Tag: AFL in the News
MLA payout package ‘obscene’
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 […]
Read more »Waiting list grows longer despite addition of beds
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 […]
Read more »Doctors reach $181M pay deal
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 […]
Read more »Braid: PCs mysteriously find money just before election to quell restless doctors
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 […]
Read more »Conservative, Wildrose leaders jockey for support of oil industry
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 […]
Read more »Nursing home beds cut back, even as Calgary faces dire shortage
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 […]
Read more »23 cases of improper political donations found by Elections Alberta
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 […]
Read more »Critics cry foul as Tories delay report card on health
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 […]
Read more »Alberta MLAs pass budget ahead of spring vote
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 […]
Read more »Critics outraged Alberta isn’t doing enough to protect adults in care
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 […]
Read more »Corbella: Don’t let province cut Drop-In funding
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 […]
Read more »Farm families hit hard by soaring electricity costs
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 […]
Read more »Alberta colleges, universities made illegal donations to Tories
‘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 […]
Read more »Lack of whistleblower law criticized
The Progressive Conservative government’s failure to move quickly on whistleblower legislation is a missed opportunity to improve accountability in a government plagued with accusations of heavy handedness, critics say. Premier […]
Read more »Editorial: Tax sleight of hand
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 […]
Read more »Parties gear up with full slate of candidates
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 […]
Read more »Health inquiry won’t include intimidation allegations
Minister reaches out to medical association EDMONTON – Health Minister Fred Horne stood his ground on the nature of the province’s public health-care inquiry Saturday, indicating recent calls from representatives […]
Read more »Dig deep to pay for schools
The province will be making announcements about new school projects in the next few days, Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk told Alberta teachers at a pre-election forum Saturday. He added a […]
Read more »Oilsands
The management of Alberta’s 171 billion barrels of proven oil reserves will be a major election issue, with political parties at odds about everything from upgrading to pipelines to environmental […]
Read more »Media focus on senior dumped at Emergency Ward signals more trouble for Redford Tories
As shocking as it is an ambulance crew was used by a for-profit Edmonton nursing home to evict an 80-year-old grandmother afflicted with dementia and dump her at a public […]
Read more »‘Nervous’ Tories said to be pushing for May election
EDMONTON – A group of “nervous nellies” within the Tory caucus have told colleagues they want the upcoming spring election pushed back into May to give the party more time […]
Read more »Rivals enjoy field day in legislature as PC worries mount ahead of election
CALGARY — Alberta’s opposition parties are having a spectacular week. Day after day they pummel the PCs in the legislature, enjoying a free campaign platform courtesy of the Redford government. […]
Read more »Liberals question PC adherence to leadership campaign donation rules in the Legislature
Liberals Raj Sherman and Hugh MacDonald questioned the Redford government in the legislature Tuesday over the “generous” donations party leadership candidates received during last year’s contest, noting that one donor […]
Read more »Tory pretensions give way to panic
CALGARY — Usually full of hearty PC cheer, the latest newsletter from Premier Alison Redford’s party to its members comes close to pushing the panic button. The looming campaign “will […]
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