21 h. ago Bell: Alberta separatists, Danielle Smith gives you a break — we'll see what you do with it

Premier Danielle Smith makes things plain. It's up to Alberta separatists to show their cause is as popular as they say it is

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21 h. ago Bell: Danielle Smith gives Alberta separatists a break — we'll see what they do with it

Premier Danielle Smith makes things plain. It's up to Alberta separatists to show their cause is as popular as they say it is

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33 h. ago Nelson: Danielle Smith cements her place in Alberta political history

Credit to Alberta’s premier: she refused to throw in the towel

Politics

34 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Alberta's refusal to enforce federal gun buyback program logical, sensible

It’s not just Alberta that is refusing to aid the federal government in its useless gun buyback program. After the UCP government introduced a motion Tuesday that would advise all police forces in the province (including the RCMP) not to make arrests under the federal act and direct Crown prosecutors not to bring charges, there […]

Events

45 h. ago Bell: Is Smith opening the door to those campaigning to get an Alberta independence vote?

Looks like Alberta separatists will be able to start collecting signatures for a vote on independence

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45 h. ago Bell: Is Smith opening the door to those pushing an Alberta independence vote?

Looks like Alberta separatists will be able to start collecting signatures for a vote on independence

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45 h. ago Bell: Is Danielle Smith giving separatists a shot at a goodbye Canada vote?

Looks like Alberta separatists will be able to start collecting signatures for a vote on independence

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47 h. ago Letters: Will Premier Smith reverse Alberta’s recall legislation?

What should the old Royal Alberta Museum site be used for? Vote in our daily poll! In 1937, William Aberhart faced a recall push, as his riding had collected enough signatures to force a byelection. He had come up with the magic percentage number that these voters had achieved in collecting signatures. To save the […]

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57 h. ago Opinion: UCP AGM exposed a party moving away from most Albertans

What should have been a celebratory moment for Premier Danielle Smith at her party’s annual general meeting last weekend became something far more revealing — and troubling — about the direction the UCP is determined to take Alberta. Just days before the AGM, the premier signed a memorandum of understanding with the federal government to […]

Culture

58 h. ago Bell: Danielle Smith's justice boss lays down the law to Alberta government lawyers

'Albertans deserve to feel safe in their homes. It is the most sacred place for all of us,' says Alberta justice boss Mickey Amery

Politics

2 d. ago Opinion: Neither B.C. nor Alberta can afford to turn away new investment that would create revenue and opportunity

Keyli Loeppky and Ryan Mitton: While B.C’s Look West economic strategy boasts of its “unique position as Canada’s gateway to the Pacific,” the province is instead choosing to play gatekeeper

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4 d. ago Opinion: Alberta needs progress on classroom complexity — not more promises

It’s not often that a seasoned politician deviates from their carefully crafted talking points and says something that sounds authentic. So, my ears perked up when Premier Danielle Smith responded to a reporter’s question at a Nov. 21 news conference that was called to unveil the government’s new roadmap to address classroom complexity. The main […]

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4 d. ago Bell: Danielle Smith tells criminals how not to get shot in Alberta

Premier Danielle Smith: 'If you don't want to get shot, don't break into someone's house'

Events

4 d. ago Bell: Smith to use sovereignty act, won't prosecute Albertans defending their homes from criminals

Premier Danielle Smith: 'If you don't want to get shot, don't break into someone's house'

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4 d. ago Christine Van Geyn: Alberta stands up for freedom of speech in the regulated professions

Other provinces should follow suit

Culture

4 d. ago Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta separatists fail to take UCP board, but now they’ve tasted blood

Independence movement can be quelled by solving more problems in Alberta

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5 d. ago TAIT: Province announces Stollery triumph as Albertans with disabilities face mounting challenges

Time is a strange creature. It crawls when we need it to run, and it races when we’re desperate for one more breath. For parents with a sick child, time doesn’t pass — it attacks. It leaps over sleep, devours days, and presses on their shoulders with a weight that feels physical. Every minute matters. […]

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5 d. ago Amy Hamm: Alberta’s Jordan Peterson law is sorely needed across Canada

Professional regulators selectively punish those with whom they disagree

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6 d. ago Jamie Sarkonak: Here’s hoping Alberta’s UCP rejects separatism this weekend

We could be in for tough times if the party throws itself into the independence debate

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7 d. ago Keith Gerein: UCP ideological myopia costs Edmonton another safe consumption site, at the worst possible time

Following the 2021 shutdown of the site at Boyle Street Community Services, the UCP government now intends to close the facility at the Royal Alexandra Hospital before Christmas

Economics