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The Alberta legislature’s UCP deputy Speaker Angela Pitt is speaking out, saying she does not have confidence in Premier Jason Kenney.
Article content The project is funded by the Alberta government’s Municipal Stimulus Program with the goal of attracting more business to the area, creating more jobs and diversifying the businesses in the Villeneuve region. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Villeneuve Airport starts construction on new waterline Back to video “Having a dedicated water supply will allow for the airport to expand and attract new business,” said Alanna Hnatiw, Sturgeon County’s mayor, at Thursday’s announcement. “It will allow the current tenants the ...
Article content Premier Jason Kenney and Dr. Deena Hinshaw did some “myth-busting” Monday — lively language in the arid world of COVID-19 facts and figures. But the myth they’re discussing is poisonous. It’s the widespread view that Alberta has two streams of COVID-19 — a mild onslaught in rural Alberta and a severe pandemic in the big cities. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Braid: Kenney tries to bust the rural myth that powers his dissidents Back to video That fiction lies behind much of Kenney’s trouble with his rural caucus. He...
CALGARY -- As the province gets set to open up COVID-19 immunizations to every adult in Alberta, some elected officials are keeping tight-lipped on their vaccine decisions. CTV News has reached out to all 87 Alberta MLAs to ask about their vaccination plans. Nineteen of those MLAs have refused to answer the question, even after repeated calls and emails. Of those 19, 18 are members of the United Conservative Party caucus. The other MLA, Lesser Slave Lake's Pat Rehn, was recently kicked out of the party. Odd MLAs out Every other respondent -- including all 24 NDP MLAs and 38 o...
Alberta’s finance minister says taxpayers won’t be on the hook for much more beyond $1.3 billion already committed to the defunct Keystone XL oil pipeline.