Alberta’s New Democratic Party has found a new leader in former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi. A little more than 62,000 members selected Nenshi as the new leader Saturday afternoon, ending a months-long leadership race between Edmonton MLAs Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse and Sarah Hoffman, and Calgary MLA Kathleen Ganley. Nenshi, who won the leadership race with … Read more
Alberta’s New Democratic Party has found a new leader in former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi. A little more than 62,000 members selected Nenshi as the new leader Saturday afternoon, ending a months-long leadership race between Edmonton MLAs Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse and Sarah Hoffman, and Calgary MLA Kathleen Ganley. Nenshi won the leadership race with 62,746 … Read more
Following weeks of speculation, former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi has officially entered the race to be the next leader of the Alberta NDP. “I’m Naheed Nenshi, and I’m running to be leader of the Alberta NDP and your next premier,” he said in a video posted online on Monday. “Together, we can beat Danielle Smith … Read more
One of Rachel Notley’s prized possessions from her time as Alberta premier sits on her bedroom dresser: a framed picture of hell freezing over. It’s a photo of a newspaper headline taken the day after Notley’s NDP delivered a shocking political upset, forming majority government for the first time while delivering the coup de grace … Read more
Former premier Rachel Notley, the leader of the Alberta NDP and Official Opposition, is stepping down. The Canadian Press reported Tuesday that in a recent interview, Notley said there will now be a race to replace her, and she plans to stay in the job until a new leader is picked. Notley said she may … Read more
