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Danielle Smith

Harper's no longer master of his own house

Forty-one years ago, as a young volunteer, this writer donned a freshly ironed blouse and home-made lavender pencil skirt to deliver leaflets in her tiny Alberta town for Peter Lougheed, taking part...

U.S. Republican Koch oil billionaires help fund the Fraser Institute. Why the Fraser Institute?

Why are the Tea Party billionaires from the U.S. messing around in Canada?

Wildrose surge in Alberta worrisome for BC

Why British Columbians should care about the Alberta elections, Danielle Smith and the Wildrose Party.