Provincial Politics

PST will cause pain but won't fix the budget

Alberta's finances are a mess. By the end of the year, Alberta will have the largest deficit in the province's history coupled with a $100-billion debt tab. Almost like clockwork, some academics are r...

Oct 09, 2020

Four Alberta Mayors: Centralization of EMS dispatch is the wrong move for all Albertans

You may have heard about a dispute between four Alberta communities - Calgary, Lethbridge, Red Deer and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) and the regions we serve - and Alberta Health S...

Oct 09, 2020

Alberta government chooses PwC to advise on provincial police force

The concept of implementing a provincial police service in Alberta is in the hands of one of the world's largest business advisory services.The Government of Alberta announced Wednesday that PwC will ...

Oct 07, 2020

Wildlife officers answering dangerous police calls deserve more money: Union

EDMONTON - If Alberta wants fish and wildlife officers to take on some of the most dangerous parts of police work, it should pay them accordingly, their union said Tuesday.Mike Dempsey of the Alberta ...

Oct 07, 2020

NDP wants province to stop oil and gas assessment changes

The Alberta NDP is calling on the provincial government to stop proposed oil and gas assessment changes that would reduce municipal taxes for those companies and leader Rachel Notley says could have p...

Oct 06, 2020

UCP MLA suggests CERB funds used for Cheezies, cartoons and illegal drugs

Alberta's NDP is calling for a United Conservative MLA to apologize for saying people collecting the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit are using the cash to buy drugs, eat cheesies and watch cartoon...

Sep 30, 2020

Health Minister sees no evidence consolidating EMS dispatch will hurt response times

Alberta's health minister says he's seen no evidence that consolidating Red Deer's EMS dispatch services, along with services in three other municipalities, under the provincial system will be detrime...

Sep 28, 2020

Mayors urge health minister to cancel EMS dispatch consolidation

Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer was joined by her counterparts from Calgary, Lethbridge, and Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Edmonton on Thursday to renew their call in keeping integrated municipal ...

Sep 24, 2020

Premier Kenney responds to Trudeau's national address on COVID-19, throne speech

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the federal government's throne speech spectacularly missed the mark for the province.Kenney says there was nothing in the Trudeau government's plan for the ailing en...

Sep 24, 2020

Alberta's legislature set to return Oct. 20

EDMONTON - Alberta's legislature will resume sitting next month, a week earlier than planned.A news release late Monday says Government House Leader Jason Nixon has indicated he will advise the Speake...

Sep 22, 2020