Province
NDP call for immediate restoration of doctors’ contract
The NDP is accusing Health Minister Tyler Shandro of weakening Alberta’s pandemic response by “ramming through” changes to physician compensation.
[…]
cup
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Alberta’s parks belong to everyone
They are representative of our past — many influential Albertans have a park named in their honour — and they serve as a gathering place for the young families that represent our future. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: UCP vaping tax won’t slow black market or keep smokers from dying
Show me a single historical example of when applying a tax to a legitimate market had a restrictive effect upon a parallel black market. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: Rural health care is under assault, and the culprit is your own government.
Jason Kenney gave a $4.7-billion handout to profitable corporations. Now he’s forcing rural communities to pay for it by cutting deeply into the healthcare families rely on. […]
Province
NDP says Albertans paying more under UCP government
The NDP claim is calling on the government to outline the true costs of their budget cuts to Alberta municipalities. The opposition party says Alberta families will pay more under the United Conservative government. Citing recently released data, the NDP says rural Alberta families could be on the hook for more than $1,000 over the next four years to pay for what they say is the UCP’s corporate tax giveaway. […]
National News
UCP and NDP pleased with FCA ruling on Trans Mountain Pipeline
The $7.4 million Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will move ahead following the Federal Court of Appeal’s (FCA) dismissal of a challenge launched by four British Columbia First Nations last year. […]
Province
AHS review could save up to $1.9 billion annually – NDP calls it the Americanization of AHS
The UCP expects to save between $1.5 and $1.9 billion annually in internal savings as a result of implementing recommendations in the first Alberta Health Services (AHS) review in a decade.
[…]
Province
NDP Social Services Critic says AISH changes puts recipients at financial risk
Changing the date on which Albertans receiving AISH and Income Support get their monthly payments may seem like a simple administrative move. […]
Local News
Provincial budget cuts to municipalities have minimal impact on Morinville, mayor says
In its first budget, the United Conservative Party government announced some changes to how Alberta’s municipalities are funded, but the immediate effect on Morinville should be limited, according to its mayor. […]
Province
Province receives the MacKinnon Panel report on spending
A $3.7 million annual surplus is possible is Alberta were to match the average spending of Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, Canada’s largest three provinces. That was part of the findings of the MacKinnon Panel on Alberta’s Finances. […]
Editorial & Opinion
Letter: NDP budget drowning Alberta in a sea of red ink
Coming into the 2018 budget, Finance Minister Joe Ceci indicated that this year’s edition would feature “fair and compassionate” fiscal restraint. Now that we’ve seen the document, I think it’s safe to say he missed the mark, yet again. […]
Local News
Christian Heritage Party leader and candidates make Morinville stop
About 30 Christian Heritage Party of Canada (CHP) supporters and interested residents popped by Higher Grounds Espresso Bar Sept. 3. Party leader Rod Taylor, Sturgeon River-Parkland candidate Ernest Chauvet, and Edmonton-Mill Woods candidate Peter Downing visited to speak on the party’s platform. […]