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All likely guilty of a lapse in judgement Re: ‘We have to set a higher example,’ Kenney apologizes for patio dinner that violated health orders, June 7
An online publication has been sent a cease-and-desist letter by the legal team of Alberta s premier over a story it ran alleging Jason Kenney and other top government officials broke the province s COVID-19 rules.
Because his lawyer called it “false and defamation allegations” in a recent article.
The letter from the lawyer obtained by CBC News concerns an article published on Wednesday by the Western Standards website, which claims that Kenny has held a social gathering at Bottega 104 restaurant in Edmonton since the New Year, violating COVID-19 restrictions.
The gatherings allegedly included Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon and Health Minister Taylor Sandro.
The article also alleged that Kenny and others attended a party at a private lobbyist’s house.
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This article is based solely on the unnamed sources of the parties who are said by Western standards.
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Hannah Konschuh, a grain farmer growing wheat, canola, barley and yellow peas in Albertaâs Wheatland County, has been fighting with oil and gas companies that either havenât paid or are aggressively trying to reduce their leases for the wells that dot her land.
Sheâs not alone. Further south toward Medicine Hat, Ron Huvenaars, a farmer growing barley, wheat and quinoa, and who is also president of the Alberta Surface Rights Federation, says heâs been helping a growing number of Alberta farmers deal with energy companies looking to cut costs by withholding payments to farmers.