EDMONTON -- The Alberta government could have saved around $150,000 in taxpayer money by selecting a different local manufacturer to provide masks for schools, according to documents obtained by CTV News Edmonton. Internal emails portray a frantic few days for government bureaucrats trying to lock in contracts for more than 1.5 million masks in less than a month. In the end, the province spent more and also selected a vendor, IFR Workwear, whose CEO happens to live in the same riding as Education Minister Adriana LaGrange and who also made a $2,000 donation to LaGrange's election campaign in 2016. LaGrange told the province’s ethics commissioner that was, essentially, a coincidence.