 2026 |
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Where to draw the line?
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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Pushing boundaries
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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‘The federal NDP is irrelevant’
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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The Firewall Letter - 25 years later
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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The Prairies senators: ‘We can’t do stupid stuff’
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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War in Iran: What does it mean for Canadian oil?
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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‘Bizarro world’: Why is Liberal support rising in Alberta?
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Unpacking Alberta's 2026 budget
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Referendum Madness!
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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The Coutts Diaries
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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A West of Centre twofer: the citizens’ panel, plus energy insiders
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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The road ahead for the CPC
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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Alberta: destination separation
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Can the Carney-Smith good vibes last?
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Venezuela fallout: 'We have to stop being such boy scouts in Canada'
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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The Quiz Show
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Breaking Point: ‘This is a very problematic time in Canadian history’
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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The ‘La-La-La We Can’t Hear You’ Act of 2025
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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'What was impossible is now possible, if not yet probable'
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Is it time to destigmatize the word 'privatize'?
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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‘Smith has created a poison pill for herself’
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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'Democratic reform is for losers'
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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'A shock to the political system in Alberta'
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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'It's a real problem for democracy'
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Not a normal strike
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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Dodging and diplomacy
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Danielle Smith's 'choose your own adventure'
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Is 'pragmatism' good climate policy?
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Licence to divide
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Short: Party politics hits city hall
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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No pipeline, no problem... For now
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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West of Centre goes on summer break
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Buckle up, Alberta! 2025 ain't over yet
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Short: Deal or no deal in Trump's new world order
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Less fire and more finesse
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Short: The problem with GDP per capita
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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What these Alberta Next town halls are trying to sell
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Short: Indigenous chief warns of fallout over carbon capture project
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Pancakes, pipeline and Poilievre
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Short: The prolonged calm before the next oil price swing
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Aspiration meets reality for Mark Carney
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Short: The case for bolstering defence capability in the North
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Alberta Next or Alberta Nexit?
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Short: Separatists fail first test, but slow march to referendum continues
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Bonus: In search of separatists in Alberta
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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What's next for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Short: Alberta faces wave of looming strikes
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Making sense of Alberta's economic puzzle
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Short: Why Alberta's renewable energy sector isn't rushing to build more solar and wind
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Pipeline politics return with familiar gridlock
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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New Parliament, new tone, new promises
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May 30, 2025 |
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Short: Albertans like a fighter. Right now, that's Danielle Smith
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May 28, 2025 |
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A different former Bay Street executive makes his pitch to the West
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May 23, 2025 |
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Short: Measles, mistrust and mixed messages
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May 20, 2025 |
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New cabinet, old grievances signal rough road ahead for Carney
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May 16, 2025 |
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Short: NDP rebuild could hinge on strength in the West
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May 14, 2025 |
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Danielle Smith walks a fine line between staying and splitting
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May 09, 2025 |
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Short: The Alberta separation question
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May 05, 2025 |
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Carney’s win sparks hope in some, wariness in others
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May 02, 2025 |
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Short: The 'big shift' meets the 'breaking point'
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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After Dark: The election night postmortem
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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The fault lines of this federal election
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Short: How Canada’s ‘lost decade’ was decades in the making
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Live from Medicine Hat, the sunniest city in Canada
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Short: Debate club for grownups — how parties prepare their leaders for prime time
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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It's too early to call Mark Carney a 'Teflon' candidate
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Short: How the 'Calgary School' reimagined prairie politics to reshape Canadian conservatism
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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The new normal is not normal, but are Albertans ready to separate?
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Coming soon: West of Centre live in Medicine Hat — how ‘Gas City’ is shaping Alberta’s future
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Voting on anxiety
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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A moment in time
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Short: Manifest destiny
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Not a rational opponent
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Way too much news
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Short: Dangled like a yo-yo
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Short: Build, build, build
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Deficit by choice
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Dump everything
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Diagnosing a controversy
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Short: Gen Z swipes right
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Boos and booze
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Hope for the best, prepare for the worst
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Short: If, if, if...
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Their sticks are so much bigger than ours
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Castaway island
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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We're in a lot of trouble here
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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A hot mess
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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The "great state" of Canada
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Photo finished
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Trump says jump
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Nate Horner's busy week
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Ready,AIMCo,fired
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Alberta's Trump strategy
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Slalom skiing with Danielle Smith
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Scrapping about the cap
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Ballot battles
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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All about that base
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Alberta's cities: sitting at the kid's table
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Alberta called, too many answered
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Ms. Smith goes to everywhere
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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'Alberta politics has no chill'
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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‘Blast radius’ in B.C. politics
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Parsing Poilievre
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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'Not enough Pilsner in Saskatchewan...'
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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"Pothole politics"
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May 31, 2024 |
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Number nerds unite!
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May 24, 2024 |
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The long and winding road to net zero
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May 17, 2024 |
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Chaos theory
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May 10, 2024 |
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I'm from Ottawa and I'm here to help
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May 03, 2024 |
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Who's the boss?
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Beyond NDP bake sales
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Alberta's "stay-out-of-my-backyard bill "
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Recovery rhetoric
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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The frontrunner vs the Teflon premier
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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By unpopular demand
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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The orange half dozen
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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"Tin pot dictatorship"?
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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"Champagne tastes on a beer budget"
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Promises made, promises delayed
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Rebranding (and regretting) the carbon tax
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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'This is Calgary' podcast
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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NDP race: purity vs pragmatism
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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The politics of depoliticizing
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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The company you keep?
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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End of an era
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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New year, same problems
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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The first annual quiz show
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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'Get off our oil patch'
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Does the Sovereignty Act have any clothes?
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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The polling, politics and policy of climate change
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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What's a party without (trial) balloons?
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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AHS: Altering Health Structures
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Political pen pals
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Fixing the federation
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Exit right or stay put
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Everything and nothing has changed
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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A pitch and a catch
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Freezing in the dark
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Pension tensions
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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A premiere with the premier
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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That's All Folks!
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Finding Zero
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Political Pondering
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Balancing Act
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Now what?
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Polling Ahead
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May 26, 2023 |