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Wildrose Willing To Ignore Rules: Redford

2013-05-25T00:02:11Z

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Alison Redford says the robocall scandal dogging her party's arch-rival, the Wildrose, shows it's a group prepared to ignor...

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Redford, AHS On Collision Course

2013-05-24T14:57:13Z

You can see it coming.

One side talks. One side does not. The silence speaks volumes. The two sides are now on a collision course.

On the one si...

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Alberta's Wildrose Party Fined For Robocalls

2013-05-23T21:02:35Z

EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition Wildrose Party says it has paid a $90,000 penalty imposed by federal regulators for violating automated phone call rul...

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Nursing Jobs Cut At Rockyview Hospital

2013-05-23T16:19:08Z

Thirty-three nursing staff will be out of a job following the closure of 30 seniors beds at Rockyview hospital.

Alberta Health Services will be lay...

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Racism Comes Back To Haunt Wildrose

2013-05-22T21:56:37Z

CALGARY - Alberta Progressive Conservatives are chiding the Wildrose party over comments on the party's Facebook page by people angry at Leader Daniel...

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Grooch: CARTOON: My What Big Teeth You Have Mr. Harper..

2013-05-22T15:33:34Z

Watching a recent televised press conference from New-York last week I listened to Prime Minister Stephen Harper begin all his responses to questions by first saying "LOOK".

Well he might have unintentionally been asking for more eyes to be watching then he might have counted on, considering the events of the past week.

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The Quotable Stephen Mandel

2013-05-22T13:13:53Z

Like his counterpart three hours south, Stephen Mandel has battled the province and political opponents with an often combative, always passionate def...

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The Warmest Of Goodbyes For This Politician

2013-05-22T12:41:58Z

He was neither loud nor flashy but Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel is leaving the city better than he found it, say those reacting to news the understat...

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Senate Scandal Resignations Show Tory Ethics Solid

2013-05-21T14:55:49Z

Calgary Centre MP Joan Crockatt hasn't exactly been a darling of the Alberta political scene since her narrow byelection win last year.

But a coupl...

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'I'd Like To See My Property Taxes Lower'

2013-05-19T11:44:39Z

On Friday, I ask Redford if she would like the city to give back the tax break they took from Calgarians.

"What would I like to see? I'd like to se...

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Reality TV Spin On $52M In Extra Tax Dollars

2013-05-17T13:31:39Z

Aldermen will play along with Mayor Naheed Nenshi's idea to appear in a policy debate hosted by a local reality TV celeb, but they're drawing the line...

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Alberta Opening Trade Offices In All These Places

2013-05-17T13:27:01Z

CALGARY - The Alberta government is expanding or opening trade offices on three continents to open up markets and reduce dependence on markets in the ...

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Kerry Diotte Running For Mayor Of Edmonton

2013-05-17T13:23:46Z

To no one's surprise, Edmonton City Council's resident contrarian Kerry Diotte launched his campaign at a downtown hotel this afternoon, making him th...

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Alberta's New Trade Offices Are Going Here

2013-05-17T05:00:07Z

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Alison Redford will announce new trade offices in California and India today as she rolls out a her new international invest...

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That's A Wrap

2013-05-16T13:27:10Z

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Alison Redford is dismissing opposition accusations her team took a baseball bat to democracy in a spring legislature sitti...

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Mark Milke: Save Alberta From The High-Taxers

2013-05-13T14:18:29Z

Fact is, Alberta's red-ink budgets have much more to do with real per-capita program spending being near historic highs. This also explains why so many Albertans "hiss" at the notion of a sales tax. To understand why the spending side of the government ledger deserves more attention, consider some statistics about Alberta's program spending, ones that take into account Alberta's population growth and inflation rate.

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Redford Sounds Positively Relieved

2013-05-15T13:23:06Z

The sense of relief was palpable in the congratulatory remarks Alberta Premier Alison Redford sent B.C. Premier Christy Clark on the night of her elec...

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'So Spectacularly Wrong'

2013-05-15T09:49:45Z

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Alison Redford is welcoming her British Columbia counterpart to a club of politicians that likes to confound the experts.Re...

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Leaves Caucus, Confident He Will Be Exonerated

2013-05-14T16:57:17Z

EDMONTON - A backbench Alberta Progressive Conservative member is withdrawing from caucus while the ethics commissioner investigates his business deal...

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$2M In Secret Severance For Premier's Advisers

2013-05-14T16:10:04Z

Alison Redford's office has paid out more than $2 million in severance to former employees in the last three years, but the province is keeping mum on...

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Probe Demanded Into MLA's Unpaid Debts

2013-05-14T14:45:43Z

EDMONTON - Backbench Alberta Tory Peter Sandhu withdrew from the government caucus Tuesday while the ethics commissioner investigates his business dea...

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PC MLA's Trail Of Unpaid Debts

2013-05-14T13:22:23Z

The house-building company of Edmonton Progressive Conservative MLA Peter Sandhu has a history of chronic debt, some of which he appears not to have p...

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A Very Sad Fact About Gambling In Alberta

2013-05-14T11:56:03Z

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A new study suggests nearly half of Alberta's gambling revenue comes from gambling addicts and researchers say that's "problematic...

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Legislature Pulls All-Nighter

2013-05-14T11:59:58Z

EDMONTON - Alberta politicians pulled an all-nighter in the house early Tuesday morning, with opposition members saying Premier Alison Redford's gover...

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Alberta Needs This From The B.C. Election

2013-05-13T17:23:09Z

British Columbia's looming provincial election is expected to affect the fate of Alberta's pipelines going west, including the Northern Gateway pipeli...

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