Provincial Politics

Premiers push for increase to health care funding from federal government

OTTAWA, ON - Four of Canada's premiers gathered in Ottawa Friday morning to discuss what they want from the federal Liberals' Throne Speech next week.Alberta's Jason Kenney, Manitoba's Brian Pallister...

Sep 18, 2020

Notley to stay on as Alberta NDP leader for 2023 provincial election

Alberta Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley says she will run for premier again in 2023.Notley, who said in December she would stay on as leader, confirmed those plans in a Facebook post this morning....

Sep 17, 2020

Schweitzer unveils $75M Innovation and Growth Strategy

Alberta's plan to bring investment back to the province is highlighted by a $75-million Investment and Growth Strategy that will be led by the recently created Ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation...

Sep 17, 2020

NDP calls on LaGrange to release records on COVID-19 plan for schools

The NDP Official Opposition is calling on Education Minister Adriana LaGrange and her office to publicly release documents about the COVID-19 response in Alberta schools after a series of Freedom of I...

Sep 15, 2020

Kenney says cross-country Energy East pipeline remains a possibility

CALGARY - Alberta's premier says new federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole was just stating the obvious when he indicated the Energy East pipeline project was off the table in a conversation with t...

Sep 15, 2020

Minister working with local leaders to restore the 'Alberta Advantage'

Since 2019, I have been proudly serving as the MLA for Grande Prairie. Now, thanks to the trust and confidence of Premier Jason Kenney, I also have the honour of serving as the Minister of Municipal A...

Sep 14, 2020

Toews needs to take tax hikes off the table

Here's one thing Premier Jason Kenney and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can agree on: hiking taxes would be a bad idea."I cannot imagine a dumber thing to do in the midst of a time of economic fragili...

Sep 14, 2020

Minister rules out cuts to AISH payments

Alberta's social services minister is denying newspaper claims that the United Conservative government is considering cuts to Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped payments.Rajan Sawhney posted ...

Sep 13, 2020

Schweitzer remains optimistic for Alberta’s economic future

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Unemployment numbers released earlier this month showed improvement in Alberta.The jobless rate for the province during the month of August was 11.8 percent. That was a drop from the ...

Sep 13, 2020

Activist voices opposition of health care service privatization in Alberta

LETHBRIDGE, AB - An Alberta activist is voicing concerns with changes to Alberta's health care system.Sandra Azocar, the executive director of Friends of Medicare, presented to the Southern Alberta Co...

Sep 10, 2020