How Rachel Notley became Canada’s most surprising political star
The new premier of Alberta loves a good argument. Her powers of persuasion helped turn her province’s political scene upside down
The death of the Alberta PC dynasty
It didn’t happen overnight. Inside the unravelling of the longest-serving provincial regime in the history of Confederation
Why the Orange Revolution is not about Rachel Notley
Mythologizing the Alberta NDP leader is inevitable, but this election was all about sending a message to the Conservatives
The hard math of Alberta’s election
Colby Cosh on what we know—or think we know—about the province’s political horse race
The worst team in hockey wins yet again
Colby Cosh on why the Oilers’ off-ice luck hasn’t brought much on-ice success
True crimes, faulty statistics and Aboriginal women
Colby Cosh on deciphering data on missing and murdered Aboriginal women
Jim Prentice calls an election in Alberta. Now what?
Colby Cosh on the forces at play in Alberta
The case for blowing Alberta’s oil riches
For what future, exactly, should we save oil revenue?
The last of Danielle Smith
She lacked a natural gift for politics, but the former Wildrose Party leader’s impact on this era of Alberta politics is significant
Jim Prentice killed the flat tax
How that changes life in a province where there’s always something else you can go do
Parsing the Alison Redford interview
Who’s the audience for Redford’s astonishing interview? Not the people of Alberta, writes Colby Cosh
Top Gear’s big, boorish, golden goose
A spat between TV hosts that came to blows should be resolved with cash and an apology, or the BBC’s Top Gear could disappear