51 h. ago Bell: Danielle Smith feels Carney is no Trudeau and is on Alberta's side

'I am. Yes, I am confident,' says Premier Danielle Smith on whether Prime Minister Mark Carney can meet her demands

Politics

51 h. ago Bell: Say what?! Where's the outrage? Smith figures Carney is dancing to her tune

'I am. Yes, I am confident,' says Premier Danielle Smith on whether Prime Minister Mark Carney can meet her demands

Transport

3 d. ago Bell: Alberta shafted by Carney on new pipeline — Danielle Smith stays hopeful

No oil pipeline for Alberta but Premier Danielle Smith convinced the province will emerge a winner

Transport

4 d. ago Bell: Danielle Smith warns auto insurers, public auto insurance back on the table

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith issues a final warning to insurance companies and trial lawyers

Economics

5 d. ago Bell: Danielle Smith showdown with Carney, plus Smith on protecting kids

'I was dragged along for two and a half years trying to find some kind of accommodation with the former prime minister,' says Premier Smith, on why current prime minister Carney has to tell her now if and when he'll start deep-sixing anti-oil Trudeau laws

Society

5 d. ago Braid: As Alberta revises school library book ban, minister insists it was all a 'misunderstanding'

Big changes in ministerial order come down to one little word: visual

Politics

5 d. ago Braid: Alberta shrinks school book ban, minister insists it was all a 'misunderstanding'

Big changes in ministerial order come down to one little word: visual

Politics

5 d. ago Revised Alberta school book ban expected to be released Monday

The Alberta government had promised an updated ministerial order with the revised school library book ban on Friday, but the announcement was rescheduled for Monday.

Society

7 d. ago 'Revised and revealed': Smith defends delayed book ban order coming Monday

On Saturday, Smith reiterated the revised order will apply only to images and that classic books should remain on library school shelves

Other

8 d. ago Braid Trudeau's long gone and look who's virtue signalling now

Former Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was often blasted for his smarmy, progressive virtue-signalling. That’s gone now, but in Alberta the void is nicely filled by smarmy conservative virtue-signalling. The UCP’s school library book ban is exactly that. It’s a political play that starts from a grain of truth and escalates to high emotion and […]

Politics

8 d. ago Alberta government postpones release of revised school library book ban

'We are taking the time needed to ensure that the revised ministerial order is clear for all school boards,' Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said.

Politics

9 d. ago Bell: Danielle Smith government 'very serious' about a bike lane crackdown

Danielle Smith government is pushing hard against new bike lanes and wants the power to remove some existing ones

Politics

9 d. ago ‘It makes people want to read’: Bookstores see sales spike after Alberta government book ban

Alberta bookstore owners say they've seen a spike in sales of some books caught up in the Alberta government's ban on books with explicit sexual content.

Politics

9 d. ago ’It makes people want to read’: Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban

EDMONTON — An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn’t appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores. Kelly Dyer with Audreys Books in Edmonton said the store has noticed a jump in sales since July, when the province announced the ban on books with explicit sexual […]

Other

1 week ago Classics are safe from Alberta’s book restrictions, Smith says

Revision comes after Edmonton's public school division added titles such as Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Other

1 week ago Bell: Danielle Smith to school boards — no more playing games over graphic sex book ban

It is so obvious. The Edmonton Public Schools wanted to teach Alberta Premier Danielle Smith a lesson. Plain and simple. You know, Edmonton. If it was up to Edmonton, NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi would be Alberta’s premier. Well, it is so obvious Edmonton Public Schools had a plan. They would play it clever. They would […]

Society

1 week ago Braid: The UCP retreats on library book ban after making Alberta an international punchline

Under mounting pressure, the UCP caved, but they had to blame somebody on the way out — and the school boards were right at hand

Society

1 week ago Alberta government pauses ban on school library books containing sexual content

The Alberta government's move came after a draft list from Edmonton Public Schools of books to be removed from libraries was leaked online last week.

Politics

1 week ago Breakenridge: Blame for disastrous school book ban lies squarely with who issued the order

As much as the government would prefer to lash out at school boards, this mess is completely their own doing

Society