The Newsroom： Smith and Toews campaigns raises over a $1 million during UCP leadership race...
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Summary
The Green Party is on the verge of collapse, and MPs are saying if the leadership battle is put on hold, they will leave the party, and that will be the end of it. Wildfire smoke continues to blanket much of Alberta and BC, and what effects it is having on travel and air quality. We've got a story on the fundraising done by the UCP candidates in Alberta, turns out Travis Taves and Daniel Smith both raised more than $1 million to run their campaigns, and we're waiting for the rest of the nominees to announce their fundraising. And we've got some reaction from the mainstream media to Pierre Polyev's winning of the conservative leadership battle.
Transcript
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Hello, I'm Dave Naylor, the news editor of the Western Standard, and here's what we're working on at the moment.
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Our Matthew Horwood, the Parliamentary Bureau Chief, has got a good exclusive on the Green Party.
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It seems like they could be on the verge of collapse.
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The party president resigned last week amid confusion over an upcoming leadership battle,
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and MPs are saying if that leadership battle is put on hold,
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they will leave the party, and that will be the end of it.
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And you'll never guess who's behind all the shenanigans.
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Wildfire smoke continues to blanket much of Alberta and BC.
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Our Reid Small has a story on the hundreds of wildfires that are burning across the province,
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and what effects it is having on travel and air quality.
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We've got a story today on the fundraising done by the UCP candidates in Alberta,
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turns out Travis Taves and Daniel Smith both raised more than $1 million to run their campaigns.
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It's quite a staggering bit of money, and we're waiting for the rest of the nominees to announce their fundraising.
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We've got some reaction from the mainstream media to Pierre Polyev's winning of the conservative leadership battle,
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and yes, you're right, they're not very happy about it.
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And you'll remember all the long lines and the waiting at the Canadian passport offices.
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Well, the Liberals have got a plan to fix that.
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They've hired 70 new workers, and they think that's going to fix the backlog,
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So that's what's making headlines at the moment.
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throughout the day, where we'll bring you the latest.
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