Tag Archives: Provincial Politics
Premiers want return to co-operation with federal government with new budget
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are warning the federal government not to overreach into their jurisdictions when it comes to delivering the programs laid out in Ottawa's latest budget. In a letter respond...
Apr 19, 2024
More restrictions, more boosters in provinces today as Omicron threat looms
Canada's battle to contain the Omicron variant continues on multiple fronts today, with three provinces reintroducing public health restrictions and a fourth expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine...
Dec 20, 2021
More restrictions, more boosters in provinces today as Omicron threat looms
Canada's battle to contain the Omicron variant continues on multiple fronts today, with three provinces reintroducing public health restrictions and a fourth expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine...
Dec 20, 2021
Final figures from 2020-21 show Alberta with $17B deficit, over $5B in COVID-19 costs
EDMONTON - New figures show Alberta's fight against COVID-19 hit more than $5 billion by the end of the last fiscal year in March.The money went toward continuing care, hospitals, testing, vaccine dis...
Jun 30, 2021
Red Deer-South MLA staffer who downplayed residential schools in email no longer with office
An office staff member for Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan who downplayed residential schools in an email reply to a constituent is no longer with the office. Last Thursday, June 24, Janelle Melenchu...
Jun 29, 2021
Province approves RDC's new name: Red Deer Polytechnic
Red Deer College has received the provincial government's approval for its new name - Red Deer Polytechnic. The new name previously received unanimous support from the college's Board of Governors."We...
Jun 23, 2021
Kenney to share COVID update with Alberta on verge of reopening
It appears today could be the day Albertans have long been waiting for when it comes to reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic.Premier Jason Kenney and Health Minister Tyler Shandro are scheduled to upd...
Jun 18, 2021
'Sacred country': Singer-songwriter Corb Lund holds coal mining protest concert
LIVINGSTONE RANGE, ALBERTA - Two mountain goats stubbornly refused to get up from their resting spot Wednesday in the middle of a gravel road heading into the eastern slopes of Alberta's Rocky Mountai...
Jun 16, 2021
MLA Stephan says Alberta 'undermined' by structural welfare of equalization
The UCP MLA for Red Deer-South says it's a stacked deck when it comes to Alberta getting a fair deal when it comes to equalization. Jason Stephan delivered a member's statement in the Alberta legislat...
Jun 16, 2021
Province announces grant program to prevent youth involvement in gangs
Organizations looking to keep youth out of gangs can apply for up to $50,000.The Alberta Government announced the Community Mobilization Grant, which Justice Minister Kaycee Madu explains allows commu...
Jun 16, 2021