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EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's former chief of staff is suing the fired CEO of the province's front-line health agency and the newspaper that first reported allegations of corruption in multimillion-dollar health contracts.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a First Nation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier's flagship sovereignty act.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a First Nation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier's flagship sovereignty act.
Alberta's government has made 11th-hour changes to controversial proposed legislation declaring that no separation referendum question could threaten First Nations' existing treaty rights. Premier Danielle Smith's government is working to considerably lower the threshold to allow for citizen-initiated referendums, including whether the province should separate from Canada.
EDMONTON — Alberta’s government has made 11th-hour changes to controversial proposed legislation, declaring that no separation referendum question could threaten First Nations' existing treaty rights.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the appointment of Julie Dabrusin as Canada's new environment minister is a bad idea that forecasts renewed federal opposition to oil and gas development. Smith made the comments on social media shortly after Dabrusin was named to the post by Prime Minister Mark Carney. Smith says her government remains keen to work with Carney to...
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the appointment of Julie Dabrusin as Canada's new environment minister is a bad idea that forecasts renewed federal opposition to oil and gas development.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's chief of staff is sounding the alarm over Prime Minister Mark Carney's pick to head up the government's environment portfolio.
EDMONTON -- The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for a federal review of nearly century-old natural resource transfer agreements in response to Alberta's government opening the door to a separation referendum.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's chief electoral officer is warning the government that proposed legislation will impair the election commissioner's power to investigate election rule breaking.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's chief electoral officer is warning the government that proposed legislation will impair the election commissioner's power to investigate election rule breaking.
Smith cites high popularity of the sovereigntist Parti Québécois in Quebec. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's willing to risk a separation referendum in part to avert the emergence of a political rival. Smith says she doesn't support separating her province from Canada, but says Albertans have genuine grievances with the federal government, and she wants concessions from Liberal Prime...
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging her Ontario counterpart Doug Ford to mind his own business when it comes to talk of separating from Canada.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she would hold a referendum on provincial separation next year if citizens gather the required signatures on a petition.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she would hold a referendum on provincial separation next year if citizens gather the required signatures on a petition.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's New Democratic Party has voted overwhelmingly to cut traditional membership ties with its federal counterpart.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's New Democratic Party has voted overwhelmingly to cut traditional membership ties with its federal counterpart.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's New Democratic Party has voted overwhelmingly to cut traditional membership ties with its federal counterpart.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is deflecting accusations that she's stoking the fires of separatism, despite her government moving to lower the bar for holding a referendum.
EDMONTON -- In the wake of a federal election that saw the Liberals form a minority government, Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says it's clear Premier Danielle Smith's efforts to defuse a cross-border trade war backfired on the federal Conservative party.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has delivered a note of congratulations -- along with a sharply worded warning and a blanket condemnation -- to Prime Minister Mark Carney and his new Liberal government.
EDMONTON -- A former Alberta cabinet minister says an investigation called by Premier Danielle Smith's government into multimillion-dollar health contracts looks like a "whitewashing" exercise.
EDMONTON -- An outspoken member of Alberta's legislature, booted from the United Conservative Party caucus, is airing more detailed allegations of what he calls government deception over a health-care contract scandal.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is pausing the procurement policy it announced more than a month ago to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government has introduced promised legislation to allow for people to be forced into addiction treatment facilities.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says hiring lawyers to funnel requests from the auditor general isn't meant to obstruct an investigation into multimillion-dollar health contracts - it's about helping get to the truth.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government and its auditor general are at odds over the province's decision to bring its lawyers directly into the investigation surrounding multimillion-dollar health contracts.
EDMONTON -- Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says the government's proposal to wipe out municipal councils' codes of conduct could create a free-for-all of delinquency and grift.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta United Conservative government introduced two bills Tuesday to reduce the self-policing powers of elected public school boards and municipal councils.
EDMONTON -- The head of Alberta Health Services says the agency is halting a proposed food-reduction policy after public outcry over patients potentially being cut off from snacks and drinks.
Premier Danielle Smith arrived somewhere in south Florida on Thursday to represent Alberta in a controversial fundraiser for a right-wing U.S. organization - but neither side would disclose the location. The event wasn't to be livestreamed, and it wasn't clear when Albertans would learn what Smith said on their behalf, as she was attending in her role as premier. Smith's...
EDMONTON -- Premier Danielle Smith arrived somewhere in south Florida on Thursday to represent Alberta in a controversial fundraiser for a right-wing U.S. organization - but neither side would disclose the location.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's efforts to defuse an escalating trade war with the United States should be commended.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, dressed in red and white and quoting Winston Churchill, stood in the legislature Wednesday to denounce those who accuse her of "treason" by cosying up to U.S. influencers and officials who wish to do Canada harm.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending her plan to fly to Florida to appear at an event alongside a far-right U.S. influencer who calls Canada "a silly country," saying it is her duty to do everything she can to reach out to Americans to prevent tariffs. Smith is to make a speaking appearance Thursday with conservative media personality Ben Shapiro...
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending her plan to fly to Florida to appear at an event alongside a far-right U.S. influencer who calls Canada "a silly country," saying it is her duty to do everything she can to reach out to Americans to prevent tariffs.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending her plan to fly to Florida to appear at an event alongside a far-right U.S. influencer who calls Canada "a silly country," saying it is her duty to do everything she can to reach out to Americans to prevent tariffs. Smith is to make a speaking appearance Thursday with conservative media personality Ben Shapiro...
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending her plan to fly to Florida to appear at an event alongside a far-right U.S. influencer who calls Canada "a silly country," saying it is her duty to do everything she can to reach out to Americans to prevent tariffs.
EDMONTON -- A longtime Alberta New Democrat member of the legislature is resigning his seat, sparking what will be the third provincial byelection in Alberta since the 2023 provincial vote.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government wants to cut more than $400 million in the fees it pays to doctors, according to a confidential memo obtained by The Canadian Press.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government wants to cut more than $400 million in the fees it pays to doctors, according to a confidential memo obtained by The Canadian Press.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's governing United Conservatives have booted a rural backbencher from caucus following his public opposition to the government's proposed budget.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her province will no longer buy American alcohol and video lottery terminals to retaliate in the ongoing tariff row with the United States.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's child and youth advocate is questioning a proposed change from Premier Danielle Smith's government that would limit investigations into deaths of young adults.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith lashed out Tuesday as hefty, sweeping U.S. tariffs kicked in on Canadian goods, but she reiterated she won't retaliate by hiking levies on oil and gas heading south of the border. "This (U.S. tariff) policy is both foolish and a failure in every regard," Smith said in a statement. She called the tariffs an "unjustifiable attack"...
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith lashed out Tuesday as hefty, sweeping U.S. tariffs kicked in on Canadian goods, but she reiterated she won't retaliate by hiking levies on oil and gas heading south of the border.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says an external reviewer is to be announced next week, as her government continues to face questions surrounding allegations of corruption in health-care contracts.
EDMONTON -- Alberta has a new minster of infrastructure.
EDMONTON -- Alberta is set to introduce its budget Thursday, with rumours swirling that Premier Danielle Smith's government will deliver on her promised personal tax cut amid the looming threat of devastating U.S. tariffs.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's United Conservative government house leader says lawmakers won't be sidetracked by allegations officials pushed the province's front-line health agency to sign off on overpriced private medical contracts.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is removing her government's deputy health minister but bucking calls for a public inquiry into allegations of government interference in lucrative medical contracts. Smith says Andre Tremblay is being replaced in the ministry but will continue as head of Alberta Health Services, the province's front-line health agency.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is removing her government's deputy health minister but bucking calls for a public inquiry into allegations of government interference in lucrative medical contracts.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is scheduled to provide an update Wednesday on the government's response to allegations of government interference in lucrative medical contracts.
EDMONTON -- The leader of Alberta's Opposition NDP says it's time to fire Health Minister Adriana LaGrange given new allegations surrounding high-level corruption in medical contracts.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says an unnamed third party has been called in for an investigation into reports of high-level government interference and questionable deal-making in medical contracts and product buys.
EDMONTON -- An Alberta surgical company named in allegations that government officials interfered to offer up sweetheart deals for private clinics says the claims are false.
EDMONTON -- Chelsae Petrovic is cancelling coffee engagements with her constituents after getting an earful about the province's decision to lift its coal mining moratorium.
EDMONTON -- Take Back Alberta, the third-party advertiser that made headlines for its role in the high-profile party-vote ouster of former premier Jason Kenney, has been fined more than $100,000 by Elections Alberta.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's government is replacing its child-care subsidy program with a $15-a-day flat rate for children kindergarten age or younger.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling for a joint Canada-U.S. NORAD base in northern Canada to bolster Arctic security.