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Carter: PCs cannot see the error of their ways
Look over there, she’s the culprit! We did absolutely nothing wrong! That is the message in the last two emails from Progressive Conservative party President, Jim McCormick to his PC party members. In...
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PCs to repay $6500 for Redford flights
In the wake of Thursday’s damning auditor general report, PC president Jim McCormick said the party will pay back $6,500 to cover costs of three government aircraft flights that former premier Alison...
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Hancock surprised by secrecy surrounding sky palace
EDMONTON — Premier Dave Hancock says the secrecy around the construction of Alison Redford’s sky palace is “reprehensible,” but he continued to defend the two ministers who claimed to have stopped the...
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Grow Calgary seeks massive expansion for urban farm
The man behind Canada’s largest urban agriculture farm — a 4.5-hectare pocket of land near Canada Olympic Park that produces truckloads of produce for the food bank — wants to grow the operation into...
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Alberta Transportation Minister says toll roads on the table for Tory government
BANFF — The Tory government is already eyeing the possibility of toll roads to help pay for highway projects, Transportation Minister Wayne Drysdale confirmed after Progressive Conservative party...
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Rural leaders grill province over crumbling roads and bridges
Frustrated rural Alberta politicians lined up at microphones Thursday demanding the provincial government provide more money to maintain bridges and resource roads. Reeves and county councillors called...
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Minister won't repeal mandatory tests for older drivers
Alberta seniors have taken their protest against mandatory cognitive testing for 75-year-old drivers to the legislature, but the province’s transportation minister says he won’t change the rules. Wayne...
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Klassen: Tests are irrelevant to seniors' ability to drive
Apple. Roof. Snow. Pepper. Car. Bird. Soup. Leaf. Skirt. Pink. If you want to know what constitutes the cognitive test doctors give to Alberta seniors over the age of 75, just ask 81-year-old Lois...
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Budget: Ring road won’t be complete for another decade
The daily parking lot on Sarcee Trail will get worse over the next decade, thanks to the province’s decision to delay completion of the Calgary ring road’s final segment until 2024 or 2025. While the...
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Letters for Wednesday, April 1
Do shed a tear for co-pilot Re: “Don’t shed a tear for murderous airline co-pilot,” Kathleen Parker, Opinion, March 28. Comments like Kathleen Parker’s keep mental illness in the shadows. Andreas...
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Second round of contentious farm safety consultations set to begin
Agriculture groups and individual farmers have been invited to nominate representatives to provide input into new regulations being drafted to put teeth into Alberta’s controversial farm safety...
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Legislative committee rejects making property advocate an independent officer
A bid by the opposition Wildrose to convince the NDP government to give its property rights advocate greater powers and to launch a review of landowner rights has been killed by an all-party...
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Labour minister says 60 per cent of farms have signed on for WCB coverage of...
About 60 per cent of Alberta’s farms and ranches have registered for Workers’ Compensation Board coverage in advance of Saturday’s deadline, says the NDP labour minister. Christina Gray said Wednesday...
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Did cuts to fire program budget have a role to play in Fort McMurray fire?
Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier said Wednesday he doubts that cuts to the fire prevention and fire suppression budgets this year are responsible for the Horse Creek fire that is ravaging Fort McMurray....
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Farmworker injury claims more than double since controversial Bill 6 took effect
Advocates of controversial farm safety legislation say the doubling of Workers Compensation Board claims by farm workers since it came into effect shows that the law is needed and working. In the first...
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Tory MLAs cautiously accept unity deal with Wildrose
Some Progressive Conservative MLAs are ready to give unity with the Wildrose a chance, even as they caution the proposed United Conservative Party can’t move too far to the right. Tory Leader Jason...
View ArticleMason makes ring road guarantee
Transportation Minister Brian Mason put his mouth where the NDP government’s money is Thursday, guaranteeing that construction of the $1.4-billion southwest Calgary ring road will come in ahead of...
View ArticleFour UCP MLAs announce they're not running again
A former Tory cabinet minister and a Wildrose stalwart are among four United Conservative Party MLAs who won’t run in next year’s provincial election. UCP Leader Jason Kenney announced Friday that...
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