Was this referendum worth it? We ask Danielle Smith
Premier Danielle Smith joins host Kathleen Petty after a divisive Alberta referendum. Albertans are clear on their desire to remain a provin...
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Kathleen Petty sits down with politicians, pundits, and other thoughtful westerners for conversations about the priorities, preoccupations and politics of Albertans and others who are West o...
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20 of 176 episodesReferendum results: Alberta votes to remain
CBC projects a clear majority of Albertans have voted to remain a province of Canada, rejecting a second, binding referendum on separation....
CFB Wainwright tragedy + the final Alberta referendum push (via Front Burner)
Front Burner host, Jayme Poisson travels to Edmonton to take you inside two rallies where campaigners for a united Canada – and campaigners...
Alberta voters on where they stand and what comes next
Premier Danielle Smith says she’s heard plenty from pundits, commentators and political actors ahead of this referendum. Now it's time to he...
Win or lose, is Alberta separatism here to stay?
Premier Danielle Smith wants to “vote and move on” but is that even possible? For separatists like Mitch Sylvestre, this referendum on Alber...
Pacific Link: A pipeline in whose interest?
The Carney government says a West Coast pipeline — now called Pacific Link — is a key nation-building project and essential to the country’s...
Alberta’s data centre push is trouble for Danielle Smith
New polling shows AI data centres in Alberta are a political problem for the UCP government. We hear from voters in the heart of conservativ...
How Alberta’s federalist push is lagging
It’s crunch time to sway conservative voters ahead of Alberta’s referendum. But are federalist leaders doing enough? So far, separatists hav...
Alberta separatists think they’ll win. Polls project a loss
Separatists think they’ll win a vote they’re poised to lose by a wide margin, according to an exclusive new poll. With a little more than fi...
Too friendly to resist: Danielle Smith’s U.S. diplomacy
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are using very different tactics in the ongoing Canada-U.S. trade war. As Smith...
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Is a trade war good for separatists?
Putting oil and gas on the bargaining table as the U.S.-Canada trade war heats up would pour gasoline on Alberta’s fall referendum. At least...
A new era of politics in Alberta?
From how we entered confederation to how Alberta is debating its future within it, a new book tries to anticipate where the province is head...
The Prairies senators: ‘We can’t do stupid stuff’ (Encore)
**New episode drops Friday, August 21** ENCORE PRESENTATION There’s great concern that people in Ottawa aren’t taking what’s happening in Al...
The Firewall Letter - 25 years later (Encore)
**New episode drops Friday, August 21** ENCORE PRESENTATION Back in January 2001, six influential Alberta conservatives sent then premier Ra...
The Coutts Diaries (Encore)
**New episode drops Friday, August 21** ENCORE PRESENTATION What does a kid from Nanton, Alta., write in his private journals after spending...
'We're not dealing with normal'
As Canada stares down the barrel of fresh U.S. tariffs (50 per cent), there is a realization that the counter-strategies that succeeded in P...
It's all about the math
A non-binding trilateral agreement to advance the multibillion-dollar Pathways Project, as part of the push to build a new bitumen pipeline...
Big tent party
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and several prominent federal Conservatives, including leader Pierre Poilievre, had a showdown with Calgary's...