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In a record-breaking vote former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi won the leadership race for Alberta’s NDP party.

Alberta's Opposition NDP outgoing Leader Rachel Notley gave a farewell speech to party members Friday night. She says the party is the strongest it's been in its history.

"Russ began carving wildfowl almost three decades ago and since then has been a student of creating three-dimensional wood carvings of these beautiful creatures."

First-past-the-post feeds negative campaigning and attack politics, says author and electoral reform advocate.

You can’t get enough of a good thing. Or can you? In Canada, we use public funds to pay for diagnostic tests, surgeries and many medical treatments so it is natural to assume that more medical care is better.

"Calls for fossil fuel ad bans in Canada are growing, with politicians and organizations such as the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment backing them — and the usual suspects using specious arguments against them."

Via Rail's five-year strategic plan aims to place the Crown Corporation as a best-in-class operator across the continent.

"To fix what Justin Trudeau broke, Canada needs to overhaul the system to make taxes low, simple, and fair. Raising taxes to generate revenue is not the answer."

Arts Jasper started programming back when there was none. Now, 50 years later, competition and other forces of attrition brought its curtain down for the last time.

Worsening harassment of municipal officials is contributing to councillor resignations and pushing good candidates away from local politics, municipal leaders say.