Alberta Legislature

The chair of a taxpayer-funded panel reviewing Alberta’s COVID-19 response is urging the federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings in the next election against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s governing coalition. Preston…

There’s lingering confusion over whether Health Canada has fully approved the “exceptional importation” of pediatric medicine procured by the government of Alberta. In late 2022, the province announced it found a manufacturer to…

Premier Danielle Smith has struck a committee to investigate how the Alberta government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has appointed former Reform Party leader Preston Manning to chair it. Smith said Thursday that Manning and…

Premier Danielle Smith has followed through on her pledge to remove Dr. Deena Hinshaw from her position as Alberta’s chief medical officer of health and is hiring a familiar face to replace her. The Alberta government confirmed Monday…

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing criticism after not apologizing for comments she made about Russia’s war in Ukraine earlier this year. During an April live stream on far-right website Locals, Smith said the only way to…

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, at the founding convention of his United Conservative Party in 2018, said he’d consider members’ input on policy but the bottom line was simple: “I hold the pen.” Four years later, the membership took…

The UCP introduced the Labour Statues Amendment Act in the Alberta legislature Tuesday. As originally proposed, Bill 17 would amend the Employment Standards Code to expand access to bereavement leave to employees who experience a…

A letter from the leaders of several unions that represent health-care workers in Alberta is calling on Premier Jason Kenney to request assistance from both the military and the Red Cross as the health-care system struggles to…

Albertans will be able to print off a card to show they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but provincewide rules requiring proof of vaccination to enter places such as restaurants or sports events remain off the…