Official if not actual Alberta provincial capital and the sole site of in-province protests against the Alberta government’s recent econopolitical experiments in refugee creation and culture-zapping. The attempts of Peter Pocklington and the brothers Gurmazian to have the city’s public assets deeded to them through government grants, tax giveaways and outright gifts have been mostly successful, but they have created a backlash. Edmonton’s right wing media alumni occupy key positions across the, er, Thompson and Hollinger newspaper chains.