Provincial Politics

Red Deer-South MLA lauds hospital expansion, addictions and homelessness funding announced in 2020

Dear Friends,I am grateful for the opportunity to serve, and try to do so in accountable ways. Notwithstanding COVID, there is some encouraging, good news to report on pressing, local priorities for o...

Dec 30, 2020

Kenney, Shandro to share COVID-19 update

Alberta's premier and health minister will deliver an update Tuesday afternoon on the province's response to COVID-19. Jason Kenney and Tyler Shandro are to speak at a news conference scheduled to beg...

Dec 29, 2020

Jeanne Lougheed, wife of former premier Peter Lougheed dies at 92

Jeanne Lougheed, wife of former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed, has passed away at the age of 92.Lougheed was born in Forestburg in 1928 and later lived in Camrose with her family before attending the...

Dec 29, 2020

Penhold council asks premier, opposition to work together on pandemic response

Penhold town council wants Alberta's political leaders to put their partisan differences aside and work together to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.On Monday, council directed Town administration to ...

Dec 18, 2020

Treaty Six First Nations sign agreement with Alberta government

The Alberta government and Treaty Six First Nations have signed a historic agreement that the government says will benefit all people living in central Alberta.The Alberta-Confederacy of Treaty Six Fi...

Dec 16, 2020

Kenney, Hinshaw, ministers give update on COVID-19 in Alberta

Premier Jason Kenney and officials will provide an update on COVID-19 in Alberta and the province's pandemic response.A news conference is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. You can watch it here once it begins....

Dec 15, 2020

Red Deer-South MLA weighs in on Alberta's enhanced COVID-19 restrictions

Additional Restrictions Are Aimed at Protecting Hospital CapacityFollowing the advice of the Chief Medical Officer, the Government of Alberta announced additional public health restrictions ("Restrict...

Dec 12, 2020

Nixon: Carbon tax increases an 'attack on Alberta's economy and jurisdiction'

EDMONTON - Alberta's parks and environment minister says the federal government's plan to meet its climate change commitments is an attack on Alberta's economy and jurisdiction."The prime minister con...

Dec 11, 2020

UCP MLA asks elected officials to take 20% pay cut

MEDICINE HAT, AB - A United Conservative MLA says he and his colleagues should be reigning in their paycheques.Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes issued a letter Wednesday calling on his "colleagues...

Dec 09, 2020

Business closures, mask mandate among Alberta's new COVID-19 restrictions

The Alberta government has announced a series of tough new measures aimed at curbing the steep rise in COVID-19 cases in the province. Chief among the measures are a mandatory province-wide mask weari...

Dec 08, 2020