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EDMONTON -- A former head of the Alberta Medical Association and a high-profile government critic says he wants to get off the sidelines and run for political office against one of the governing United Conservatives' health ministers.
Alberta's hotly debated riding boundary proposals were released to the public Monday as the Opposition NDP renewed its call for the government to change course. NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservatives are aiming to use their legislative majority to rig the new boundaries in order to give themselves an unfair advantage in next year's election. Nenshi...
EDMONTON -- Alberta's United Conservative government is making changes to standardize school report cards.
The leader of Alberta's Opposition NDP says Premier Danielle Smith's governing United Conservatives are cooking the riding boundaries for their own advantage ahead of next year's election. Naheed Nenshi says a report now before an all-party committee gerrymanders ridings in Lethbridge and Calgary to dilute NDP support in favour of the UCP in multiple constituencies. "This is a shocking and...
EDMONTON -- Mounties looking into an Alberta health care spending scandal are investigating potential fraud, breach of trust and money laundering.
A former Alberta cabinet minister says Premier Danielle Smith won't survive fallout from the separation referendum, while an independence organizer says she still has his support for now. Legislature member Peter Guthrie, who was removed from Smith's United Conservative Party caucus after criticizing the government over a health-care procurement scandal, now leads the upstart Progressive Tory Party of Alberta. He...
EDMONTON -- A former Alberta cabinet minister says Premier Danielle Smith won't survive fallout from the separation referendum, while an independence organizer says she still has his support for now.
EDMONTON -- A former Alberta cabinet minister says Premier Danielle Smith won't survive the crisis in her United Conservative Party amid fallout from the separation referendum.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party is a pro-Canada party and that any members who want to stump for separation need to leave. Smith said Wednesday it can’t risk a split in the ranks that would open the door to an Opposition NDP win in next fall’s general election. “The United Conservative Party is not an independence...
CALGARY -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told the separatist faction of her United Conservative Party that if they can't get behind a pro-Canada position, they should hand in their memberships.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says if members of her United Conservative Party can't get behind a pro-Canada position they should hand in their memberships. In a social media video Wednesday, Smith said her party can't afford to be split over the issue and risk losing next year's provincial election to the Opposition NDP. Her comment comes after Albertans voted in...
Alberta’s vote on whether to stay in Canada is going into overtime. Elections Alberta says more than 100 voting locations will stay open past the scheduled 8 p.m. closing time. The agency says that for various reasons it did not specify those locations opened late, so it cannot release unofficial results until 10 p.m. when the last polling station closes.
EDMONTON -- Alberta’s vote on whether to stay in Canada is going into overtime.
EDMONTON -- The leader of Alberta's flagship federalist referendum campaign is urging Albertans to keep in mind the privileges the Canadian military affords them after tragedy struck yesterday in the province.
Prime Minister Mark Carney wrapped up his two-day, pro-Canada barnstorming tour of Alberta by rallying with thousands of supporters in his hometown on Friday night. "Alberta's my home," Carney said as thousands erupted in cheers in a party-like atmosphere at Edmonton's Expo Centre. "I grew up here," said Carney. "This city, this province, this country, have given me everything --...
EDMONTON -- Former premier Jason Kenney, who co-founded Alberta's governing United Conservative Party, says separatists have infiltrated it and are wielding an outsized influence.
Former premier Jason Kenney, who co-founded Alberta's governing United Conservative Party, says separatists have infiltrated it and are wielding an outsized influence. Kenney, speaking to business leaders in Edmonton alongside his former political rival Rachel Notley, said Tuesday that after the province's separation vote the party will face a "reckoning." He said the UCP needs to decide whether it stands...
EDMONTON -- The referendum campaigns on Alberta's place in Confederation have entered the homestretch, with politicians set to speak and groups ready to rally.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the fact the provincial election authority is helping voters correct errors in about 3,000 mail-in ballot packages shows the system is working.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the fact the provincial election authority is helping voters correct errors in about 3,000 mail-in ballot packages shows the system is working.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's Catholic bishops are imploring parishioners to think about how the province's upcoming referendum proposals may impact vulnerable people.
EDMONTON -- Angel Houle says she's never voted in an Alberta provincial election, but this month's referendum is different.
EDMONTON -- Albertans filling their tanks may soon be saving cash as the province's gas tax holiday starts today.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's government is extending the application deadline for its $100 affordability rebate by one month.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is axing its fuel tax for three months to help combat the cost at the pumps.
Alberta's summer of unrest over its role in Confederation is striding into a final phase of rallies, lawn sign rivalry and hyperbolic warnings of doom and demise. With one month to go before the Oct. 19 referendum, drivers going through many neighbourhoods can spot red and white lawn signs urging Albertans to vote to stand with Canada. Blue signs are...
EDMONTON -- Alberta's summer of unrest over its role in Confederation is striding into a final phase of rallies, lawn sign rivalry and hyperbolic warnings of doom and demise.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's premier is taking a hands-off approach to a First Nation defying her government by announcing it will offer safe haven for gender-affirming medical care.
EDMONTON -- An Alberta First Nation says it aims to defy Premier Danielle Smith's government by establishing a safe haven for gender-affirming medical care -- contrary to provincial law.
Albertans purchasing new solar panels next month will face a hefty fee for recycling them.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is pushing her message for an end to the fierce U.S.-Canada trade war directly to Americans. Smith, appearing on the Fox Business Network, says Canadians are confused and disappointed by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent effort to rebrand Lake Ontario as Lake America. She says it's particularly confounding given the two countries' lo
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is pushing her message for an end to the fierce U.S.-Canada trade war directly to Americans.
Two former political foes in Alberta are joining hands to try to keep the province from separating. And one of them says when it comes to Canada, it's a no-brainer. "I'm always happy to put patriotism ahead of partisanship," former premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday in an interview.
EDMONTON -- Two former Alberta political foes are joining forces to make the case for the province to stay in Canada.
Alberta's technology minister faced yet another firing line of fury at the government's second town hall hearing from residents over its plan for artificial intelligence data centres. Nate Glubish was peppered with profanity from audience members at the Thursday event in Redwater, north of Edmonton, in Sturgeon County.
REDWATER -- Alberta's technology minister faced yet another firing line of fury at the government's second town hall hearing from residents over its plan for artificial intelligence data centres.
Alberta's technology minister was jeered, badgered and booed late Wednesday by a room packed with hundreds of people over the province's plans for an artificial intelligence data centre. Nate Glubish was in the central town of Lacombe for the first in a series of town halls touting the windfall the mega-facilities could bring. Dozens of people lined up to ask...
LACOMBE -- Alberta's technology minister was jeered, badgered and booed late Wednesday by a room packed with hundreds of people over the province's plans for an artificial intelligence data centre.
Preston Manning is stepping into the fray ahead of Alberta's fall referendum by headlining a public forum tackling Western Canada's long-standing grievances with Ottawa. The virtual sessions, set for Sept. 19 and 20, are to be co-chaired by Manning, the former Reform Party leader, and former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell. The event comes as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set...
EDMONTON -- Preston Manning is stepping into the fray ahead of Alberta's fall referendum by headlining a public forum tackling Western Canada's long-standing grievances with Ottawa.
EDMONTON -- Online applications to vote by mail in Alberta's fall referendum are now open.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi is apologizing after he posed for a photo at the Calgary Stampede with the Israeli ambassador to Canada.
A judge has extended a special court order freezing the assets of a prominent Alberta separatist as part of an ongoing trust fund dispute with a First Nation. Last week, Justice Michael Marion in Calgary granted a temporary injunction freezing up to $8.5 million in assets held by Jeffrey Rath. It's part of an ongoing legal battle between Rath and...
EDMONTON -- A judge has extended a special court order freezing the assets of a prominent Alberta separatist as part of an ongoing trust fund dispute with a First Nation.
An Alberta court has temporarily frozen up to $8.5 million in assets held by one of the province's most recognizable separatist leaders. Justice Michael Marion granted an interim injunction last week preventing Jeffrey Rath and his law firm from transferring the assets until a Wednesday hearing. It's part of an ongoing legal battle between the Tallcree First Nation and Rath...
EDMONTON -- An Alberta court has temporarily frozen up to $8.5 million in assets held by one of the province's most recognizable separatist leaders.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's new auditor general, Phil Peters, says he expects his investigation into a health-care contracting scandal to be complete by the end of this year.
EDMONTON -- Country musician Corb Lund says he's not giving up the fight after his petition drive to stop new coal mining in Alberta was ruled a failure.
EDMONTON -- Elections Alberta says a petition calling for a ban on new coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, spearheaded by musician and activist Corb Lund, has failed.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government says more than 106,000 residents applied for $100 relief cheques in just over 24 hours.
EDMONTON -- Heavy traffic on a website for Albertans to apply for $100 from the provincial government has clogged the site on the day it opened.
EDMONTON -- Albertans can start applying today for $100 from the provincial government to help deal with the high cost of living.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's United Conservative Party government is inviting a political scientist and a pollster to help a panel tasked with redrawing the province's voting lines.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is coming to next week's Calgary Stampede, and plans to reiterate that quitting Canada will not be the magic wand separatists think it is. Carney, taking questions from reporters in Ottawa on Thursday, said the fallout from the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union a decade ago should serve as a clear cautionary tale.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is coming to next week's Calgary Stampede, and plans to reiterate that quitting Canada will not be the magic wand separatists think it is.
EDMONTON -- A water supply alert for the city of Edmonton, issued Sunday after days of heavy rainfall, has been lifted.
EDMONTON -- The mayor of Alberta's capital city is calling for residents to keep their water use to a minimum as the city grapples with the impact of heavy rain and braces for more to come.
EDMONTON -- Hobbled by more than just low oil prices, Alberta's NDP finance minister limped into the legislature in a cast to deliver a devastating budget.
Hobbled by more than just low oil prices, Alberta's NDP finance minister limped into the legislature in a cast to deliver a devastating budget. It was 2017, and Joe Ceci had injured his leg competing for face time with a busy premier on an early morning jog. He was Rachel Notley's right hand man in cabinet, and the only New...
Alberta's Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says Premier Danielle Smith should fire her office's executive director for posting a social media diatribe criticizing First Nations chiefs.