3 h. ago Bell: Amid bike lane crackdown, Smith's UCP demands Calgary numbers

'We can do this the easy way or the hard way,' says Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen, as Calgary city refuses to reveal bike lane numbers

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3 h. ago Bell: Bike lane crackdown looms, Smith's UCP demands Calgary numbers

'We can do this the easy way or the hard way,' says Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen, as Calgary city refuses to reveal bike lane numbers

Other

8 h. ago 2 more Alberta cabinet ministers and NDP MLA latest targets of recall campaign

Alberta's chief electoral officer confirmed Friday that he has approved petition applications to recall four more members of the province's legislative assembly.

Politics

51 h. ago Money a key factor in using Charter override on teachers, 2 cabinet ministers say

Two Alberta cabinet ministers say money was a key factor in the move to use the Charter's notwithstanding clause to override teachers' rights and shut down a provincewide strike.

Politics

53 h. ago Alberta used notwithstanding clause to avoid costly arbitration with teachers, infrastructure minister says

Long wrote that an arbitrator would've "sought a middle ground" between the two proposals potentially resulting in millions — possibly billions — in additional costs.

Economics

62 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Canada faces massive internal roadblocks to pipeline, 'nation

Want to know why nothing of significance ever gets built in this country? Consider the allegations levelled by NDP leadership contender Avi Lewis against pipelines, mines and other “nation-building projects” proposed by Prime Minister Mark Carney and others such as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. At his party’s French-language leadership debate last week, Lewis insisted the […]

Events

3 d. ago Alberta health minister hopes plan to expand private care will be ‘replicated across Canada’

Adriana LaGrange pointed out that Canada consistently lags peer countries in wait times, despite being near the top of the table in health spending

Politics

6 d. ago The Edmonton Oilers are back, baby! Or not. It's honestly hard to tell

After what was supposed to be a rock-bottom 9-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche earlier this month, the Edmonton Oilers put together a season-high two-game win streak — and it looked like they were back. Oops, they lost three of their next four, including horrid, humbling back-to-back losses to short-staffed Buffalo (5-1) and to Washington […]

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6 d. ago Saturday's letters: Guilbeault's exit ends energy obstruction

Steven Guilbeault’s resignation from cabinet isn’t a national crisis. For years, he was the most aggressive opponent of Alberta’s resource economy ever to sit at the federal table. His policies, fully backed by the previous prime minister, inflicted long-term damage on Alberta’s growth, competitiveness, and workforce. Now, a new federal–Alberta agreement to move ahead on […]

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8 d. ago Read the full text of the MOU that Canada and Alberta just signed to pave way for a pipeline

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the energy sector and pipelines

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8 d. ago Prime Minister Mark Carney inks new energy deal with Alberta, paving way to new pipeline

The government will also suspend clean electricity regulations

Politics

1 week ago Carney’s Pipeline Gambit Hinges on BC and Faulty Carbon Market

Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government is negotiating an agreement with Alberta that “creates necessary conditions” for the future construction of a new oil pipeline to Canada’s west coast.

Transport

1 week ago Canada Agrees to Deal That Paves Way for New Pipeline, CBC Says

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad terms of a deal that would support a new oil pipeline to Canada’s west coast, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday.

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1 week ago Premier Eby tells Carney it’s unacceptable B.C. has been cut out of pipeline talks

VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says he told Prime Minister Mark Carney “how unacceptable” it was for Alberta and Saskatchewan to talk with the federal government about a potential pipeline without input from his province. Eby says such treatment would not happen to any other province, adding that he expects Ottawa to include […]

Transport

1 week ago 'Be serious about cutting out extras at a municipal level,' Alberta minister tells Edmonton chamber crowd

'We're not a shining knight on a white horse coming to solve the municipality's problems in terms of dollars and cents'

Politics

1 week ago Alberta Speaker, ministers among 6 more UCP MLAs facing recall petitions

The latest recall petitions for UCP MLAs in Alberta include four cabinet ministers, an associate minister and the Speaker of the house.

Politics

2 w. ago Government had no involvement in shakeup at Edmonton Crown prosecutor's office: minister

Alberta’s minister of justice says the provincial government played no role in the alleged firing of two senior lawyers from the Edmonton Crown prosecutor’s office. Asked about the unexpected departure last week of Chief Crown Scott Niblock and a deputy, Mickey Amery said no one in his office or the public service was involved in […]

Politics

2 w. ago Alberta minister of arts, culture and Status of Women apologizes for using expletive

Alberta’s minister of arts, culture and Status of Women has apologized for using an expletive in a voice message she left for a constituent. Tanya Fir, the United Conservative Party legislature member for the Calgary-Peigan riding, says the fact that she has been referred to by the same expletive in political disagreements and in recent […]

Politics

2 w. ago Alberta government minister apologizes for foul language left in voice message

Alberta's minister of arts, culture and Status of Women is apologizing for using an expletive in a voice message she left for a constituent.

Politics

4 w. ago Carney tells business crowd a new pipeline project is ‘going to happen’

Prime Minister Mark Carney signalled support for a new Alberta pipeline, telling a Bay Street audience “it’s going to happen,” as talks with Premier Danielle Smith continue.

Economics