David J. Climenhaga
@djclimenhaga.bsky.social
Author of the AlbertaPolitics.ca blog.
Zedong? Who he? This is from today's edition of The Globe and Mail. Do they not have copy editors any more? I can tell you that if I had written this on my first shift on the @theglobeandmail.com copy desk, I would have been dismissed, if not on the spot, at the end of the shift.
April 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Zedong? Who he? This is from today's edition of The Globe and Mail. Do they not have copy editors any more? I can tell you that if I had written this on my first shift on the @theglobeandmail.com copy desk, I would have been dismissed, if not on the spot, at the end of the shift.
I want you to know that, also in #stalbert yesterday, there was a much larger group of nurses a few blocks away demanding respect, fair wages, safe staffing and an end to the UCP’s destruction of public health care.
January 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I want you to know that, also in #stalbert yesterday, there was a much larger group of nurses a few blocks away demanding respect, fair wages, safe staffing and an end to the UCP’s destruction of public health care.
The very same press, I’ll bet.
January 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The very same press, I’ll bet.
Once upon a time Danielle Smith told Marco Van Huigenbos, ‘Coutts must win!’ Now she can’t even find the poor guy’s phone number. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/once...
April 23, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Once upon a time Danielle Smith told Marco Van Huigenbos, ‘Coutts must win!’ Now she can’t even find the poor guy’s phone number. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/once...
How did Danielle Smith know about an anonymous letter alleging dirty deeds at the city of Edmonton before it arrived? albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/how-...
April 22, 2024 at 4:51 AM
How did Danielle Smith know about an anonymous letter alleging dirty deeds at the city of Edmonton before it arrived? albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/how-...
Planned provincial police to be called Alberta Rangers? Brace yourselves for more Conservative cowboy cosplay! albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/plan...
April 19, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Planned provincial police to be called Alberta Rangers? Brace yourselves for more Conservative cowboy cosplay! albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/plan...
Inflation? Never heard of it! Finance Minister Nate Horner weighs in on public service bargaining. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/infl...
April 17, 2024 at 5:05 AM
Inflation? Never heard of it! Finance Minister Nate Horner weighs in on public service bargaining. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/infl...
Danielle Smith sets out to ensure the ideological purity of federally funded university research in Alberta. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/dani...
April 15, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Danielle Smith sets out to ensure the ideological purity of federally funded university research in Alberta. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/dani...
Danielle Smith picks Alberta’s hill to die on: No to heat pumps, solar panels, and pharmacare! albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/dani...
April 11, 2024 at 6:12 AM
Danielle Smith picks Alberta’s hill to die on: No to heat pumps, solar panels, and pharmacare! albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/dani...
The Recovery War Room: Best practices if ideologically acceptable, but not necessarily best practices. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/the-...
April 10, 2024 at 5:52 AM
The Recovery War Room: Best practices if ideologically acceptable, but not necessarily best practices. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/the-...
Danielle Smith squirms at thought of Jason Kenney’s Critical Infrastructure Defence Act used against her allies. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/dani...
April 9, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Danielle Smith squirms at thought of Jason Kenney’s Critical Infrastructure Defence Act used against her allies. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/dani...
Some amusing thoughts on Wexit, Wexitry, and Wexiteers in a potentially confusingly united Western Canada. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/some...
April 8, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Some amusing thoughts on Wexit, Wexitry, and Wexiteers in a potentially confusingly united Western Canada. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/some...
No surprise, Alberta’s privatized surgery clinics don’t seem to be doing anything to reduce wait times. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/no-s...
April 5, 2024 at 5:32 AM
No surprise, Alberta’s privatized surgery clinics don’t seem to be doing anything to reduce wait times. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/no-s...
Rush to ‘Recovery Alberta’ mental health agency sure looks like an ideological drug-treatment hobbyhorse. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/rush...
April 3, 2024 at 6:07 AM
Rush to ‘Recovery Alberta’ mental health agency sure looks like an ideological drug-treatment hobbyhorse. albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/rush...
UCP wants restructured AHS to be known as Alberta Health & Hospitality Services. Partnership with motel chain would provide opportunity “to put hospitality back in the hospice!” albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/ucp-...
April 1, 2024 at 6:26 AM
UCP wants restructured AHS to be known as Alberta Health & Hospitality Services. Partnership with motel chain would provide opportunity “to put hospitality back in the hospice!” albertapolitics.ca/2024/04/ucp-...
Actual news flash! Anti-woke Right launches War on Easter so it can pick a fight and blame someone else for starting it! albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/actu...
March 31, 2024 at 6:17 AM
Actual news flash! Anti-woke Right launches War on Easter so it can pick a fight and blame someone else for starting it! albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/actu...
Rakhi Pancholi quits NDP leadership race, endorses Naheed Nenshi. AFL President Gil McGowan launches his campaign. albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/rakh...
March 26, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Rakhi Pancholi quits NDP leadership race, endorses Naheed Nenshi. AFL President Gil McGowan launches his campaign. albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/rakh...
Four investigations are better than one – especially if none of them asks the right questions. albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/four...
March 26, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Four investigations are better than one – especially if none of them asks the right questions. albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/four...
Tegan and Sara call out Smith Government for UCP’s anti-trans policies at Junos. albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/tega...
March 25, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Tegan and Sara call out Smith Government for UCP’s anti-trans policies at Junos. albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/tega...
Motel Medicine is a logical and predictable result of health care policies Alberta’s UCP continues to push. albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/mote...
March 23, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Motel Medicine is a logical and predictable result of health care policies Alberta’s UCP continues to push. albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/mote...
UCP and AHS desperately search for scapegoat to make motel medicine meltdown go away. albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/ucp-...
March 22, 2024 at 5:52 AM
UCP and AHS desperately search for scapegoat to make motel medicine meltdown go away. albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/ucp-...
NDP leadership candidate Sarah Hoffman takes a page from the book of FDR with Youth Climate Corps idea. albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/ndp-...
March 21, 2024 at 5:57 AM
NDP leadership candidate Sarah Hoffman takes a page from the book of FDR with Youth Climate Corps idea. albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/ndp-...
How the UCP gets away with worse stuff than Alison Redford could – we’ve been desensitized by Donald Trump. albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/how-...
March 20, 2024 at 5:39 AM
How the UCP gets away with worse stuff than Alison Redford could – we’ve been desensitized by Donald Trump. albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/how-...
Alberta’s ‘astonishingly bad’ K-6 social studies curriculum appears to have been ‘designed for home schooling.’ albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/albe...
March 19, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Alberta’s ‘astonishingly bad’ K-6 social studies curriculum appears to have been ‘designed for home schooling.’ albertapolitics.ca/2024/03/albe...