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Alberta UCP surpass $10 M in contributions: 2025 year-end numbers
18+ hour, 27+ min ago (329+ words) 'We're actually taking the money and kind of socking it away for the election' Alberta's governing United Conservative Party (UCP) raised more than $10 million through contributions over the course of 2025, according to year-end numbers released this week by Elections Alberta....
Opinion: Albertans need action to make emergency departments safe from violence
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (309+ words) The violence that occurred on April 3, at the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) in Edmonton generated headlines across the country. A 42-year-old patient sustained life-threatening injuries after being stabbed by another patient inside the hospital's emergency department (ED) waiting room. The…...
Alberta firm on provincial gas tax as feds promise summer reprieve at the pumps
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (396+ words) Despite Prime Minister Mark Carney promising a summer reprieve at the pumps by pausing the federal excise tax, the Alberta government is standing firm on its decision to not remove its provincial gas tax before the summer. Alberta Finance Minister…...
'Further burden the public system': AMA raises concerns with Alberta's plan to allow patients to privately pay for diagnostic testing
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (658+ words) While Alberta's UCP government says coming legislation will cut wait times by allowing patients to privately pay for diagnostic screening and testing, some doctors and researchers say it will further burden public health. Alberta Medical Association (AMA) president Dr. Brian…...
New Alberta bill seeks to expedite approval of $250 M+ mega projects
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (427+ words) If approved, a qualified project would be designated through an order-in-council which would trigger a 120-day clock for regulators In new legislation, the Alberta government is overhauling the approval process it and its regulators use for major projects, and introducing…...
Alberta to allow patients to pay privately for non-referral diagnostic screening, testing
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (684+ words) Alberta is expanding access to private health care in the province by introducing changes that would allow Albertans to access diagnostic screening and testing services without a referral. Primary and Preventative Health Minister Adriana La Grange tabled Bill 29, the Health…...
First Nations win initial stay in separatism challenge, temporarily blocking Alberta election boss from certifying petition results
1+ week, 1+ day ago (463+ words) "The issues raised by the (nations) are serious ones, and, as I have found, the (nations) have established irreparable harm." Alberta's top elections official has been temporarily blocked from certifying the results of a provincial independence petition until a court…...
Opinion: It's time to repeal the West Coast tanker ban
1+ week, 1+ day ago (484+ words) There we are: The future is clear." The Mark Carney federal government supports an oil pipeline to the West Coast and it supports changes to the Liberal West Coast tanker ban to enable increased oil exports from Canada's West Coast....
Alberta librarians call out province's new public library access restrictions
1+ week, 2+ day ago (564+ words) 'Taken together, these changes undermine a system that communities across Alberta rely on and value,' reads a statement from the Coalition of Alberta Public Libraries An organization representing public libraries in Alberta has warned the provincial government's new set of…...
Separatist lawyer fires back at claims Alberta independence petition breaches treaty rights
1+ week, 2+ day ago (905+ words) Alberta separatist lawyer Jeffrey Rath urged a judge to throw out a trio of legal challenges from First Nations opposed to a provincial independence referendum, during submissions in which he called one lawyer's arguments "vexatious," compared a previous court ruling…...