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Family of slain Edmonton officer to receive $100,000 from Heroes Fund, Alberta premier says

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Flowers are placed outside Const’s police station. Brett Ryan and Const. Travis Jordan, shot and killed March 17 while on duty in Edmonton.Jason Franson/The Canadian Press Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the families of two Edmonton police officers who were shot and killed this week will each receive $100,000 from the province’s Heroes Fund. Smith … Read more

Alberta appoints oilfield veteran to advise government on province’s energy future

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Premier Danielle Smith will turn to a panel of five oilfield veterans to advise her government on the future of Alberta’s energy industry. The panel will be chaired by David Yager, a longtime oilfield writer. Yager is also a former political candidate for the Wildrose party, one of the groups that coalesced to form the … Read more

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith opposes euthanasia expansion as Ottawa seeks further delay

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith delivered a speech in Calgary on January 10.Jeff Mackintosh/The Canadian Press Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s office says the province opposes Ottawa’s plan to expand eligibility for medically assisted dying to people whose only underlying medical condition is mental illness. The update to the euthanasia law passed in 2021 includes a two-year … Read more

Alberta government says no evidence emails were sent to prosecutors

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The Alberta government said it could not find any emails to corroborate allegations that a staff member of Premier Danielle Smith wrote to crown prosecutors to try to influence their handling of a case related to the Coutts border crossing closure. More to come. Source link

Alberta premier abandons promise to seek amnesty for COVID-19 health violators

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who pledged less than three months ago to seek amnesty for COVID-19 health violators, says she will let justice take its course.Jeff Mackintosh/The Canadian Press Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who pledged less than three months ago to seek amnesty for COVID-19 health violators, says she will let justice take its course. … Read more

Opinion: Alberta will pay for role playing to children with constitutional problems

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United Conservative Party leader and Premier Danielle Smith celebrates her victory in a by-election in Medicine Hat, Alberta, on Nov. 8.Jeff Mackintosh/The Canadian Press imagine you are Alberta. You are rich and you are successful. You are used to both. Your generation was born on third base and assumed it hit third base. And now, … Read more