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Nursing home beds cut back, even as Calgary faces dire shortage
Mar 22, 2012

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 […]

23 cases of improper political donations found by Elections Alberta
Mar 22, 2012

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 […]

Alberta MLAs pass budget ahead of spring vote
Mar 21, 2012

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 […]

Critics outraged Alberta isn’t doing enough to protect adults in care
Mar 21, 2012

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 […]

Corbella: Don’t let province cut Drop-In funding
Mar 21, 2012

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 […]

Farm families hit hard by soaring electricity costs
Mar 21, 2012

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 […]