Jason Kenney wins UCP leadership in Alberta
"It's another miracle on the Prairies," Jason Kenney told a cheering crowd after the result was announced. The former federal cabinet minister took 61.1 per cent of the vote.
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Alberta conservatives gather in Calgary to pick leader to challenge NDP
Alberta new United Conservatives will pick a new leader today, October 28, 2017.
Four men vying to lead new Alberta party to face off in first debate
The four men vying for the leadership of Alberta's new UCP focused their attacks on Alberta's NDP government and Justin Trudeau rather than each other during the first official debate on Wednesday.
Jason Kenney offered help to meet with kids from gay-straight groups
Alberta conservative leadership candidate Jason Kenney is being offered help to set up a meeting with students who are in gay-straight alliances at school.
Alberta Tories try to distance themselves from Rebel Media
Rebel's Charlottesville coverage has been followed by more than a week of questions about how conservative political parties engaged with the site in the past and how they will do so in the future.
Constituency stands by Derek Fildebrandt, decries 'mud-slinging'
A constituency association in southern Alberta is standing behind the area's embattled member of the legislature. who has resigned from his party's caucus following a bevy of negative headlines.
Is Rachel Notley's NDP doomed? Not so fast
With a new United Conservative Party, a leadership race underway, and summer poll results that show they could win in 2019, right-wing Albertans are positively giddy, Sheila Pratt writes.
New splinter parties spawned by birth of Alberta's United Conservative Party
A number of disgruntled PC’s have been talking about creating a new centrist party while those on the other side of the spectrum have already received approval on the name, Alberta Advantage Party.
'Not a presidential-style campaign:' no platform from leadership hopeful Kenney
Former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney says he won't have a policy platform as he seeks the leadership of Alberta's new United Conservative Party.
Day after historic merger vote, some lament death of Alberta's historic PC party
The former president of Alberta's P.C. says some members feel adrift after a majority voted to embrace a new party.
Alberta Wildrose and PCs embrace unite-the-right merger
An overwhelming majority of Wildrose Alliance members have voted in favour of merging with the province's Progressive Conservative party.
Jason Kenney's year-long unite-the-right campaign to be tested in Alberta
An ex-minister in Stephen Harper's federal Conservative cabinet, Jason Kenney first floated the unite-the-right idea last year when he announced his bid to lead the provincial Tories.
Notley pitches NDP to progressives put off by United Conservative Party
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the NDP would welcome anyone who feels like they wouldn't have a political home in the United Conservative Party.
Trudeau responds to Kenney's threat to sue Ottawa with dig at Conservatives
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to Jason Kenney's threat to sue Ottawa if Kenney becomes premier by making a dig at the former federal Conservative government.
Alberta's Wildrose and PCs at odds over gay-straight alliances in schools
Alberta's two conservative parties, working on a deal to join forces, are at odds when it comes to social clubs for gay students in schools.