Dave Turowec

CALGARY — Liberal Leader Raj Sherman kicked off his party’s campaign in Calgary on Tuesday with charges that the intimidation of health-care workers extends far beyond doctors. Sherman sat side-by-side […]

Campaigning in the same constituency yesterday, it is interesting to wonder what Premier Alison Redford and Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith would have said to each other if their paths […]

Morinville – Former labour leader Trudy Grebenstein has entered the Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock race as the NDP candidate. After a decade as President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3550, […]

One could forgive the provincial Tories for indulging in political nostalgia this election campaign. Gone are the days of elections past when supremacy was taken for granted — and pundits […]

If Albertans employed in the energy sector ever wonder why some people underestimate the vast contributions made by the oil and gas industry to Alberta’s prosperity, a new ad from […]

Re: “Assuring Alberta’s prosperity,” Mark Milke, Opinion, March 25. Mark Milke disputes Alberta Federation of Labour attacks on the province’s funding of health care and education by situating Alberta’s per […]

Premier critical of severance deal that could hit $30 million EDMONTON – Twenty-two Alberta MLAs not planning to run in the upcoming spring election will walk away with $10.6 million […]

Critics predict increasing backlog in ERs New figures from the province’s health authority show the wait for nursing home beds has worsened this year despite the fact Alberta Health Services […]

Wisconsin’s populist rebellion came after state GOP leaders attacked workers’ rights and dignity. March 23, 2012 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up […]

Tories accused of throwing money around before election Days before an expected election call, the Tory government ripped up its physician salary hike imposed weeks ago and instead offered the […]

CALGARY — Wednesday’s surprise pay deal between the province and the doctors raises an obvious question: has the government bought their silence during the coming election campaign? “The answer is […]

Two of Alberta’s main contenders for political power are fighting for the support of the province’s massive energy industry as they prepare to battle it out in a provincial election […]

The province plans to reduce the number of nursing-home spaces this year, despite new figures that show a rising number of Albertans are still stuck in hospital or at home […]

Alberta’s chief electoral officer has found 23 cases where improper donations to political parties and constituency associations were made by municipalities and other public bodies. In a news release, Elections […]

EDMONTON – The spring session of the Alberta legislature moved close to the finish line Tuesday, beginning the countdown to the kickoff of the provincial election. MLAs debated several pieces […]

There have been more than 1,000 confirmed cases of elderly and disabled Albertans being abused in provincially funded facilities over the past seven years and thousands more have filed complaints […]

Hundreds face living on Calgary streets About 200 more people might be living on Calgary’s streets April 1 if the provincial government carries through with a plan to slash $575,000 […]

Alberta farm families are being strangled by skyrocketing electricity costs that stick them with monthly bills of $1,000 or more, cabinet ministers heard at a meeting of rural municipalities Tuesday […]

‘Pork-barrel politics,’ says political science professor Several Alberta post-secondary institutions gave tens of thousands of dollars in illegal donations to the provincial Progressive Conservative party, in one case with the […]

Liberals say government is ‘hiding abysmal record’ until after election CALGARY — A regular Alberta Health Services three-month report card on wait times and medical data across the province will […]

The BC Teachers’ Federation revealed some elements of its new action plan to fight Bill 22 today, including the possibility of a full-scale walkout in the coming months. Union President […]

A labour law case in Colombia dating from 2004 is still causing suffering to trade unionists, and a court ruling has still not been applied. In 2004, the Municipal Enterprises […]

City council displayed a brilliant act of mathemagic Monday by shuffling the no-win hand dealt by the province to keep the property tax increase at six per cent. It’s still […]

The New Democratic Party has a candidate running in all 87 provincial ridings, beating even the ruling Tory government to full slate status. In Edmonton-Goldbar candidate Marlin Schmidt has been […]