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Alberta to fill primary health care gaps with $15-million nurse practitioners program
Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange makes a health-care announcement in Calgary on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. The Alberta government has announced a new payment model that would allow nurse practitioners to make 80 per cent of what family doctors are paid. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
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Western Canada: Alberta premier defends task force led by doctor skeptical of COVID measures
A panel looking into Alberta's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put forth more than 90 recommendations for how to deal with future emergencies.
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Alberta review of COVID-19 led by doctors who challenged vaccine policies expected next month
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith responds to a question during a news conference after a meeting of western premiers, in Whistler, B.C., on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. CBC News is retracting a report from January alleging someone in Premier Danielle Smith’s office emailed prosecutors to question the handling of cases involving a COVID-19 protest at a U.S. bordering crossing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
Danielle Smith launches what could be her biggest broadside yet at Ottawa
Kelly Cryderman
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Alberta government announces plan to protect consumers from power price swings
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith delivers a speech prior to a fireside chat during a Canada Strong and Free Network event in Ottawa, on Friday, April 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
opinion
Danielle Smith’s Bill 18 is as cynical and nefarious as it gets
Gary Mason
politics
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith touts proposed law limiting access to federal funds, calling it ‘stay out of my backyard bill’
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith gestures to an audience member while speaking at a fireside chat with True North journalist Andrew Lawton (not pictured) during the Canada Strong and Free Network event in Ottawa, on Friday, April 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Alberta tables gatekeeper bill on federal funding, cites housing money as last straw
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks about proposed legislation addressing agreements between the federal government and provincial entities, in Edmonton on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
report on business
Nuclear players making a push into heavy industry
With just seven months to go before the deadline to complete projects financed by Ottawa's $4-billion Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, legions of backhoes, cranes and other construction machinery are humming across the country to get the work finished on time. The Port of Belledune, in northern New Brunswick, is a key shipping point for bulk commodities, including Canadian wood pellets and zinc concentrate heading to ports around the world, and coal arriving from Columbia and the United States on its way to a nearby power plant. A $61-million expansion of the port is under way, with about $26-million coming from Ottawa's infrastructure program (and $20-million from the province) , and it should be spent by the March 31 deadline, said the port's chief executive officer Rayburn Doucett. "We're right on time and right on budget."
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Alberta premier says carbon policy has changed since past comments about benefits
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Calgary on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The Alberta government is asking the federal government for more control over provincial immigration.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
arts
More than 400 Canadian artists sign letter denouncing ‘anti-trans’ policies
<p>Tegan and Sara accept the humanitarian award at the Juno awards, in Halifax, Sunday, March 24, 2024. Music superstars Tegan and Sara have released an open letter signed by artists like Neil Young, Alanis Morissette and Carly Rae Jepsen denouncing “anti-trans” legislation in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese</p>
opinion
Is Danielle Smith winning?
Kelly Cryderman
politics
Politics Briefing: Auditor-General’s office fires two employees for their undisclosed side-business with government
The Peace Tower in Parliament Hill is pictured in morning light in Ottawa on Thursday, March 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
‘My job is not to be popular,’ Trudeau says after pressed to ditch carbon price hike
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Calgary on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
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Politics Briefing: Naheed Nenshi bids for Alberta NDP leadership, setting up clash with Danielle Smith
Former mayor of Calgary Naheed Nenshi announced today the he would be seeking the leadership of the provincial NDP party in Calgary, Alta., Monday, March 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
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Building renewables in Alberta just got a lot harder
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Danielle Smith’s attack on clean power is an attack on free enterprise
The Editorial Board
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Western Canada: Alberta’s budget tightens purse strings in unexpected ways
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith looks to the gallery as the 2024 budget is delivered in Edmonton, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Smith says Albertans need to get on board with the direction her government is taking on fiscal restraint and saving for the future.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
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Alberta Forestry Minister comfortable with decrease in natural-disaster funds
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith looks to the gallery as the 2024 budget is delivered in Edmonton, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
opinion
Danielle Smith’s friendships come back to haunt her
Gary Mason
report on business
Danielle Smith’s new renewable energy restrictions won’t end industry in Alberta
Vulcan County reeve Jason Schneider on his farm near Vulcan, Alberta, January 2, 2020. The Globe and Mail/Todd Korol
opinion
Alberta’s knee-jerk reaction to pharmacare puts its residents at a disadvantage
Kelly Cryderman
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Smith distances herself from Take Back Alberta leader after Poilievre comments
David Parker, founder of Take Back Alberta, speaks to a small audience in the basement of Deer Run Community Centre in Calgary on Monday, April 24, 2023. Parker explained what he views Take Back Alberta as being and said "What are we taking Alberta back from? Our own apathy." He explained that, in his view, democracy is a gift we've been given by our ancestors, and there are ways to change the outcome, but nobody shows up. (Photo by Jude Brocke/The Globe and Mail)
first person
A trans mom’s perspective on ‘parental rights’
opinion
Danielle Smith breaks pledged tax cut while promising the moon for Alberta’s Heritage Fund
Kelly Cryderman
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‘Broken promises’: Alberta Opposition expecting budget will fail to fix core problems
Alberta's Opposition NDP says it's bracing for next week's budget to be full of broken promises as the province's health-care and education systems crumble under a UCP government. Finance critics Shannon Phillips and Samir Kayande held a news conference in Edmonton to look ahead to the upcoming provincial budget. Phillips speaks at a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, June 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
opinion
The veneer of ‘reasonable limits’ on trans rights is a cover for moral panic
Kai Cheng Thom
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‘Deep concerns’: Legal experts criticize Alberta’s plans for transgender youth
Thirty-six law professors, legal researchers and other staff from two Alberta universities are asking the government to reconsider its planned policy changes affecting transgender youth.Alberta Premier Danielle Smith arrives for a news conference in Ottawa on Monday, Feb.5, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Western Canada: More fallout from Danielle Smith’s plan on transgender rights
Students walk out of Leduc Composite High School to protest sweeping gender policies announced by the UCP in Leduc, Alberta, on Wednesday February 7, 2024. Approximately two dozen students participated, chanting "Trans rights are human rights." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
opinion
The spirit of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws seems to be spreading in Alberta
Eric M. Adams
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Biden’s LNG pause defended by Deputy Energy Secretary, predicting exports will still surge
FILE -- A shrimp boat passes in front of a storage tank of the Calcasieu Pass liquid natural gas facility in Cameron, La., Dec. 13, 2023. President Biden on Friday paused the permitting process for new liquefied natural gas export facilities in order to analyze their impact on climate change, the economy and national security. The pause could doom the $10 billion proposed expansion there. (Brandon Thibodeaux/The New York Times)
politics
Poilievre confirms he opposes puberty blockers, Trudeau says he's attacking rights
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Danielle Smith’s transgender policies are about politics, not children’s health
The Editorial Board
politics
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he opposes puberty blockers for minors
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre arrives to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Smith defends Alberta's gender policy proposals as Liberals accuse her of an anti-LGBTQ agenda
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opinion
Danielle Smith’s sex-ed policy changes are putting all Alberta teenagers at risk
John Ibbitson