Tag: Alberta

RCMP Investigating Alleged Harassment of Chrystia Freeland by Alberta Man

The RCMP says it is launching an investigation into the alleged verbal harassment of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland by a man in Grande Prairie, Alb., last week. In a video circulated online, a man confronts Freeland in a public building. He uses multiple profanities and calls her a “traitor” while asking what she’s doing in Alberta. As Freeland…


Alberta to Provide Crime Prevention Grants as Calgary Sees Increase in Shootings

The Alberta government says it will provide a total of $5.2 million to support programs that prevent crime and keep people safe. Justice Minister Tyler Shandro says grants will be doled out to eligible groups over the next two years. He says the money can be used for the delivery of community safety plans, youth…


Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer Allegedly Withheld Information on Dangers of Masking Children, Justice Centre Says

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health allegedly withheld evidence alluding to the possible dangers of mandating mask requirements for children, according to a new court application by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF). Deena Hinshaw, who has served as Alberta’s chief medical officer since 2019, allegedly received a memo in February 2022 from then-Premier…


Saskatchewan to Send Patients to Alberta for Privatized Surgery; Won’t Pay for Travel

Saskatchewan plans to send people to Alberta to get privatized surgeries, but the cost of travel won’t be covered by the government. Health Minister Paul Merriman said the Saskatchewan Party government will begin paying a Calgary clinic this fall to perform 20 knee and hip surgeries a month for those on the province’s surgical wait…


Alberta’s UCP Leadership Hopefuls Position Themselves on Smith’s Proposed Sovereignty Act

With nine weeks left in Alberta’s United Conservative Party (UCP) leadership race, seven candidates are running for the job of party leader and provincial premier. Running in the race are UCP MLA and former opposition Wildrose party leader Danielle Smith and UCP MLAs Travis Toews, Brian Jean, Rebecca Schulz, Rajan Sawhney, and Leela Aheer, as well as…


Premier Jason Kenney Kicks Off Campaign to Attract Skilled Workers to Alberta

Premier Jason Kenney kicked off a campaign to lure skilled workers from Toronto and Vancouver as he doubled down on his criticism of a so-called Alberta sovereignty act pitched by one of the candidates running to replace him. Kenney held a news conference today to announce the United Conservative government’s plans to start recruiting workers…


Voting Deadline Looms in Race to Replace Jason Kenney as Alberta UCP Leader, Premier

It’s deadline day to buy $10 Alberta United Conservative Party memberships to vote for the next leader and premier. The party is accepting drop offs by 5 p.m. and online memberships until midnight. The party will then go through the memberships and confirm information and expects to have the final tally ready in two weeks…


Alberta Government Adjusting Oversight After Chief Health Officer Pockets $227,911 Bonus

The Alberta government is taking steps to ensure public service overtime pay is approved by cabinet after Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw received a $227,911 COVID-19 bonus without oversight from elected officials. Hinshaw received the “cash benefits” in addition to her $363,634 salary in 2021, government records show. It marks the largest cash benefit payout of…


Barbara Kay: Parents in Every Province Should Be Badgering Politicians for Charter Schools

Commentary Growing old has its compensations. One is institutional memory. Having been educated in an era when “Western civilization” was not a trope to be spat out like a bad oyster, I was free to absorb the cultural glories of the past without shame. At my Toronto public high school, Latin was obligatory. I loved…


Hail as Big as Tennis Balls, Softballs and Eggs Fell in Alberta: Environment Canada

Matt Berry was driving home after golfing Monday evening when cloudy skies quickly turned into a rare storm that dropped hail the size of softballs, caving in his windshield and leaving about 150 dents in his car. “I was getting covered in shards of glass,” the graphic designer said as he recalled the moment he…