Provincial Politics

Alberta asking arbitrators to cut public service pay by two per cent

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is seeking wage rollbacks as binding arbitration gets set to resume with more than 180,000 public sector workers. Finance Minister Travis Toews says the government wi...

Oct 29, 2019

Alberta tables climate plan for industry; retains key parts of old legislation

EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a new climate plan for the province's big greenhouse gas emitters that it says will achieve similar emissions cuts as the former NDP government's plan and at less cos...

Oct 29, 2019 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

Alberta introduces bill affecting pay rules for doctors, public-sector workers

EDMONTON - Alberta is proposing new legislation that could affect where doctors work and how much they get paid as well as allow the government more freedom to bring in replacement workers for union j...

Oct 28, 2019

Red Deer school divisions share budget concerns

The city's two main school districts say funding losses included in the provincial budget that were greater than anticipated leave them with tough decisions to make.Red Deer Public Schools and Red Dee...

Oct 28, 2019

NDP health critic disappointed with no capital dollars for Red Deer Regional Hospital

The NDP Official Opposition's health critic is voicing his disappointment with the lack of any immediate capital funding for expansion of Red Deer Regional Hospital in the provincial budget. David She...

Oct 25, 2019 NDP Health Critic David Shepherd, pictured here at an AUPE rally at Red Deer Hospital in July, says the lack of funding for a new hospital is of great concern. (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Safe Harbour disappointed over continued wait for shelter funding

Last March, Red Deer was promised a $7 million, 120-bed emergency homeless shelter by the then NDP Government of Alberta.That funding was not included in the UCP's first budget tabled Thursday. Mayor ...

Oct 25, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

RDC, students set to deal with provincial budget fallout

The provincial budged tabled Thursday by the UCP Government includes an operational funding cut of $1.2 million for Red Deer College this year.There will be a reduction this fiscal year (2019-2020) of...

Oct 25, 2019 Dr. Peter Nunoda, President and CEO of Red Deer College. (Photo: RDC)

Veer remains cautiously optimistic for hospital, shelter funding from province

Mayor Tara Veer says she was disappointed to see the provincial budget tabled Thursday contain no funding for either Red Deer Regional Hospital Expansion or a 24/7 shelter in our city.But she expresse...

Oct 25, 2019 Mayor Tara Veer discussed the provincial budget during a news conference Friday morning at City Hall (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)

Red Deer-South MLA talks budget

I. Budget OverviewYesterday the Government of Alberta delivered the 2019-2020 provincial budget ("Budget"). The Budget period is April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020. This Budget is, in part, a "stub perio...

Oct 25, 2019 Jason Stephan

Reaction pours in to Alberta Budget

Here's what various stakeholders are saying in response to the 2019 Alberta Budget that was presented on Thursday.Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce"What we are seeing is a budget that sets the...

Oct 24, 2019