Alberta’s United Conservative government plans to bring back elections for would-be senators and hold a vote in a little more than two years. Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer introduced legislation Wednesday that would revive and update a law that allowed for…
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RCMP speak with Alberta infrastructure minister while investigating UCP leadership race
Alberta’s infrastructure minister is the latest high-profile member of the province’s United Conservative government to speak with RCMP as they investigate allegations of criminal wrongdoing in connection with the 2017 UCP leadership race in which Premier Jason Kenney emerged as…
Tuesday’s letters: Neighbourhood must be preserved
Barbara Finlay (middle, President, Old Glenora Conservation Association) and members of the executive (left to right) Christine Lefebvre, Doug Matheson, Leigh Matheson, Margaret Robinson, Wendy Antoniuk and David Percy at the Alexander Circle park in Glenora. Larry Wong / POSTMEDIA…
Kenney government launches website to let Albertans help decide where to cut red tape
Two weeks after passing its Red Tape Reduction Act, Alberta’s UCP government announced the launch of a website to allow Albertans to have their say on what government regulations they want scrapped, kept or improved upon. “The regulatory burden in…
UCP, NDP swap accusations, attacks in earplug debate
Alberta’s earplug debate got louder Monday as the Opposition NDP accused Premier Jason Kenney of lying and sought to have Government House Leader Jason Nixon found in contempt of the legislature. “The premier is lying and his house leader was…
Wednesday’s letters: Eskimos needed more Tom Cochrane
Edmonton Eskimos C.J. Gable eludes a tackle by Montreal Alouettes Jean-Gabriel Poulin to make a touchdown reception during CFL game action at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on Friday June 14, 2019. Larry Wong / POSTMEDIA NETWORK What a wasted opportunity…
Saturday’s letters: Cuts for workers; tax breaks for rich
Premier Jason Kenney listens to Janice MacKinnon, a former Saskatchewan finance minister, and chair of a blue-ribbon panel announced to examine the Alberta government’s financial situation. Taken on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Edmonton. Greg Southam / SunMedia Labour in…
Alberta finance minister tables bill to alter union deals, unions call it ‘significant betrayal’
The leaders of Alberta’s public sector unions promised Thursday to fight back after the province introduced a bill to strip away some bargaining rights from an estimated 200,000 workers. “This is a significant betrayal,” Heather Smith, head of the United…
Wednesday’s letters: UCP sends wrong message to LGBTQ kids
About 100 Victoria School students rallied outside on May 3, 2019, in support of gay-straight alliances in schools as they are and to denounce changes proposed by the new UCP government. Photo by Shaughn Butts / Postmedia ORG XMIT: POS1905031204170377…
Kenney government to bring in bill to alter union wage deals
The Alberta government has served notice it will bring in legislation to allow the province to override bargained contract agreements and delay wage talks for thousands of public-sector workers. Government house leader Jason Nixon told the legislature the United Conservatives…