4 h. ago Alberta NDP members vote for option to opt out of federal party

The Alberta NDP voted Friday in favour of giving members the option to opt out of federal party membership when they join the provincial party.

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7 h. ago Letters, May 4: Excitement about Pierre Poilievre in Alberta riding

Should the Alberta NDP split from the fed party? Vote in our daily poll! I have lived in the riding of Battle River—Crowfoot since 1998, when my wife and I moved from Grande Prairie. Kevin Sorenson, who is a personal friend of mine, was the MP for the Conservatives. Around 2019, when Kevin Sorenson retired, […]

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20 h. ago Alberta NDP vote to allow opting out of federal party membership

EDMONTON — Alberta’s New Democratic Party has voted overwhelmingly to cut traditional membership ties with its federal counterpart.  Delegates in Edmonton voted Saturday to allow provincial members to opt out of joining the federal NDP, a move Leader Naheed Nenshi campaigned on last year.  In adopting the measure, the party is shedding what many considered […]

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20 h. ago Alberta NDP leader Nenshi addresses convention, earns 89.5% leadership support

Party members gave Nenshi 89.5 per cent support in a leadership review vote, and also voted in favour of allowing members to opt out of federal NDP membership

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29 h. ago Alberta NDP to vote on opting out of federal party membership

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi has questioned the value of those membership ties, and promised last year to put the issue on a ballot.

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3 d. ago Alberta remained a Conservative stronghold in the federal election, what happened to the Liberals and NDP?

"I think that's why we see time and time again, Conservative voters really coalescing and voting conservative federally, because they feel that that is the only party that will get those policies done rightfully or wrongfully"

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5 d. ago Conservatives dominate Alberta in federal election, few wins for Liberals and NDP

Alberta voters doubled down and remained solidly Conservative blue in Monday’s federal election, dominating in all but a handful of ridings while bucking the national trend.

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5 d. ago Election 2025: Heather McPherson keeps Edmonton Strathcona for third straight election

Incumbent NDP MLA Heather McPherson has kept her seat for the third straight election. Edmonton Strathcona is the sole Alberta riding projected for the NDP as of 10 p.m. on Monday evening. McPherson was first elected in 2019 and had among the largest margins of victory in the 2021 election with 61 per cent of […]

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1 week ago Jagmeet Singh tells Alberta voters that NDP will be there ‘to fight for you’

Jagmeet Singh said in Edmonton the Liberals and Conservatives will not fight for Canadians worried about paying for food and rent.

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2 w. ago Federal NDP candidate in Alberta says political frustration likely the reason for vandalized signs

RCMP have said they are looking into multiple reports of NDP election signs being spray-painted with what they call "discriminatory slurs."

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2 w. ago Premier Danielle Smith resists calls from Alberta NDP to pull lawyers from health probe process

The United Conservative premier said the NDP is twisting the truth, and there is no gag order.

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3 w. ago Legal groups lose $10M in funding under new Alberta bill allowing minister to veto grants, law foundation says

The United Conservative government’s Bill 39 is politicizing funding for legal groups, leading to $10 million in lost funding for low-income community law clinics and Indigenous legal services, a group of non-profits say. The Alberta Law Foundation and the Opposition NDP held a news conference Thursday to speak out against the bill, which is now […]

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3 w. ago Legal groups lose $10M in funding under new Alberta bill allowing minister to 'politicize' grants, law foundation says

The United Conservative government’s Bill 39 is politicizing how justice system non-profits are funded, leading to $10 million in cuts to low-income community law clinics and Indigenous legal services, lawyers and opposition politicians say. The Alberta Law Foundation and the provincial NDP held a press conference Thursday to speak out against the bill, which is […]

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3 w. ago Nenshi calls proposed Alberta cut of council conduct rules ’an affront’ to voters

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says the government’s proposed bill to wipe out municipal councils’ codes of conduct could create a free-for-all of delinquency and grift. “This bill is an affront to local voters. It basically says to local voters, ‘We don’t trust you,’ ” Nenshi told reporters at the legislature Wednesday. Municipal Affairs Minister […]

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