Provincial Politics

Kenney, deputy PM Freeland meet in Edmonton to find common ground

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland met up in Edmonton to try to find some common ground in a region that shut out the Liberals in the federal elec...

Nov 25, 2019

Kenney, Notley spar over firing of election watchdog

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney clashed with the Opposition NDP on his first day back in the legislature since his government fired the election commissioner who was investigating Ke...

Nov 25, 2019

Alberta Review Board chairwoman resigns; says she received no government support

EDMONTON - The chairwoman of the Alberta Review Board says she has decided to resign after months of what she characterizes as banging her head against a wall.Jill Taylor sent her resignation letter t...

Nov 21, 2019 Alberta Legislature -- LNN

N-D-P leader Rachel Notley not ready to apologize for remarks

EDMONTON -- Alberta Opposition Leader Rachel Notley says the entire United Conservative caucus is in a conflict of interest over a bill that would fire the province's election watchdog. She says she i...

Nov 21, 2019 Rachel Notley after being kicked out of the Legislature - The Canadian Press

Alberta Opposition N-D-P leader gets the boot from the legislature's chamber

EDMONTON -- Alberta NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley has been kicked out of the legislature chamber after she refused to apologize for comments about the United Conservative government's plan to fi...

Nov 20, 2019 NDP Leader Rachel Notley kicked out of Legislature -- The Canadian Presss

Notley kicked out of Alberta legislature for comment on election watchdog firing

EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley has been kicked out of the legislature chamber after she refused to apologize for comments about the United Conservative government firing the pr...

Nov 19, 2019

Alberta government firing election commissioner who was investigating leadership

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is firing the province's election commissioner, but says it's not because he is investigating the party and has fined it more than $200,000.Finance ...

Nov 19, 2019 Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews

Trans Mountain received $320M in government subsidies in first half 2019: report

VANCOUVER - The Trans Mountain pipeline received $320 million in subsidies from the Canadian and Alberta governments in the first half of 2019, says a new report by an economic institute that analyzes...

Nov 19, 2019

Alberta government firing election commissioner who was investigating leadership

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is firing the province's election commissioner, but says it's not because he is investigating the party and has fined it more than $200,000. Fi...

Nov 18, 2019

Kenney says his caucus to get free vote on controversial conscience rights bill

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says members of his caucus would be free to vote as they wish on a private member's bill that calls for giving further protection to health workers who invoke conscienc...

Nov 17, 2019 Alberta Legislature -- LNN