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Premier Jason Kenney's campaign manager hired as VP of Alberta Energy RegulatorProvincial Politics | 207371 hits | 8:43 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Premier Jason Kenney's campaign manager and an outspoken anthropogenic global-warming skeptic has been hired as the Alberta Energy Regulator's new vice president of its science and innovation branch. Alberta's Heritage Savings Trust Fund hits lowest value in eight yearsProvincial Politics | 207357 hits | 7:39 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
A risky investment strategy by the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) cost Alberta’s long-term savings fund $411 million, a legislative committee heard on Monday. Former Alberta politician who gave seat up for Kenney gets Texas appointmentProvincial Politics | 206894 hits | 7:16 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
UCP omnibus bill paves way for more alternative doctor contracts, private surgeriesProvincial Politics | 207387 hits | 10:51 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
An omnibus bill introduced in the Alberta legislature Monday would make it easier for doctors to opt in to alternative contracts with the government and streamline the process for more private facilities to perform surgeries across the province. Edmonton school trustee resigns over comments on refugee children and violenceProvincial Politics | 207520 hits | 6:46 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
An Edmonton public school trustee has resigned after linking refugee children and violence in schools. Alberta businesswoman Salma Lakhani named lieutenant-governor, first Muslim in role in CanadaProvincial Politics | 207001 hits | 6:26 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named business owner and philanthropist Salma Lakhani as Alberta’s new Lieutenant-Governor.
When she formally takes over the role, Ms. Lakhani will become Canada’s first Muslim Lieutenant-Governor. Kenney to announce plan to reboot Alberta economyProvincial Politics | 207674 hits | 8:02 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Diversification of the economy, bolstering the oil and gas sector and a massive injection of infrastructure spending are all expected as Premier Jason Kenney announces his long-term reboot plan for Alberta today. Watch it live here at 11 a.m. MT (1 p.m. E OPINION | Jason Kenney likes referendums. Here's why you shouldn'tProvincial Politics | 207546 hits | 8:08 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
What’s the plural form of referendum? Is it referendums or referenda? It doesn’t really matter. Using either doesn’t change the fact that a referendum is, politically speaking, an optical illusion. Kenney speechwriter called residential schools a 'bogus genocide story'Provincial Politics | 207565 hits | 11:14 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's speechwriter once wrote an article dismissing the "bogus genocide story" of Canada's residential school system and said Indigenous youth could be "ripe recruits" for violent insurgencies. 'I don't have another country to belong to yet': Wexit Canada interim leader won't give up federal pensionProvincial Politics | 207711 hits | 5:54 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Veteran conservative politician Jay Hill says Premier Jason Kenney is mistaken if he thinks Alberta will ever get a "fair deal" from Ottawa — something he believes only the separation of the western provinces will achieve. Alberta Opposition NDP label referendum bill a covert Jason Kenney power grabProvincial Politics | 207528 hits | 7:55 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Alberta's NDP Opposition says a new government bill that calls for broadening the use of referendums is an anti-democratic power grab by Premier Jason Kenney that would allow him to game public opinion while introducing big money back into politics. Jay Hill, former House leader under Harper, named interim head of separatist party Wexit CanadaProvincial Politics | 207441 hits | 7:28 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Veteran conservative politician Jay Hill has been named interim leader of the separatist Wexit Canada party, following the resignation of founder Peter Downing. Kenney government refuses to apologize for appointee who critics say made racist, anti-Semitic postsProvincial Politics | 207440 hits | 9:05 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
In a heated exchange in Alberta’s Legislature Monday, United Conservative cabinet minister Kaycee Madu accused the New Democrat Party of playing politics with Black people and says they are treated worse in countries governed by “NDP allies.” Fair Deal panel report underlines challenges for Kenney when rhetoric meets realityProvincial Politics | 207510 hits | 8:12 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Jason Kenney's handling of the Fair Deal panel’s recommendations suggests the government knows it doesn’t have the public onside with the big recommendations contained in the report yet. Alberta purges judicial vetting committee for former Tory cabinet ministers, political supportersProvincial Politics | 207353 hits | 8:28 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Alberta Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer removed the entire committee that vets potential provincial court judges and recruited new members through a closed process that experts say is long outdated. Supreme Court sides with B.C. francophones in guaranteeing education rights | Globalnews.caProvincial Politics | 207652 hits | 4:38 PM on Friday | posted by JaredMilne
The French-language school board and parents argued the province breached charter education rights. New bill cuts energy efficiency agency, ends cabinet approval of oilsands projectsProvincial Politics | 207403 hits | 7:11 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The shuttering of Energy Efficiency Alberta and an end to cabinet approval for oilsands projects are proposed in an omnibus bill introduced by the government Thursday. Calgary student concerned by email from MLA's office stating Bill 1 is now law, when it isn't yetProvincial Politics | 207343 hits | 8:39 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
A Calgary constituent says she was concerned when she received an email from her MLA's office stating that a bill had officially passed into law, when it hasn't yet. UCP proposal to use part of victims fund for policing and prosecution is a conflict, critics sayProvincial Politics | 207314 hits | 7:28 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
The UCP government is taking money away from victims to fund policing initiatives in the province, say opponents of the proposed legislation changes who have called the move unethical and a "ploy." Minister scrapped job competition for health advocate, instead appointing prominent UCP figureProvincial Politics | 206966 hits | 12:03 PM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Alberta's health minister discarded a ready-to-go job competition to find the province's next health advocate in favour of appointing a UCP stalwart. 56% of Albertans don't want Jason Kenney as premier, poll suggestsProvincial Politics | 206806 hits | 12:12 PM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
More than half of Albertans say the province would be better off without Jason Kenney in charge, a disapproval rating far higher than the assessments of other premiers, according to a recent poll. OPINION | Alberta could be fighting its last pipeline battleProvincial Politics | 207519 hits | 10:03 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
While physical distancing and the economic uncertainty it has created will decrease demand for oil in the near term, it’s the longer-term consequences of COVID-19 that ought to be even more worrying for the oil and gas industry. Trans Mountain pipeline: Protest ban is 'great time' to build, says ministerProvincial Politics | 207454 hits | 6:15 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Alberta's energy minister cites a ban on protests when asked about a controversial project in Canada. Second privacy breach complaint filed against Alberta Health Minister Tyler ShandroProvincial Politics | 207254 hits | 7:16 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro is the subject of another privacy breach complaint after his political staff accessed and released billing information from an Edmonton clinic to rebut allegations made during an NDP news conference. Some staying, some going: Rural doctors respond to new Alberta fee rulesProvincial Politics | 207587 hits | 6:44 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Early returns on fee changes aimed at preventing rural doctors in Alberta from withdrawing some services show some physicians ready to continue their work while others are turning thumbs-down. Alberta health critic questions whether removing communities from doctor incentive program was a mistakeProvincial Politics | 206935 hits | 6:38 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Group of Alberta doctors resigning from serving hospital in Lac La BicheProvincial Politics | 207026 hits | 6:36 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Despite millions in donations, UCP ends year with $2.3M deficitProvincial Politics | 207650 hits | 9:31 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party ended 2019 with a $2.3-million deficit and net liabilities of $1.1 million, according to year-end financial statements posted by Elections Alberta. A crisis can forge great leaders. Doug Ford is showing that in Canada.Provincial Politics | 206886 hits | 11:24 AM on Tuesday | posted by Freakinoldguy
B.C. could be reaching the 'maintenance phase' of its COVID-19 pandemic. Here's what that meansProvincial Politics | 207415 hits | 2:05 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
British Columbia is continuing with its current methods to try to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but it is also preparing for when certain activities can be allowed again. Alberta Medical Association files lawsuit against UCP governmentProvincial Politics | 207410 hits | 12:16 PM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The Alberta Medical Association has filed a constitutional challenge the United Conservative government over unfair negotiations.
In a statement released Thursday, AMA President Christine Molnar says the Minister of Health walked away from negotiations New Alberta Energy Regulator CEO was central figure in Saskatchewan scandalProvincial Politics | 207214 hits | 6:58 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
The newly-appointed chief executive officer of the Alberta Energy Regulator was a central figure in a Saskatchewan government land-deal scandal that cost taxpayers millions of dollars, was the subject of a scathing audit, and prompted an RCMP investigatio EIPS and EICS caught off guard by new UCP cutsProvincial Politics | 207484 hits | 6:03 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
Over the weekend, the United Conservative Party decided to slash $128-million in funding for educational assistants, substitute teachers, busing and other services to redirect money temporarily to fighting COVID-19. Alberta to sell native grassland despite promises no Crown land would be soldProvincial Politics | 207462 hits | 1:51 PM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The Alberta government is looking to auction off a small patch of native prairie to be plowed under despite recent promises that no Crown land would be put up for sale. Alberta to close or reduce 20 parks due to budget cutsProvincial Politics | 207443 hits | 3:47 PM on Tuesday | posted by BeaverFever
B.C.'s speculation tax 'sets women back many decades,' human rights complaint saysProvincial Politics | 207373 hits | 12:15 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Victoria woman is alleging B.C.'s Speculation and Vacancy tax discriminates against stay-at-home parents — primarily women — and the province's Human Rights Tribunal has agreed to hear her complaint. Thousands join budget-cut protest outside Alberta legislatureProvincial Politics | 207533 hits | 5:34 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
Thousands of people congregated outside the Alberta legislature on Thursday to protest spending cuts included in the provincial budget being tabled inside the building.
The protesters, waving signs and shouting slogans, tied up traffic on Jasper Avenue Alberta demands to be removed from federal carbon tax in wake of court decisionProvincial Politics | 207565 hits | 4:38 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
'If you do not respond accordingly to our demands, Alberta will be forced to consider additional legal recourse to ensure that this unlawful tax on Albertans is removed' OPINION | UCP meddling undermines Alberta universities' basic purposeProvincial Politics | 207499 hits | 7:10 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Quaecumque vera. It's the motto of the University of Alberta, my alma mater. It means whatsoever things are true, and for more than a century, Alberta students and researchers and professors have engaged in a collective project in its pursuit.
Quaecum Calgarians shocked by spiking electricity bills in wake of cold snap, UCP rate cap liftProvincial Politics | 207459 hits | 6:51 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
For about 50 per cent of Calgarians, opening the most recent electricity bill was an unpleasant surprise.
Rates have shot up about 19 per cent. And we just came through a brutal cold snap. Some consumers saw their bills double from the previous month. Alberta family lawyers puzzled by suspension of unified family court projectProvincial Politics | 207482 hits | 8:45 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
The launch of a new unified family court, an initiative to streamline the duplication and complexity of family law cases, has been put on hold indefinitely by the Alberta government.
Family lawyers were told about the suspension at Court of Queen's Be Alberta public pensions being used to prop up struggling carbon industry, union saysProvincial Politics | 207567 hits | 7:48 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Alberta's largest labour organization says public-service pensions are being used to prop up the province's struggling fossil fuels industry at a time when many large investment funds are moving away from the sector. Braid: UCP set to impose its will on education funding, doctor disputeProvincial Politics | 207239 hits | 5:32 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
One thing is already clear about next week’s Alberta budget — groups that haven’t already agreed with the UCP about what to do will have it done to them. Environmental groups not interviewed for Steve Allan's interim reportProvincial Politics | 207333 hits | 7:24 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Three environmental groups painted as hostile to the oil and gas industry by the Alberta government say they weren't interviewed for an interim report submitted as part of the public inquiry into alleged foreign funding of "anti-Alberta energy campaigns." Documents prove United Conservative Party cut education funding, Alberta teachers sayProvincial Politics | 206816 hits | 5:32 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Documents show Alberta government drafted op-ed for chair of MacKinnon panelProvincial Politics | 207611 hits | 1:47 PM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Critics are questioning the independence of a panel that reviewed Alberta's finances last year, after documents emerged that show the government drafted talking points and an op-ed for the panel chair.
The documents, obtained by the Alberta Federation Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer failed to disclose donation from inquiry commissionerProvincial Politics | 207655 hits | 8:14 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Alberta's chief electoral officer will review an undisclosed donation to the nomination campaign of Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer from Steve Allan, the prominent Calgary businessman Schweitzer appointed commissioner of a public inquiry into alleged forBack to Canada News
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