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Alberta Premier Defends Potential Plan to Use Sovereignty Act If Federal Government Pushes Energy Regulation Plan

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith backed her government’s option to use a sovereignty motion against the federal government's push on net-zero regulations.

September 30, 2023BY Chandra Philip

CBC Retracts Reporting That AB Premier Had Direct Contact With Prosecutors Over Coutts Cases

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has retracted its previous reporting that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith had direct contact with ...

July 5, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart

Alberta Premier Accuses Facebook of Censorship Over Temporary Posting Restriction

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her Facebook account is back up and running after a temporary restriction that ...

June 15, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart

‘I Went in for a Shift’: Premier Smith Washes Dishes at Family Restaurant on Weekend

Newly reelected Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is spending some of her downtime working at the Dining Car restaurant ...

June 12, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart

Taxpayers’ Group Calls On Alberta Premier to Shrink Cabinet Size Following UCP Re-Election

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling on Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to form a smaller cabinet to ...

June 1, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart

Both Alberta Premier Contenders on Last-Minute Campaign Stops

With only one day remaining before the official election in Alberta's hotly contested provincial race, both major party ...

May 28, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart

Danielle Smith’s News Conference Disrupted by Activists

Three individuals disrupted a news conference being held as part of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's reelection campaign, with one ...

May 11, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart

Alberta Premier Gives CBC Deadline to Retract, Apologize for Alleged Defamatory Articles

Legal counsel for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has given CBC a deadline of April 28 to retract and ...

April 3, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart

Alberta Premier Requests Trudeau Focus on Energy Security in Meeting With Biden

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has sent a letter to the prime minister requesting that he focus on the ...

March 23, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart

Alberta Begins Health System Reform Despite ‘Disappointment’ With Federal Funding Plan: Smith

Alberta's premier says the province has begun reforming its health system despite being disappointed with the $196 billion ...

February 9, 2023BY Andrew Chen

Jason Kenney Hired as Senior Advisor for Law Firm Bennett Jones

Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney has been hired by Bennett Jones as a senior advisor, the law firm ...

February 2, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Opposes Assisted-Dying Expansion as Ottawa Eyes Delay

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says the province objects to Ottawa's plan to extend eligibility for medically assisted ...

January 30, 2023BY The Canadian Press

Alberta Premier Accuses CBC of Publishing ‘Defamatory Article’ With ‘Baseless Allegations,’ Calls for Apology

EDMONTON—Alberta Premier Danielle Smith issued a statement Wednesday accusing CBC News of publishing a “defamatory article containing baseless ...

January 25, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart

Veteran Politician Preston Manning Appointed by Alberta Premier to Chair New Pandemic Panel

EDMONTON—Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced on Jan. 19 that veteran politician and former federal Official Opposition leader Preston ...

January 19, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart

Alberta Premier Clarifies Comments Made About COVID-19 Prosecutions

EDMONTON—Alberta Premier Danielle Smith took to the airwaves on Jan. 14, using her weekly radio show to clarify earlier ...

January 15, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart

Alberta Premier Says Feds’ Just Transition Plan a ‘Big Threat’ to Oil and Gas Industry

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday that the federal government's so-called just transition plan is a “big threat” ...

January 10, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to Amend Human Rights Code on COVID-19

EDMONTON—Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said her government will move ahead with amendments to the Human Rights Code ...

October 21, 2022BY Rachel Emmanuel

Alberta United Conservatives Head to Polls on Final Voting Day to Replace Kenney

Albertans will learn today who the new premier of the province will be. Voting is wrapping up by ...

October 6, 2022BY The Canadian Press

Tearing-Down of John A. Macdonald Statue Condemned by Politicians

A number of municipal, provincial, and federal politicians have spoken out against the toppling of Sir John A. ...

August 31, 2020BY Isaac Teo