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Hello, Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi has re-entered politics, announcing a bid to lead the Alberta New Democrats. If successful, Nenshi would succeed Rachel Notley, and take on the governing United Conservative Party and its leader, Danielle Smith, in the next provincial election in 2027. Nenshi, elected Calgary mayor in 2010, had a national profile in municipal office, and won three terms before bowing out ahead of the 2021 civic vote. Now, however, the 52-year-old says Alberta deserves better than Smith's UCP government. "We need a government that we can trust and sadly we don't have it," Nenshi said in…