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The Press Gallery podcast is back for another year of weekly Alberta politics analysis, reflection and rumours.  This week, join host Emma Graney with guests Dave Breakenridge, Paula Simons and Clare Clancy to take a look at the new entrants in the Alberta Party leadership race — including former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel — and how that contest is going.  The team also goes over recent social media gaffes (it might be a new year, but they just keep happening) and makes some predictions for what Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As is tradition on The Press Gallery podcast as each year draws to a close, the team fires up its synapses for its annual Alberta politics news quiz.  Join host Emma Graney as she takes Dave Breakenridge, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson back through some of 2017 biggest (and some of the most obscure) stories, and find out who goes home as ultimate Press Gallery news quiz victor.  The team will be back in January for another year of analysis, hot takes and commentary of everything Alberta politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fall 2017 session of the Alberta legislature wrapped up Wednesday — yet it was anything but a quiet week in provincial politics. Before MLAs all said "bye-bye" and headed home to their constituencies, Derek Fildebrandt landed in hot water over saying farewell to a white-tail deer on private land, and Premier Rachel Notley demanded Jason Nixon kiss goodbye to his position as UCP house leader over a sexual harassment case.    There was also a byelection in Calgary-Lougheed, won by UCP leader Jason K Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Press Gallery team loves a good interprovincial spat, so this week's offering from Saskatchewan banning Alberta licence plates on worksites was an obvious choice for the weekly politics wrap.  Join host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Graham Thomson and Paula Simons to discuss the great plate debate, as well as new legislation regulating political action committees and movement on the Kinder Morgan pipeline.  Good stuff from the Gallery Clare's pick: The Heaven's Gate podcast, about the mass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fall 2017 session has seen bill after bill after bill after bill after bill after... well, you get the picture.  In this episode of the weekly Press Gallery podcast, join host Emma Graney with guests Dave Breakenridge, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson  to discuss two whopping huge bills that were tabled this week. One reforms WCB and OHS, the other includes a swath of new rules to protect consumers and outlaw online ticket bots.  The team also takes a look at another set of bills — the ones facing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pipelines and parties -- what more could you ask for in a week of Alberta politics? Join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson — who are sadly all without party hats — as they talk about Alberta Party politics and the premier's cross-country pipeline promotion tour. The team also touches on a private member's bill set to be introduced in the house Monday, to help protect recipients of the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped program. Good stuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Alberta government announcing rules around legal marijuana legislation this week, we finally we get to use this much-awaited pun for the podcast title.  Join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with guests Dave Breakenridge, Paula Simons and Clare Clancy to talk all things weed, from retail sales plans to new legislation around impaired driving. The team also asks what on earth former Alberta Party leader Greg Clark was smoking when he stood down, and the newly announced byelection (or high-election . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Using the term "mansplaining" in the Alberta legislature was ruled just fine on Wednesday, so let the Press Gallery team podsplain this week in Alberta politics.  Join host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Graham Thomson and Paula Simons to talk banned words in the house, the ongoing debate on gay-straight alliances in schools, and the province's plans for legal pot.  Good stuff from the Gallery Clare's pick: This new podcast from Gimlet called Uncivil. It takes listeners back to the time America' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Monday marked the beginning of fall session at the Alberta legislature. But the Press Gallery podcast team heads back in time, two days prior to that, when Jason Kenney was elected United Conservative Party leader.  Join host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson to discuss a chaotic week in Alberta politics which included the UCP election, a floor crossing, a resignation, applause (or not) in the house, and the Alberta Party asking for official party status.  Education r Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the UCP leadership race to the Sturgeon River-Parkland federal byelection, this week was all about casting votes for some Albertans.  The Press Gallery podcast team takes a look at both those ballots, as well as a flying visit by the Prime Minister, which didn't seem to leave much of a dent in the support for Conservative candidate Dane Lloyd.  The team also mulls over the kerfuffle surrounding a sex ed learning plan proposed by Alberta's catholic schools, and the resulting political fallout. Joi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's all about crossing boundaries in this week's Alberta politics Press Gallery podcast.  Join host Emma Graney with guests Sarah O'Donnell, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson as they take a look at the sexiest report to hit politics this week — The electoral boundaries commission final report, and what it means for Alberta.  Speaking of crossing boundaries, the former PC MLA who crossed over to the NDP was this week promoted to Infrastructure Minister, and the team delves into the crossover between the Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special edition of the podcast, David Staples, Paula Simons, Janet French and Elise Stolte join host Emma Graney for a quick and dirty look at Edmonton's municipal election results as the final tally rolled in late Monday night. From the mayoral race to school board and some upsets on the ground, the team looks at what Monday night's results mean for Edmonton city council — and whether the new councillors will be able to play nicely together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got a fitting episode of the Press Gallery for Friday the 13th, with the panel discussing some scary new polling numbers for the NDP, and how tensions are rising in the leadership contest for the United Conservative Party.  Join guest host Keith Gerein as he chats about those developments with panellists Clare Clancy, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson. The group also examines the NDP's dilemma around whether cannabis should be sold through a public agency or private businesses. And Paula weighs in on Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the canned Energy East pipeline to politicians carrying policy, join The Press Gallery team for a look at all things conduit-related this week.  That includes former UCP leadership candidate Jeff Callaway throwing his support behind Jason Kenney, and Calgary NDP MLA Karen McPherson leaving her party to sit as an independent.  The team also talks about the legal cannabis rules proposed by the Alberta government.  Join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with guests Paula Simons, Graham Thomson -- and S Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the province in the middle of civic elections, the Press Gallery podcast team takes a departure from its regular programming to zoom in on local politics.  Join host Emma Graney with guests David Staples, Janet French and Paula Simons as they talk mayoral races in Edmonton and Calgary, the big issues for voters in the City of Champions, and what's happening in the race for school board trustees. Good stuff from the gallery David's pick: The Rubin Report podcast, hosted by comedian Dave Rubin. Paul Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Press Gallery podcast team takes its weekly look back at Alberta politics, which this week seemed to include an awful lot of nest-leaving. First off, United Conservative MLA Rick Fraser left the nest of the new party to sit as an independent. Join host Emma Graney as she chats about that development with guests Dave Breakenridge, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson, as well as the political implications of 123 birds that left their nests and ended up dead in a tailings pond in Northern Alberta. The team a Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the Press Gallery podcast, the team talks rules — the so-called Fildebrandt Rule passed this week, who'll be ruler of the United Conservative Party, and a cabinet meeting that was ruley, ruley far away.  Join host Emma Graney with guests Dave Breakenridge, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson as they take their weekly look back at all things Alberta politics. You'll also find out which Edmonton building Paula loves and Graham's MLA housing solution.  Good stuff from the gallery Dave's pick: E Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our latest episode of the Press Gallery podcast, our pundits pontificate pointedly on the future of pupils plus politics, a poll with a proviso, and a paused pipeline. Join guest host Janet French — who is not-at-all sorry about all those Ps in the last sentence — with guests Clare Clancy, Paula Simons and Dave Breakenridge to discuss what Premier Rachel Notley said at a St. Albert school that set off her political foes, and what a stalled Energy East pipeline to New Brunswick would mean for Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Premier Rachel Notley has lost another chief of staff, this time back to British Columbia, from whence he came. Join the Press Gallery for a chat about John Heaney's departure as the team takes its weekly look back at Alberta politics. Host Emma Graney also chats with guests Janet French, Clare Clancy and Paula Simons about the lack of rules around United Conservative Party's leadership race and the giant whack of cash it's taking to run for the UCP crown.   Also, with Alberta students heading back to sc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not the most original Press Gallery podcast title, we grant you, but it sure is fitting as the team takes a look at the United Conservative Party's looming $337,000 caucus deficit. Join host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Keith Gerein and Dave Breakenridge to talk about that deficit, and the far larger $10.5 billion one presented by the government this week in its first quarter financial report. Speaking of cash, the team also addresses the free — FREE! — concert tickets kd lang offered to Jaso Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices