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We’re back from break with a supersized return so big we split it into two parts!
In Part 1 we run through the events of the last few weeks in Alberta Politics including taking a look at new UCP nominations, the importance of one vote, Danielle Smiths walking back of pretty much all of her leadership race promises before we do a deep dive on the “Take Back Alberta” Initiative that has been buying up NHL game advertising time to see who is behind them and how they’re connected to Smith.
(It’s pretty close)
Plus we’re again joined by Sarah Biggs to try and make sense of it all!
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