Mayor. Councillors. School trustees. Albertans will cast their votes for those jobs on Monday. But also on the ballot? Equalization, Senate nominee elections and daylight saving time. It’s referendum madness. Today, host Kathleen Petty explores those ballot questions with University of Alberta political scientist Jared Wesley and pollster Janet Brown. Plus, we hear from two Alberta senators for their take on the process of appointing people to the upper chamber of government.

It’s the end of an era. On October 18, Calgary and Edmonton will elect new mayors for the first time in years. Naheed Nenshi and Don Iveson are not running again, and they have a few things to say before they go. For about a decade they’ve had a view of the cities, the province and the country that few have. This week, they join host Kathleen Petty to discuss their legacies, the future of their cities, leadership and the state of the province.

September closed with a bang. Alberta is calling in the army for hospital support, adding a vaccine mandate for the public service and the United Conservative Party has set a date for Premier Jason Kenney to face a leadership review. There’s a lot of political news in Alberta again this week, and as one of our guests this week says “All roads lead to Jason Kenney.” Host Kathleen Petty is joined by Red FM host Rishi Nagar, Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell, and CBC/iPolitics columnist Graham Thomson.

Elections and shuffles and revolts, oh my! Voters selected a government on Monday, and just a few days later Premier Jason Kenney narrowly avoided a vote on whether his party should find a new leader. Leah Ward, former director of communications for NDP Leader Rachel Notley and a consultant at Metric Strategies, Zain Velji, host of The Strategists podcast and a former federal Liberal campaign strategist and Erika Barootes, Enterprise Canada’s western vice president and a former president of the United Conservative Party, join guest host Jim Brown to discuss the wild week in federal and provincial politics.

Sorry, not sorry. Premier Jason Kenney apologized for rushing to call COVID an endemic, but is refusing to make the same concession about his government’s Open for Summer plan. Alberta is once again under harsh public health measures and is now getting a proof of vaccination program. All this, as the federal vote is just days away. How did we get to this point and how could Alberta's situation affect the election? Guest host Jim Brown is joined by Ken Boessenkool, a former Conservative strategist with Sidicus Consulting, Duane Bratt from Mount Royal University, and political columnist Jen Gerson from The Line.

The election debates this week featured oil and gas prominently as the leaders discussed energy and climate change. That intersection is a huge focus in Alberta, though the province didn’t get many nods during hours of sparring. How did the leaders address provincial concerns and what can the West expect as the campaign enters the homestretch? We break down the debate and feedback from Alberta voters with pollster Janet Brown and Jason Markusoff from Maclean’s. CBC Calgary’s Elise von Scheel takes a look at why the premier has been absent during the election and Chris Hall, the CBC’s national affairs editor, gives us more highlights from the debate.

A treacherous fall is taking over Premier Jason Kenney's best summer ever. With it comes a federal election, a mounting fourth wave of COVID-19 and questions about the absence of top provincial officials. Host Kathleen Petty is joined by Kelly Cryderman from the Globe and Mail and Corey Hogan, former managing director of communications for the Alberta government under the NDP and UCP, to discuss Alberta's newest set of restrictions and the first we've heard from those government officials in weeks. Then, pollster Eric Grenier breaks down the federal election and how the race is shaping up in the West.

Premier Jason Kenney may need to soup up his blue truck with a DeLorean style flux capacitor for the second half of his mandate. Problems ranging from Alohagate, caucus revolts, fights with doctors, teachers and environmentalists have turned off voters in the past two years. Kenney can’t rewrite the past but it’s possible he can alter his political future with the help of rising oil prices and falling COVID-19 numbers. Kathleen Petty looks at the highs and many lows of Kenney’s mandate so far, and whether he can get back to the future. Her guests are Leah Ward, director of campaigns at Metric Strategies, Katy Merrifield, vice president of Wellington Advocacy, and Corey Hogan, former managing director of communications for the Alberta government under the NDP and UCP, now with The Strategists podcast.

After months of rotten polls, controversial policies and the polarization of a pandemic, Alberta's premier may believe the worst days of his government are behind him. Thanks to improving COVID-19 stats, Alberta is opening on Canada Day. Add in a few small political wins — like an apology from a right wing adversary and higher oil prices powering up an economy set to lead the country — and suddenly Jason Kenney is planning for the second half of his mandate. Kathleen Petty asks three Alberta political columnists if the premier's dog days are over: The Calgary Sun's Rick Bell, Kelly Cryderman of The Globe and Mail and independent columnist Graham Thomson.

The hits just keep on coming to Jason Kenney’s UCP government despite good news on the pandemic front and signs of economic recovery. A new poll shows Kenney is the least popular premier in Canada, and his UCP is losing more ground to the NDP and Wildrose Independence Party. Add in the $1.3 billion dollar tab for the Keystone XL pipeline deal and relentless questions on whether he broke COVID-19 rules while drinking with key staff and cabinet members - dubbed “the liquor cabinet.” Kathleen Petty delves into what’s going on with political scientist Duane Bratt of Mount Royal University, pollster Janet Brown of Janet Brown Opinion Research and long-time Canadian Press reporter Dean Bennett.