Tag Archives: Provincial Politics
Senate committee to hear from new Alberta premier on oil tanker ban bill
EDMONTON - A Senate committee is set to hear today from Albertans - including their new premier - on the federal government's bill to ban tankers off the British Columbia coast. The committee on trans...
Apr 30, 2019
“We are in a very difficult spot,” Senator says about oil & gas
RED DEER -- Senator Doug Black says something has to give in the ongoing dispute over pipelines and Alberta's energy industry. Black, a Calgary native, spoke at the Rotary Club of Red Deer luncheon on...
Apr 29, 2019 Josh Hall - RDNewsNOW
Kenney meets caucus, says election win already rippling through Alberta economy
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's incoming premier says the United Conservative election win is already starting to ripple through the economy.Jason Kenney met with his new caucus and told members he has been ...
Apr 26, 2019 The Canadian Press
Alberta's 47 legislature newbies meet under the dome for orientation day
EDMONTON - Alberta's 47 new provincial politicians gathered at the legislature today to learn the ropes of their new jobs. Legislature Speaker Bob Wanner, talking to them in the debate chamber, dispen...
Apr 24, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW
Alberta halts construction of lab to allow incoming UCP a chance to review it
EDMONTON - Alberta has halted construction of a medical superlab, saying it wants to allow the just-elected United Conservative government time to review the project.An Alberta infrastructure represen...
Apr 23, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW
Lethbridge citizens named to Premier Designate Jason Kenney's senior staff
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Premier-designate Jason Kenney has announced the members of his senior staff, and included in the list of just five, are two people from Lethbridge.Jamie Huckabay will be Kenney's Chi...
Apr 22, 2019 L to R: Jamie Huckabay, David Knight Legg - Photos Courtesy of Twitter
Final election polling results give Lethbridge-West to Phillips by small margin
LETHBRIDGE -- All of the outstanding provincial election polls, including the "Advance Poll vote anywhere" numbers have now been counted by Elections Alberta.Shannon Phillips is the first New Democrat...
Apr 19, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW
MRU's Duane Bratt not surprised by UCP victory in provincial election
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Albertans made a clear choice when they elected a United Conservative majority government in this week's provincial election, and what it means going forward was the topic of discussi...
Apr 18, 2019
Nearly 70 per cent of eligible Albertans voted in provincial election
EDMONTON - The unofficial turnout shows nearly 70 per cent of Albertans voted in the provincial election the highest in decades. Elections Alberta says about 2,615,000 people in Alberta were registere...
Apr 17, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW.com
Kenney says Bill 1 will repeal the carbon tax; swearing in set for April 30
EDMONTON - Alberta's incoming premier says a law to repeal the province's carbon tax and another that will cut business taxes will be the first steps his government takes once in power.Jason Kenney ha...
Apr 17, 2019 The Canadian Press