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Alberta Bill of Rights changes reinforce gun ownership, ability to decline vaccinations, medical treatment
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks in Edmonton on Wednesday April 10, 2024. Canada's economic productivity crisis can only be solved if the federal and provincial governments come together to address issues like major project approvals and inter-provincial trade barriers, Alberta's premier said Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith readies herself for leadership vote
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith gives an update on the Alberta wildfire situation, in Edmonton on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Alberta legislature sitting to kick off with focus on rights bill, transgender policy
Joseph Schow is sworn into cabinet as Minister of Tourism and Sport, in Edmonton, Friday, June 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
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Alberta premier Danielle Smith promises to review professional regulators, legislate limits
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Justice Mickey Amery make their way to the swearing in of her cabinet, in Edmonton, Friday, June 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Alberta Pharmacists’ Association says government cuts will be detrimental
Adriana LaGrange, Minister of Health for Alberta, makes a health care announcement in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
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Alberta government unveils new rules for municipal political parties, donations
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks with reporters at the Council of the Federation meetings in Halifax on Monday, July 15, 2024. Alberta's United Conservative government is unveiling new regulations that will once again allow corporate and union donations in local elections, reversing a ban brought in under Rachel Notley’s NDP government.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Alberta Insider: Opt-in bill for sex education raises concerns
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith leaves a news conference in Ottawa on Monday, Feb.5, 2024. Premier Danielle Smith says long-term care and supportive living programs will no longer be the responsibility of the province's health ministry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Feds, provinces must work together to tackle productivity crisis, says Alberta premier Danielle Smith
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks in Edmonton on Wednesday April 10, 2024. Canada's economic productivity crisis can only be solved if the federal and provincial governments come together to address issues like major project approvals and inter-provincial trade barriers, Alberta's premier said Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
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Party leaders in Alberta, B.C. woo cost-of-living weary voters with promise of tax cuts
Tim Sargent and Fen Hampson
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Former Alberta justice minister Kaycee Madu to be sanctioned by law society
Kaycee Madu, Minister of Skilled Trades and Professions speaks at an announcement in Calgary, Alta., Friday, April 14, 2023. Former Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu will be sanctioned by the provincial law society after it was determined he attempted to interfere in the administration of justice in 2021 when he phoned Edmonton's police chief immediately after receiving a traffic ticket. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Advocates fear Alberta’s opt-in bill for sex education will limit important lessons on health and consent
Roseline Carter, director of programs at the Centre for Sexuality, poses for a portrait in Calgary, Alta., on October 8, 2024. Carter’s team are invited into schools to run age-appropriate sexual health sessions, which will be more challenging under this new legislation. LEAH HENNEL /THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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Alberta to launch new primary care agency by next month in health overhaul
Adriana LaGrange, Minister of Health for Alberta, makes a health care announcement in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. LaGrange says the new agency responsible for primary health care in the province should be up and running by next month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
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Morning Update: Alberta’s sex-ed switch
Roseline Carter, director of programs at the Centre for Sexuality, poses for a portrait in Calgary, Alta., on October 8, 2024. Carter’s team are invited into schools to run age-appropriate sexual health sessions, which will be more challenging under this new legislation. LEAH HENNEL /THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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Alberta population boom causing a conundrum over electoral boundaries
Pedestrians walk along Stephen Avenue during lunch hour in downtown Calgary on September 01, 2022. Three dozen commercial buildings along Stephen Avenue were built between 1880 and 1930. Many of the buildings that date back over 100-years are build out of the distinctive beige sandstone native to the area. Stephen Ave was designated a national historic site in 2002, and is described by Parks Canada as a demonstration of the "central role that such retail streets have played and continue to play in the Canadian urban experience."
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Minister says not enough beds for compulsory care for addictions across the country
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya’ara Saks listens to questions at a news conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. The minister of mental health and addictions says there are not enough beds in jurisdictions across the country to support involuntary treatment for addictions and mental health. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Alberta Insider: Danielle Smith’s chief of staff departs
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith listens to the throne speech delivered by Lt.-Gov Salma Lakhani in Edmonton on Monday October 30, 2023. One of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s key advisors and the driving force behind the province’s recovery-focused addiction treatment push is leaving the job. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Alberta politician who compared transgender kids to feces rejoins UCP caucus
Protestors take part in a Gay Straight Alliance rally at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton on Wednesday June 19, 2019. Jennifer Johnson was the UCP candidate for Lacombe-Ponoka leading up to last year's provincial election, but was kicked out of the party after a recording of Johnson comparing transgender kids to a batch of cookies laced with feces was made public. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Adviser behind Alberta Premier’s drug strategy retires from government
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's chief of staff, Marshall Smith, takes a moment in his office in Edmonton, Alta. on Thursday, May 23. Megan Albu / Globe and Mail
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Structure of Alberta Premier’s office shifts with departure of ‘spiritual leader’ Marshall Smith
Kelly Cryderman
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Strike vote looms for Alberta nurses union as informal mediation talks unsuccessful
Alberta's nurses could soon find themselves on the picket line as nearly two weeks of informal mediation with the provincial government wasn't enough to secure a new agreement. Nurses and supporters rally in front of the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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