Edmonton Journal

As the election drags into its final days and Albertans prepare to head to the polls on Tuesday, the Press Gallery team takes a look back at the campaign so far. Join host Emma Graney and guests Elise Stolte, Keith Gerein and Dave Breakenridge to talk about the highs, the lows, the polls, the vibe in rural Alberta and what the last few days days of the election might look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Alberta election heads into the homestretch. Jason Kenney is still ahead in the polls despite a campaign filled with constant scandal. Emma Graney joined the UCP leader for a few days through southern Alberta. From Calgary she talks to Dave Breakenridge in Edmonton about the state of the UCP campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leaders debate! More candidate controversies! (This time about bigoted remarks and conversion therapy.) Kamakazie updates! The Independence Party! Election Week 3 has had it all, and the Press Gallery team is here to talk you through it. Join host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Keith Gerein and Dave Breakenridge to talk about all the goings on from the campaign trail, and hear how Emma's brother used to apologize to her as a kid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Both the NDP and UCP have released their full platforms as we reach the halfway mark of the campaign. Dave Breakenridge and Keith Gerein explain the details behind both platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Alberta election now in its second week, the Press Gallery team take a look at the big platform promises, the tone and some of the controversies that have marked the campaign thus far. Join host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Sarah O'Donnell and Keith Gerein to talk about all that and more as Alberta prepares to head to the polls on April 16. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A United Conservative Party government would proclaim a seven-year-old piece of education legislation, turfing some legal protections for Alberta LGBTQ students and school staff introduced by the NDP government, Jason Kenney announced Monday. Join Dave Breakenridge and Janet French as they dive into the details of the far reaching education platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A little thing happened in Alberta politics this week. It was called the writ drop — and that means voters head to the polls April 16. Join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with a table of over-excited political guests to talk about the first few days of the campaign trail. Graney, Keith Gerein, Sarah O'Donnell and Clare Clancy also examine the latest in leaked emails that detail the links between the UCP leadership campaigns of Jason Kenney and Jeff Callaway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Albertans will head to the polls April 16, after Rachel Notley called an election Tuesday. This week regular Press Gallery panelist Dave Breakenridge is sitting in the interviewer's chair.  He is joined by legislative reporter Clare Clancy who gives us an overview of what to expect during the 28 day campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The RCMP is investigating allegations a leadership candidate for the UCP party was illegally funded, according to a report Friday.  It’s been alleged by one-time UCP insiders that party operative Jeff Callaway ran as a so-called kamikaze candidate during the 2017 leadership race to undermine Jason Kenney’s main rival, former Wildrose leader Brian Jean. Join Sarah O'Donnell, Clare Clancy, Keith Gerein and Dave Breakenridge as they parse the allegations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With farms across the country marking Canadian Agricultural Safety Week this week, the Press Gallery Interview has a chat with Alberta's Agriculture and Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier. Join host Emma Graney as Carlier talks farm safety, the canola conundrum with China and his thoughts on the UCP proposal to scrap Bill 6. You'll also discover how the minister lost some teeth in a farming accident many moons ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Press Gallery host Emma Graney and the Edmonton Journal's Janet French took a deep dive into the provincial carbon tax this week, looking at exactly where all the cash has been spent. Join them and guests Keith Gerein, Clare Clancy and Dave Breakenridge to talk about the tax, the host of policies unveiled this week in the run-up to the spring election, and a bizarre and somewhat creepy video posted online by Jason Kenney's office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alberta's third-quarter fiscal update this week wasn't as horrible as we imagined, but that didn't exactly make it good news. Join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Keith Gerein and Sarah O'Donnell as they dive into those numbers. The team also takes a look at new UCP election promises around immigration, and fines related to an investigation into the Jeff Callaway alleged kamikaze UCP leadership campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Wildrose press secretary Vitor Marciano joins Emma Graney. Marciano gives his take on where the future of Alberta politics is headed, and explains why he doesn't see eye to eye with Jason Kenney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The cash cow being talked about in Alberta politics this week was nothing to do with oil — it was photo radar, and a long-awaited report into the practice that was finally released by government. Join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with guests Paige Parsons, Keith Gerein and Dave Breakenridge to discuss government's plans to have municipalities prove they're using radar to improve safety, not just generate revenues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

United Conservative Party deputy leader Leela Aheer talks election strategy and her views, her pro choice views and recruiting more women into politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The spring election hasn't even been called yet, but that didn't stop the NDP unveiling a new website attacking UCP leader Jason Kenney and Kenney unveiling a raft of policy platforms. Take a deep breath, Alberta politics fans, and join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Keith Gerein and Sarah O'Donnell to talk about those developments. And don't think the Alberta Party manages to miss out — no, no. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alberta education minister David Eggen joins education reporter Janet French. Eggen explains why he thinks the government's curriculum is necessary. Plus Janet's consults a magic eight ball (app) to look into Eggen's future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week the crew talks about Bill C-69, complaints about oil curtailments from Suncor, and, of course, Alberta's Phoney War election period. Sarah O'Donnell is joined in studio by Dave Breakenridge and Clare Clancy and by Chris Varcoe in Calgary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Legislative reporter Clare Clancy sat down with Culture and Tourism Minister Ricardo Miranda to talk about his experience as Alberta's first openly gay cabinet minister, and issues he's dealt with in the past year such as Calgary's Olympic bid. They also chatted about the upcoming election after two NDP MLAs in Calgary said they wouldn't be running. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's panel discusses the orphan wells supreme court decision and where Alberta needs to go next, the NDP decision to ease back curtailment, and an errant tweet sent by UCP candidate Michaela Glasgo on the size of her church's carbon tax bill. Sarah O'Donnell is once again filling hosting duties, and is joined by Clare Clancy, Dave Breakenridge and Chris Varcoe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices