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Alberta’s mad plan to break up the CPP, and why it (deliberately) misses the point
Andrew Coyne
alberta
Company at centre of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares charged
Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange speaks to the media about an E. coli outbreak linked to multiple Calgary daycares in Calgary on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.
canada
Canada’s population surges, largely driven by increase of temporary residents
A young new Canadian holds a flag as she takes part in a citizenship ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 17, 2019.
british columbia
Western Canada: For-profit care homes still failing to deliver services they were paid for, B.C. report reveals
A worker is seen cleaning surfaces inside Little Mountain Place, a long term care home where 41 residents have died since a COVID-19 outbreak was declared at the facility in November, in Vancouver, on Thursday, January 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
alberta
Five-year-old boy from Alberta First Nation found safe
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
charting retirement
Would Alberta be better off leaving the CPP?
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to the media in Calgary, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Smith announced her government will consult with Albertans over the coming months with an eye to holding a referendum on whether to leave CPP and create a separate Alberta pension plan. Opposition finance critic Samir Kayande says as a last resort, an NDP government would cancel the plan at that late date, regardless of whether Albertans vote in favour of ditching the CPP in a referendum. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
opinion
Alberta’s pension plan idea is full of holes
Trevor Tombe
alberta
Head of Alberta commission on Rocky Mountain coal mining concerned over new applications
A sign opposing coal development is shown in the eastern slopes of the Livingston range southwest of Longview, Alta., Wednesday, June 16, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
energy and resources
Ottawa making energy companies the middle man with net-zero electricity legislation, ATCO chief executive says
ATCO chief executive officer Nancy Southern at the company’s offices in Calgary, Alta., on September 21, 2023. LEAH HENNEL / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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Inflation spikes, the economic impact of Canada-India dispute and Alberta plans to leave CPP: Must-read business and investing stories
Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta, speaks to media in Winnipeg, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Smith is set to release a report that could lead to a vote on whether Alberta should ditch the Canada Pension Plan.. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
british columbia
Western Canada: Idea for Alberta Pension Plan garners swift criticism
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to the media in Calgary, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Smith announced her government will consult with Albertans over the coming months with an eye to holding a referendum on whether to leave CPP and create a separate Alberta pension plan. Opposition finance critic Samir Kayande says as a last resort, an NDP government would cancel the plan at that late date, regardless of whether Albertans vote in favour of ditching the CPP in a referendum. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Danielle Smith says despite difficulty with Ottawa, Alberta has allies in Trudeau cabinet
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to business leaders at the Global Business Forum in Banff, Alta., Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Smith told the conference that despite her concerns with the federal Liberal government there was some cabinet ministers she can work with. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
opinion
The corrosive politics of Alberta’s pension gambit
DUANE BRATT
alberta
Pathways Alliance watching Trans Mountain’s latest hurdles with dismay
Pathways Alliance CEO Kendall Dilling is interviewed at the World Petroleum Congress in Calgary, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
alberta
CPP board disputes math behind Alberta’s bid to withdraw from national pension fund
Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta, speaks to media in Winnipeg, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Smith is set to release a report that could lead to a vote on whether Alberta should ditch the Canada Pension Plan.. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Alberta eyes more than half of CPP’s assets in report on provincial plan
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to the media in Calgary, Alta., Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta set to release report on whether to ditch CPP for provincial pension plan
A worker irons a giant Alberta flag while getting the stage ready for the United Conservative Party (UCP) provincial election night party in Calgary, Alberta, Canada May 29, 2023. REUTERS/Todd Korol
british columbia
Western Canada: Vancouver searches for a new head of planning
A report by Re/Max Canada says the prices for detached houses in Toronto, Vancouver and B.C.'s Fraser Valley saw upward momentum in the first half of the year, but average prices fell short of those seen last year in most neighbourhoods. Houses are seen in a neighbourhood on the side of a mountain, in Maple Ridge, B.C., on Thursday, August 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Oil sands producers in talks with Indigenous communities for equity stakes in carbon capture projects
A hopper moves dirt in Suncor's Millennium mine in the oilsands in Fort McMurray Alta, on Monday June 13, 2017. Canada's biggest oilsands producers say they will spend $16.5 billion before 2030 on the first stage of a massive proposed carbon capture and storage facility near Cold Lake, Alta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
canada
Experts warn against New Brunswick’s proposal for forced treatment of drug users
Blaine Higgs says he will seek another mandate as New Brunswick premier, despite dissent earlier this year from within his Progressive Conservative party. Higgs is seen speaking to media outside Government House, in Fredericton, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray
canada
Supreme Court lacking expected applicants for empty seat as court set to resume in October
A man walks past the Supreme Court of Canada, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. An Alberta woman who tried to take her fight over COVID vaccine rules to the Supreme Court has died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
british columbia
Western Canada: B.C. to review why suspect in Vancouver Chinatown stabbing was on leave from hospital
Bc Premier David Eby speaks on his anger of the Triple stabbing in Chinatown while attending a press conference for a news hospital in Surrey B.C. on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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Lawyer asks Supreme Court to hear appeal of Calgary man who killed five
A man walks past the Supreme Court of Canada, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. An Alberta woman who tried to take her fight over COVID vaccine rules to the Supreme Court has died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Man convicted of murdering Alberta girlfriend in 2002 loses appeal
A man found guilty of beating and strangling his girlfriend to death more than two decades ago has failed in an appeal of his conviction before Alberta's top court. A courtroom at the Edmonton Law Courts building, in Edmonton on Friday, June 28, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Alberta premier announces help for families affected by day care E. coli outbreak
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Albertans want federal climate regulation – just don’t tell Danielle Smith
Jared Wesley
alberta
Twin polls suggest slim majority of Albertans support oil and gas emissions cap
A flare stack burns off excess gas at a processing facility near Crossfield, Alta., Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Most Albertans would support some kind of national cap on carbon emissions from the oil and gas sector, two new polls suggest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
british columbia
Western Canada: Search continues for the exact cause of E. coli outbreak in Calgary
The building and kitchens where an E. Coli outbreak happened in Calgary on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Several daycares have closed due to an E. Coli outbreak, Fueling Brains (formerly called UKids) are in the building where the kitchen of the outbreak began. (Photo by Jude Brocke/The Globe and Mail)
energy and resources
Alberta expects to unveil carbon capture incentive program in coming months
Alberta MLA Brian Jean arrives at the United Conservative Party caucus in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, May 19, 2022. The co-founder of Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party has officially launched his campaign to become its next leader. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
alberta
Alberta announces new measures to combat violent crime
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Justice Mickey Amery stand together during the swearing in of her cabinet, in Edmonton, Friday, June 9, 2023. Amery says special teams of prosecutors will be formed to focus on violent crime and criminals in Edmonton and Calgary.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
alberta
Quantum science is Canada’s next best investment
canada
Alberta premier asks ministers for ‘full assessment’ of E. coli outbreak in Calgary
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's asked her health minister, as well as her children and family services minister, to "do a full assessment" of an E. coli outbreak linked to Calgary daycares. This colorized 2006 scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows E. coli bacteria of the O157:H7 strain that produces a powerful toxin which can cause illness. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO, CDC, Janice Haney Carr, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Large Eau Claire suite sells at a discount
Done Deal, 690 Princeton Way S.W., No. 204, Calgary, Alta.
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Patients evacuated from Yellowknife hospital may wait weeks before returning
Smoke plumes over Stanton Territorial Hospital, after a state of emergency was declared, in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Pat Kane REFILE- CORRECTING THE DAY WHEN THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED
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Alberta renewable energy pause leaves companies bewildered, angry, according to hundreds of letters sent to utility agency
A renewable energy group says new requirements for wind and solar projects create further problems for a booming industry that government policy has already slowed. Solar panels pictured at the Michichi Solar project near Drumheller, Alta., Tuesday, July 11, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta enters global lithium race with first extraction pilot project
E3 Lithium employees walk through the company's lithium pilot plant near Olds, Alta., Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh