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Alberta Pleased With Feds Infrastructure Plan

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.21.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister is pleased the federal budget is mirroring the provincial one by investing in infrastructure while holding the l...

Horner Asks For Budget Help

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.08.2013 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner says he wants to hear from experts at a summit this summer about how best to predict energy prices for ...

Alberta Government's Slide Into The Red

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.07.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - The Alberta government — squeezed by falling oil revenues and a growing population — has delivered a budget that holds the line on day-...

Budget Dumps A Load Of Bad News On Albertans

CP | Posted 03.07.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON — The Alberta government — squeezed by falling oil revenues and a growing population — has delivered a budget that holds the line on da...

It's Budget Week In Alberta And Here's What You Should Know

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.03.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - Alberta politicians — facing billions of dollars in red ink — get back to business in the house Tuesday to pass what Premier Alison Red...

Alberta Budget Deficit Forecast Quadruples

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.21.2013 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - The Alberta government's bottom line continues to bleed red ink and the province is planning job cuts and a wage freeze for civil-service ma...

Opposition Sees Red Over Fiscal Update

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 04.21.2013 | Canada Alberta

If there's one thing Albertans can expect to see from today's fiscal update, according to opposition parties, it's that the province continues to blee...

Less Energy Wealth IS 'The New Reality'

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.27.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON — With Alberta's bottom line being gutted by falling oil revenue, the March 7 budget will embody a "once in a generation'' transformation i...

Next Alberta Budget Won't Be Fun, Horner Says

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.23.2013 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - Alberta's finance minister says plummeting oil revenue means the next Alberta budget isn't going to be pretty, but the province isn't ready ...

Price Squeeze On Oil Affecting Canadian GDP

CP | Dean Bennett | Posted 12.19.2012 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - The price squeeze on heavy oil is gutting Alberta's bottom line and Finance Minister Doug Horner says it's now all hands on deck to cut spe...

Alberta Infrastructure Debt: Borrowing Exchanges Klein Prudence For Sweetheart Union Deals

Mark Milke | Posted 01.19.2013 | Canada Alberta
Mark Milke

If there was any confidence that Alberta's government would avoid imitating the failed policies of other provinces -- think of Quebec and Ontario and their massive debts -- that faint hope for continued Alberta exceptionalism was kiboshed at the recent Progressive Conservative convention in Calgary.

Alberta Reacts To Budget Deficit On Twitter

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 08.31.2012 | Canada Alberta

The recent announcement by Finance Minister Doug Horner that Alberta maybe looking at a budget deficit as large as $3 billion this year has touched a ...

What Do You Think Of This Bomb Shell? Take Our Facebook Poll

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 10.31.2012 | Canada Alberta

The province announced yesterday that their projected budget deficit may actually be more than 300% higher - or as much as $3 billion - than originall...

Alberta Falls Deeper In Debt

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.30.2012 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - Falling oil revenues and a volatile global marketplace are hammering Alberta's bottom line and may leave taxpayers with a deficit as large ...

Good, But Not Good Enough, Alberta

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.28.2012 | Canada Politics

EDMONTON - Figures released Thursday show Alberta came close to balancing its budget last year, but Finance Minister Doug Horner said it isn't smooth ...

Alberta Throne Speech: More Jobs, Smarter Spending

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.08.2012 | Canada Politics

EDMONTON - The final sitting of the Alberta legislature began Tuesday with Premier Alison Redford promising to review tax rates — and opponents poun...

Albertans Have Seen The Last Of Health-Care Premiums: Premier

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.23.2012 | Canada

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Alison Redford says her government won't bring back health-care premiums.Redford says the fees that would cost about $1,000...

And Then There Were 3: Alberta Tories Choose New Premier

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.01.2011 | Canada Politics

EDMONTON - The race to replace Premier Ed Stelmach as the next leader of Alberta's governing Progressive Conservatives was a dead heat Saturday night....

Will There Be A Second Round For Alberta Leadership?

CP | Dean Bennett; Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.17.2011 | Canada Politics

CALGARY - Former cabinet minister Gary Mar was the top choice of Alberta Progressive Conservatives as the province's next premier, but he didn't get e...

Decision Day For Alberta Tories

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.17.2011 | Canada Politics

UPDATE 5: Posted new story updated with Gary Mar's lead. UPDATE 4: Here's the top four with 10 polls reporting: Gary Mar 44.4%, Alison Redford 18%,...

Meet The Alberta Tory Leadership Hopefuls

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.16.2011 | Canada

The six candidates vying to become the next leader of Alberta's Progressive Conservatives. The winner will also become premier.Doug Griffiths: A 38-ye...

Six Candidates Looking To Replace Stelmach

CP | Posted 09.14.2011 | Canada Politics

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- No last-minute candidates emerged in the race for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party when the nominati...