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EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is seeking security clearance to receive briefings on foreign interference in her province, but the leader of the Opposition says she shouldn't be trusted with it.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government took steps Wednesday to drastically restrict who's eligible for medical assistance in dying. Smith's United Conservative Party government introduced a bill that, if passed, would limit medical assistance in dying, better known as MAID, to those likely to die of natural causes within a year. Those under 18 would still be prohibited regardless of condition...
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government took steps Wednesday to drastically restrict who's eligible for medical assistance in dying.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she travelled on a private plane on behalf of the Saudi government last fall. Smith says the provincial ethics commissioner had signed off on any non-commercial travel ahead of the trip and that it was proposed by the Saudi government for "more efficient travel."
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she travelled on a private plane on behalf of the Saudi government last fall.
EDMONTON -- Disability advocates and the Alberta NDP are calling on the government to up its game when it comes to accessibility, saying it comes down to giving people dignity.
EDMONTON -- Alberta may soon require oil and gas companies to be on top of their municipal property taxes if they want to keep producing.
EDMONTON -- Elections Alberta says a recall petition against a member of Alberta's Opposition NDP has been withdrawn.
EDMONTON -- A judge denied on Friday an injunction application from Alberta teachers against legislation that forced them back to work and ended a provincewide strike last fall.
EDMONTON -- Some Edmonton landowners are taking a stand by erecting a blockade against what they call a delinquent oil and gas company.
EDMONTON -- A petition looking to oust Alberta Premier Danielle Smith from her seat in the legislature has failed.
EDMONTON -- ?A volunteer historical society that's almost as old as Alberta itself is concerned the province's history may go forgotten after its funding was eliminated.
EDMONTON -- A petition looking to oust Alberta Premier Danielle Smith from her seat in the legislature has failed.
A petition looking to oust Alberta Premier Danielle Smith from her seat in the legislature has failed. Smith is the second premier in Alberta's history to face a recall petition, with the other happening nearly 90 years ago.
EDMONTON -- A petition looking to oust Alberta Premier Danielle Smith from her seat in the legislature has failed.
EDMONTON -- A petition looking to oust Alberta Premier Danielle Smith from her seat in the legislature has failed.
Ottawa and Alberta have reached a prospective deal that they say will see major projects be approved more efficiently. In a joint announcement Friday the two governments said the deal will bring a "one project, one review" approach to addressing the broader impacts of these projects, including on the environment. A draft version of the deal says projects that fall...
EDMONTON -- Ottawa and Alberta have reached a prospective deal that they say will see major projects be approved more efficiently.
EDMONTON -- Three more recall petitions against members of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative caucus have failed.
EDMONTON -- Three more recall petitions against members of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative caucus have failed.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's teachers went to court Wednesday to fight the province's back-to-work legislation, but their union president says if they win, it doesn't necessarily mean their provincewide strike is back on.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's teachers union was back in court today seeking an injunction against the province's back-to-work legislation last fall.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on Ottawa to walk back its restrictions on nicotine pouches, arguing the rules are an unnecessary barrier for those trying to quit smoking while inadvertently making it easier for youth to access.
EDMONTON -- Premier Danielle Smith says she hopes failing recall petitions against members of her caucus mean Albertans are feeling heard.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on Ottawa to walk back its restrictions on nicotine pouches, arguing the rules are a barrier for those trying to quit smoking.
EDMONTON -- Premier Danielle Smith says she hopes failing recall petitions against members of her caucus mean Albertans are feeling heard.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's government is putting $40 million toward software upgrades after seeing a major spike in cybersecurity incidents last year.
EDMONTON -- Elections Alberta says four more recall petitions against members of Premier Danielle Smith's caucus have failed.
EDMONTON -- Elections Alberta says four more recall petitions against members of Premier Danielle Smith's caucus have failed.
EDMONTON -- Elections Alberta says four more recall petitions against members of Premier Danielle Smith's caucus have failed.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government says it hopes its latest education budget will show understanding for teachers following a mass strike last year that ended with the province forcing on educators a contract many had previously rejected.
EDMONTON -- At least four more recall petitions against Alberta politicians have failed.
EDMONTON -- ?At least two more recall petitions against Alberta politicians have failed.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government isn't sure how much it might save if referendum questions proposing restrictions to social services for some newcomers are approved in the fall. Smith announced in a TV address Thursday that her United Conservative Party government is putting nine questions to a provincewide referendum on Oct. 19. They include proposals to restrict social...
Alberta's Opposition NDP says Premier Danielle Smith is stoking hatred by blaming her government's financial "mismanagement" on newcomers. Smith announced in a TV address Thursday night that her government is putting nine questions to a provincewide referendum on Oct. 19. They include proposals to restrict social services from some immigrants and to open up Constitutional negotiations on abolishing the Senate...
EDMONTON -- ?A third recall petition against a member of Alberta's legislature has failed, and another has been withdrawn.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says there's nothing anyone can do to fill the silence left by the loss of those killed in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. The prime minister spoke to a crowd of hundreds at a vigil in the community where people held photos of the loved ones they have lost.
TUMBLER RIDGE -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says there's nothing anyone can do to fill the silence left by the loss of those killed in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
Officers from the five-person RCMP detachment in Tumbler Ridge arrived at the community's secondary school on Tuesday to sounds of fire alarms and a voice yelling from a window that the shooter was upstairs. In seconds they were through the door and up the stairs, where RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said they were met with gunshots. Soon after, more...
TUMBLER RIDGE -- Officers from the five-person RCMP detachment in Tumbler Ridge arrived at the community's secondary school on Tuesday to sounds of fire alarms and a voice yelling from a window that the shooter was upstairs.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says "significant" deficits are in store for her province as it tries to grapple with low oil prices. The government's new budget is set to be unveiled later this month, and Smith says it's going to be a "tough" one. The premier told RED FM Calgary this week that she has ruled out tax hikes and...
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says "significant" deficits are in store for her province as it tries to grapple with low oil prices.
Alberta's sport minister says he hasn't signed his name to a petition that seeks to force a referendum on the province quitting Canada. Andrew Boitchenko says he and Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party government are focused on strengthening Alberta's position within Canada. Boitchenko's comment comes after a leader for the group organizing the separatist petition said some unnamed members...
EDMONTON -- Alberta's sport minister says he hasn't signed his name to a petition that seeks to force a referendum on the province quitting Canada.
The Canadian Bar Association is speaking out against Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's call for more input on the selection of federal judges. Smith says if Alberta doesn't get more say on future judicial appointments to the province's superior courts and the Supreme Court of Canada, her government would hold back money those judges need to do their jobs.
The former federal cabinet minister responsible for the law dictating what happens after a provincial separation vote says Premier Danielle Smith must answer questions before a referendum. Stephane Dion, a former Liberal leader, tabled the Clarity Act in 1999 after the unsuccessful referendum in Quebec four years earlier. The act says a vote with a clear majority in favour of...
EDMONTON -- The former federal cabinet minister responsible for the law dictating what happens after a provincial separation vote says Premier Danielle Smith must answer questions before a referendum.
EDMONTON -- Two Alberta-based francophone groups say bilingualism requirements for Canada's top court -- something Premier Danielle Smith is calling on Ottawa to relax -- should not be a political issue.
EDMONTON -- A second recall petition to oust a member of Alberta's legislature has failed after falling well short of the required signatures.
EDMONTON -- A second recall petition to oust a member of Alberta's legislature has failed after falling well short of required signatures.
A leader of Alberta's separatist movement says some members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus have signed the petition looking to force a vote on the province quitting Canada. "I know of (UCP members of the legislature) that have signed the petition," Jeff Rath, a lawyer for Stay Free Alberta, the group organizing the petition campaign, said Thursday...
EDMONTON -- A leader of Alberta's separatist movement says some members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus have signed the petition looking to force a vote on the province quitting Canada.
Alberta's judges are calling for respect days after Premier Danielle Smith said she wishes she could "direct" them. The province's three chief justices say in a rare public statement that democracy only functions when all three branches of government operate independently and respect each other's role. "It ensures judges can make decisions based solely on the law and evidence presented,"...
EDMONTON -- An Alberta town is once again thinking about becoming a city and the obstacles in its way -- including a road.
STONY PLAIN -- An hour after the doors opened Thursday at a community centre west of Edmonton, an employee poked her head in to make sure the crowd was still under its 650-person fire capacity.
STONY PLAIN -- Hundreds of people braved bone-chilling temperatures today at a community centre just west of Edmonton to sign a petition to force a vote on Alberta leaving Canada.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's education minister says he's taking an unsuccessful recall petition launched against him as a new vote of confidence for the government.
EDMONTON -- Two former Progressive Conservative justice ministers and nearly 30 other lawyers are denouncing Alberta's government for what they say are self-serving legal manoeuvres and "unacceptable" attacks on the justice system.
EDMONTON -- Two former Progressive Conservative justice ministers are among more than 30 lawyers speaking out against Alberta's government for what they say is "unacceptable" conduct.
EDMONTON -- The first of more than two dozen recall petitions launched against members of Alberta's legislature has come up short.