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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.
Alberta's Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says Premier Danielle Smith should fire her office's executive director after he posted a social media diatribe criticizing First Nations chiefs.
EDMONTON -- Albertans who apply for $100 payments from the province could see the money land in their bank accounts within two weeks of applying.
EDMONTON -- The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith's office says that instead of criticizing her, First Nations chiefs should fix their own communities, describing them as entrenched in poverty, drugs and violence.
Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative government is offering Albertans a payment of $100 to help pay their bills.
Premier Danielle Smith is offering Albertans a one-time payment of $100 to help pay their bills.
Alberta's heated debate over whether it should stay in Canada has led to harassment, threats and the cancellation of one town's annual rodeo parade.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's police watchdog is investigating a letter sent by Edmonton police to Crown prosecutors challenging an expected plea deal for a woman charged with killing an eight-year-old girl.
EDMONTON -- Country musician Corb Lund has delivered his anti-coal petition and says thousands of canvassers delivered more than enough to get it approved.
EDMONTON -- Alberta country music artist Corb Lund says his team has collected enough signatures to compel the province to take action to stop coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
Alberta's elections branch has kicked off what it calls the biggest hiring spree of election workers in the province's history. On Oct. 19, Premier Danielle Smith's government is putting 10 referendum questions to Albertans. One question on the ballot will ask voters whether they want the province to remain in Canada or begin the legal process to hold a binding separation referendum.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's elections branch has kicked off what it calls the biggest hiring spree of election workers in the province's history.
EDMONTON -- Treaty chiefs representing First Nations across the West say they are willing to carry out acts of civil disobedience if necessary to fight Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's separation vote.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's government says it will begin rolling out three-in-one identification cards, ultimately replacing the province's long-reviled paper health cards.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's governing United Conservative Party has tapped a retired judge to chair the province's new political boundaries panel.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's governing United Conservative Party has tapped a retired judge to chair the province's new political boundaries panel.
EDMONTON -- Corb Lund is exhausted and would rather just play music.
Alberta's upcoming referendum question on separation was made official Thursday, and it mirrors what Premier Danielle Smith announced last week. Smith and her cabinet issued an order in council confirming the date and format of the Oct. 19 referendum, along with the question. It will ask voters to pick one of two options. Option one reads: "Alberta should remain a...
EDMONTON -- Alberta election officials say while the province's question on quitting Canada hasn't been written in stone, it will be at the top of an ordered stack of ten ballots.
Alberta election officials say while the province's question on quitting Canada hasn't been written in stone, it will be at the top of an ordered stack of ten ballots. Elections Alberta says 10 referendum questions to be put to Albertans on Oct. 19 will be colour-coded, and voters won't need to mark the box on every question. Premier Danielle Smith...
A standoff between Premier Danielle Smith and her own United Conservative Party on the issue of separation is over -- and the premier has won. Premier Smith and party president Rob Smith had been at odds over where they stand on Alberta staying in Canada ahead of a fall referendum on the matter. The premier says she wants Alberta to...
Premier Danielle Smith says Albertans will be going to the polls in October to cast their vote on separation - but they won't actually be voting on whether to separate. Instead, they'll be choosing whether or not it's time to hold a binding referendum on quitting Canada. Smith made the announcement in a televised address Thursday night, saying it's the...
Premier Danielle Smith says Albertans will be going to the polls in October to cast their vote on separation – but they won’t actually be voting on whether to separate.
EDMONTON -- A bid by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservatives to hold a potential vote on Alberta quitting Canada took a step forward Thursday -- but not without some drama.
EDMONTON -- Members of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus have voted to ask her to call a referendum on the province's place in Canada.
EDMONTON -- The cabinet minister who set the wheels in motion for a possible referendum on Alberta separating from Canada says he wants the country to remain united.