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EDMONTON -- A woman looking to launch a recall petition to oust Alberta Premier Danielle Smith from her seat in the legislature says her campaign has been officially approved.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's privacy watchdog is raising concerns about a new government bill that would add health-care numbers to driver's licences and other forms of identification.
EDMONTON -- The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour says Premier Danielle Smith only has herself to blame for her United Conservative Party caucus facing more than a dozen recall petitions.
Alberta's watershed pipeline deal with Ottawa wasn't front and centre Friday when Premier Danielle Smith spoke with United Conservative Party faithful at their annual convention. Smith took the stage in Edmonton for the first of many addresses planned for the weekend. It wasn't until after she spoke on issues including rural policing, new federal legislation and even separatism that someone...
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party caucus isn't afraid to defend its record as its faces more than a dozen recall campaigns.
EDMONTON -- Nine members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are now facing recall petitions - enough to potentially tip the balance of power in the legislature.
EDMONTON -- Nine members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are now facing recall petitions - enough to potentially tip the balance of power in the legislature.
Nine members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are now facing recall petitions - enough to potentially tip the balance of power in the legislature. Elections Alberta confirmed Monday that signature collection efforts can begin for six more UCP members, including cabinet ministers Rajan Sawhney, Myles McDougall, Dale Nally and R.J. Sigurdson. Petitions were also issued for Ric...
EDMONTON -- Nine members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are now facing recall petitions - enough to potentially tip the balance of power in the legislature.
A third member of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus is now officially the target of a petition to get him recalled from his job as a member of the legislature. Elections Alberta said in a news release Friday it has approved a signature-collecting campaign against first-term Grande Prairie legislature member Nolan Dyck. The approval kick-starts a three-month signature...
EDMONTON -- A third member of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus is now officially the target of a petition to get him recalled from his job as a member of the legislature.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's chief electoral officer has approved a third recall petition application against a United Conservative Party legislature member.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is distancing herself from a multimillion-dollar lab testing debacle involving the former private provider DynaLife.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's auditor general estimates the government's failed effort to privatize community lab testing services left taxpayers on the hook for about $109 million.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta cabinet minister in charge of primary care says legislation is coming -- but won't provide details -- amid reports the province plans to let doctors work in the public and private health systems simultaneously as they see fit.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's cabinet minister in charge of primary health care is facing questions on possible major changes in how family doctors operate.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's government has tabled legislation to add health-care numbers and mandatory citizenship markers to driver's licences and identification cards.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Canada recently losing its measles elimination status is concerning, but her government might not have many other options on the table to help get it back.
An Alberta legislature member is going on the attack against one of her own constituents.
EDMONTON -- Reintroducing coal-powered electricity to Alberta's grid and restricting which flags are flown on public property are among dozens of new policy proposals being brought forward by grassroots members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government has no plans to change provincial recall legislation, at least for the moment.
The man who launched a petition drive to oust United Conservative Party legislature member Angela Pitt says she needs to go because she's not getting the job done.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on the federal government to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause to overturn a new Supreme Court ruling on child pornography.
EDMONTON -- A new report recommends Alberta's two major cities get more seats in the provincial legislature in time for the 2027 election.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government is paying out $95 million to a coal mining company to end another one of the lawsuits launched against it over its policy flip-flop.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's government is ending its hybrid work policy, mandating all provincial employees return to the office full-time starting early next year.
Alberta's government is ending its hybrid work policy, mandating all provincial employees return to the office full-time starting early next year. A statement issued by Alberta's deputy ministers' council says the policy stemmed from the COVID-19 pandemic and allowed some employees to work from home two days a week. The council says the decision is in response to "changing circumstances"...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says absent a deal to end a provincewide teachers strike, her government will introduce back-to-work legislation Monday. Smith says with the strike deep into its third week, the hardship facing students and families is intolerable, forcing her government to step in. The two sides do not have formal talks scheduled but Smith says there is still...
EDMONTON -- Alberta's Opposition NDP says it will fight the government's looming plan to introduce a bill to force striking teachers back to work.
EDMONTON -- Vote counting in Alberta's municipal and school board elections has resumed.
EDMONTON -- Albertans are set to pick their next mayors and councillors today as municipal elections take place across the province.
EDMONTON -- The union representing Alberta teachers says its has turned down a request from the government to end a provincewide strike on Monday and go through enhanced mediation.
A final report into allegations of corruption in Alberta government health contracts says it was widely known two staffers were in conflicts of interest but no steps were taken by senior officials. Former Manitoba judge Raymond Wyant makes 18 recommendations for the Alberta government, including improving conflict and procurement policies.
EDMONTON -- Alberta may no longer be known as "Wild Rose Country" -- at least on its licence plates.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's finance minister says there's a major divide between what the union representing striking teachers is asking for and what the government is willing to spend.
EDMONTON -- The union representing Alberta teachers and the provincial government's bargaining committee met Tuesday for the first time since a provincewide strike began a week ago.
EDMONTON -- Many Alberta students are sleeping in these days, struggling with the feeling they should be doing something else instead.
EDMONTON -- The union representing 51,000 striking Alberta teachers is set to resume negotiations with the provincial government's bargaining team after the long weekend.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's education minister says cutting government funding to private schools would only escalate the pressure faced by the province's strained public school system.
EDMONTON -- It's all over but the recommendations for Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel, a touring summer town hall that saw Smith lionized and criticized amid straw polls, finger pointing, separation anxiety, and references to idiots, brats and spanking.
The moderator of Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel is apologizing after he told a teen at a town hall that his parents should spank him. Bruce McAllister says he regrets the comment and he's committed to making sure the panel's events are respectful and constructive. The 16-year-old boy tried to ask the panel about the pending provincewide teachers' strike...
EDMONTON -- The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith’s office says he’s sorry for publicly calling for a high school student to be spanked.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Imperial Oil's "very disappointing" plan to lay off roughly 20 per cent of its workforce by 2027 reinforces the need to build more pipelines. Smith is blaming Ottawa for the layoffs at the Calgary-based company. "The industry for the last 10 years has been hampered and hobbled by federal government decisions," she told an unrelated...
EDMONTON -- Alberta teachers have rejected the province's latest contract offer, setting the stage for a potential provincewide strike next week.
EDMONTON -- Alberta teachers have rejected the province's latest contract offer, setting the stage for a potential provincewide strike next week.
EDMONTON -- Voting closes today for Alberta teachers on the latest contract offer from the province, one week before a provincewide strike deadline.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government says it is planning to introduce legislation that would allow it to ignore international agreements signed by Ottawa. Smith's office says it's an issue of due process.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government says it is planning to introduce legislation that would allow it to ignore international agreements signed by Ottawa.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's justice minister has been directed to introduce new legislation on Medical Assistance in Dying, or MAID, that would give the government greater control and oversight of the program.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government announced Wednesday it had struck a tentative deal with the union representing 51,000 teachers provincewide, though the proposal is largely the same as the province's previous offer.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's government says it has yet to receive an interim report on the investigation into allegations of corruption over health contracts but it should be finished in the coming days.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government says it has struck a tentative deal with the union representing 51,000 teachers provincewide.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is directing her municipal affairs minister to review a number of local financial issues, including how much elected municipal officials get paid.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government and the teachers' union were back at the bargaining table Friday with under three weeks to go before a possible provincewide strike.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government and the teachers' union are back at the bargaining table with under three weeks to go before a possible provincewide strike.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government has chosen not to renew a regulation banning the practice of "carding" by police officers, but the province says the practice is still prohibited under other laws.
EDMONTON -- Premier Danielle Smith is directing her jobs minister to use "all legal means" possible to give Alberta more control over immigration.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government says it will maintain a frozen industrial carbon tax price for 2026, putting the province at odds with federal rules.
EDMONTON -- Premier Danielle Smith is directing her jobs minister to use all legal means possible to give Alberta more control over immigration.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government made good Monday on its promise to revise its school book ban, stating that from now on written descriptions of sex are OK, but images and illustrations of sex are not.