NDP’s Trisha Estabrooks Targets Edmonton-Strathcona | Edmonton News

The NDP is making a bold move in Alberta politics by appointing Trisha Estabrooks to run in Edmonton-Strathcona, the province’s most reliably NDP seat since 1997. Stepping in for outgoing MLA and opposition leader Naheed Nenshi—who’s pivoting to a Calgary riding—Estabrooks brings deep public service experience: 17 years as a CBC journalist, two terms chairing Edmonton’s Public School Board, and current work with Friends of Medicare. With the next election just over two years away, she’s positioning herself as a champion of public education and healthcare, ready to defend Alberta’s core services against rising political pres...