Pierre Poilievre walks away from a big weekend in Calgary with a significant boost, scoring 87.4% in his leadership review at Conservative Convention 2026. Poll analyst Philippe Fournier was there as an objective observer, and joins Ryan and Supriya with a full report (4:20) in our feature interview presented by Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West. 

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1:17:45 | A huge thank you to everybody who supported the Real Talk Pond Hockey Classic! We recap the highlights of a perfect Saturday in St. Albert courtesy photographer Karly Watson and videographer Brian "Noob" Schonewille. 

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