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Alberta’s premier and health minister are both staying tight-lipped on new reporting that alleges their government fired the board of Alberta Health Services the same day it was set to receive an investigator’s report on AHS business deals.
Premier Danielle Smith says she would form a panel to generate ideas on what Alberta should do if her demands of Canada’s next government aren’t met.
Groups that assist Albertans with disabilities and their families say the province has opted out of the Canada Disability Benefit, which provides critical funds for low-income residents.
Former Alberta Health Services CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos disputes the province's and its health authority's claims she was fired over job performance.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says that in her first face-to-face meeting with the new prime minister she gave him an earful on wildfires and oil sales and warned him national unity hangs in the balance.
Alberta’s government is proposing a law it says would ban federal employees from going on any oil-related sites -- from wellheads to corporate head offices - but the NDP says it’s an illegal and performative distraction.
The province is planning 14 new schools in the Edmonton area as both public and Catholic school districts approach 100 per cent utilization rates.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says plans for cleaning up abandoned or inactive oil wells are to be made public in two weeks.
The province is increasing rates for foster parents and kinship caregivers by two per cent to help cover day-to-day expenses.
The union representing more than 4,000 school support workers says they have reached tentative deals that could end a two-month strike as early as Wednesday.
Alberta’s minister of transportation says exemptions can be made for municipalities requesting additional photo radar locations in “high-collision” areas, as long as they can back up their necessity with data.
The Alberta government wants to cut more than $400 million in the fees it pays to doctors, according to a confidential memo obtained by The Canadian Press.
The province has filed its statement of defence in relation to a $1.7-million lawsuit filed by the former CEO of Alberta Health Services, Athana Mentzelopoulos.
The government of Alberta said it's hoping to start planning more hospital beds in the Edmonton area.
Amendments to The Wildlife Act, introduced Wednesday, look to change Alberta's wildlife management practices.
