CBC: Alberta’s fledgling Progressive Tory Party has nominated its first candidate and is looking to run someone in the upcoming byelection in Calgary-Shaw.
…Bonnie Critchley, the retired Canadian Armed Forces member who ran against Pierre Poilievre in the August 2025 federal byelection in Battle River-Crowfoot, is the Progressive Tory candidate in the provincial Camrose riding. In last summer’s federal byelection, Poilievre won 81 per cent of the vote while Critchley came second with 9.8 per cent of ballots cast…