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Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Ottawa would provide Alberta with an estimate of how much money the province could expect if it went ahead with an exit from the national retirement system

Alberta's government paid nearly $75-million up front for children's medicine during a shortage and only received about 1.5 million of the promised five million units.

Health Canada says the countrywide shortage ended in April

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board criticized the Alberta government’s messaging around the desire to establish a provincial pension plan, alleging it shows ‘undisguised’ bias and aims ‘to direct opinions rather than seek them’

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith called the court’s decision a big win, but there remains a great deal of uncertainty about what happens now

The province is rolling back the provisions that removed criminal penalties and police involvement for illicit drug use in a number of outdoor spaces

Health officials in B.C. have taken the proactive step of reinstituting mask mandates at health care settings throughout the province as cases of flu, COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses rise

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The idea of a separate pension for Alberta is highly political, and it is likely both the federal government and the other provinces won’t sit back while their pensions are decimated

The city’s media department did not provide details on whether head planner Theresa O’Donnell had resigned or been asked to leave