Archive - Women of ABpoli

In politics, image is everything

Danielle Smith has miscalculated the moment she created for herself.

20 hrs ago • Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean

More separatists and more reasons to question what they’re really thinking

Preston Manning is still trying to make fetch happen-- and there are still a few people chasing those sticks.

Sep 21 • Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean

Calgary-Shaw goes orange; UCP partisans go red

Typical and predictable, but more than that, there’s a spring in my step.

Sep 16 • Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean

This week in AB: September 14, 2026

Elbowing aside, Alberta Bloc, and a by-election... oh my

Sep 14 • Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean

I spent the past two evenings at separatist events; here’s what I learned

I get defensive when people want to take advantage of my neighbours; and we all pay the price.

Sep 10 • Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean

The cost of being a U.S. business isn’t going away anytime soon

Reputations are like trust; built slowly and destroyed in seconds.

Sep 4 • Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean

This week in AB: September 3, 2026

Sep 3 • Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean

Alberta NDP stumble into Calgary-Shaw

This political strategy should have been an email. No, really.

Sep 1 • Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean

August 2026

Everything is political: even golf

This story has all of my favourite things; the offside, opposition, double-down, and a shot at a redemption arc. And also, golf.

Aug 30 • Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean

Beyond AB: August 28, 2026

Oh Canada, oh wtf now, and omg BCCP

Aug 28 • Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean

Canada won’t bargain away its sovereignty

But what if it’s being eroded slowly?

Aug 25 • Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean

The Conservative brand is on life support

One of the oldest brands in Canadian politics is facing its most modern crisis: grievance politics has become its pulse, and governance a departing…

Aug 20 • Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean

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