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Alberta Insider: Inside the ambitious plan to speed up building new schools
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to reporters in Halifax on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Smith's plan to spend billions of dollars to fast-track school building across the province will come alongside a new construction funding program for private schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Outgoing Alberta Medical Association president blames government for health care crisis
Adriana LaGrange, minister of health, speaks about health-care reforms as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith looks on during a news conference in Edmonton on Wednesday Nov. 8, 2023. The board of Alberta Health Services says six of the organization's top executives are no longer in their positions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Alberta private schools will get a share of funds to build new schools
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to reporters in Halifax on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Smith's plan to spend billions of dollars to fast-track school building across the province will come alongside a new construction funding program for private schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
opinion
Danielle Smith promises billions for schools. Where will it come from?
Kelly Cryderman
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Alberta population surge causing raft of political and financial problems for the province
People walk on a busy street in downtown Calgary, Alberta June 19, 2024. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail�
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Alberta Insider: Idea of surging population falls out of political favour
People walk on a busy street in downtown Calgary, Alberta June 19, 2024. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail�
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Smith says an Alberta pension plan estimate from the feds will spur hard questions
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith gives a speech at the annual Premier's K-Days breakfast in Edmonton on Friday July 19, 2024. Smith says if Ottawa comes back this fall with a lowball estimate on Alberta’s share of the Canada Pension Plan, hard questions will have to be asked on next steps. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
opinion
Danielle Smith’s upcoming leadership review is not a sure shot
Kelly Cryderman
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Alberta Premier Smith says she wants Calgary Green Line to proceed as first pitched
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith leans on a shovel as she prepares to turn the sod on the new Calgary Flames arena in Calgary, Alta., Monday, July 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta premier Smith defends sharing public policy plans at members-only UCP events
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending making a string of policy announcements at private, United Conservative Party events, saying Albertans shouldn't be surprised by her agenda. Smith speaks about the Jasper wildfire situation in Edmonton, Thursday, July 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
opinion
Danielle Smith has a scary fix for health care
The Editorial Board
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Alberta government expecting a boost in its 2024-25 surplus largely due to oil prices
Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner delivers the 2024 budget in Edmonton, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Alberta's first-quarter fiscal update shows the government expects a surplus of $2.9 billion but won't have surplus cash and will need to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
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Alberta Insider: Frustration grows over Ottawa’s Clean Electricity Regulations
Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, makes his way towards the podium at Whytecliff Park in West Vancouver, B.C, during a press conference announcing a conservation campaign, on Thursday, July 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
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Alberta Premier Smith says legislation on school pronouns coming after September
Alberta Premier Daniel Smith speaks at a news conference in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Smith says her government will introduce legislation on new school pronoun rules after classes begin in September. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
opinion
Memo to Jasper: Do not become another Lytton
Gary Mason
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Alberta Insider: Reaction to Coutts border blockade verdict underlines divisiveness of the charges
Supporters react to the verdict outside the courthouse in Lethbridge, Alta., Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. A jury returned a verdict of not guilty, for two men accused of conspiring to kill RCMP officers at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Tours of Jasper postponed out of respect for those impacted by loss of young firefighter
Firefighters work in Jasper, Alta., on Friday, July 26, 2024. Jasper National Park says wildfires in the area have grown by thousands of hectares and are set to expand further on Friday.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
opinion
It’s not just a vast forest burning – Jasper is one of the most beautiful spots on the planet
Kelly Cryderman
opinion
The UCP government’s children’s-medicine headache returns in full force
Kelly Cryderman
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends accepting tickets to Oilers’ playoff games
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, front second left, and B.C. Premier David Eby, front second right, watch the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers play Game 2 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series, in Vancouver, on Friday, May 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck