See how Preston runs

Should Manning, the 63-year-old Reform party founder, start a new Alberta political party?
Ralph Klein’s on his way out. The Alberta premier’s fate was sealed at his PC party’s March 31 convention in Calgary, when 45 per cent of delegates voted to review his leadership. A few days later, Klein said he’d tender his resignation as […]

Canadian mystery Down Under

Australia’s oil-for-food inquiry ends up raising questions about Canada’s role in the scandal
It’s a safe bet that when Canadians make news anywhere on the planet, our newspapers are all over it. So why is it that Canada’s been making news Down Under and no one here seems to be paying attention? Even though it’s for […]

The Loooooong Goodbye

Ralph Klein’s drawn-out retirement binge is bound to hurt his party, his successors or him. Maybe all three
It was shaping up into something ugly. His would-be successors were clearly getting fed up with waiting for the premier to retire–and the premier was starting to feel the heat. Friends of Ralph Klein–FORKs as they were known […]

Got a date

Photo credit: Kevin Steel

Who is this? This is Hessa. She was working the Federal Environmental Agency UAE - S S Lootah International booth at the trade fair which was part of the Globe 2006 conference on climate change and technology which ended last night (here’s a list of exhibitors). I stopped to talk to Hessa […]