Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said he won’t apologize for calling out “divisive voices” on Friday, as he addressed a leaked audio recording in which he took aim at so-called “lunatics” who are “trying to take over the asylum.”Kenney stands by comments made in private recordingPremier Jason Kenney says comments came during a time of reflection,…Continue Reading
In advance of a leadership vote for Premier Jason Kenney, Alberta government political staffers received emails this week compelling them to take Friday off work and volunteer to call supporters.Brian Jean, right, just won the Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche byelection for the UCP. He says replacing Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, left, is his first priority.…Continue Reading
The Alberta government will stop collecting the 13-cent per litre provincial fuel tax on April 1 as long as the benchmark price for oil remains above $90 US, Premier Jason Kenney said Monday.Alberta motorists hit hard at the pumps with skyrocketing fuel prices will get a break starting April 1, Premier Jason Kenney announced Monday.…Continue Reading
After months of consultation and nearly two years after it cancelled a policy that protected parts of the Rockies from coal development, the provincial government says it will keep a 1976 coal policy in place.Energy Minister Sonya Savage received two reports from a coal policy committee in late December. On Friday, the minister discussed the findings of…Continue Reading
The rapid turnaround in Alberta’s fiscal fortunes — easily the largest in the province’s history — obviously matters for Albertans, but Canadians everywhere should also care, writes economist Trevor Tombe.Alberta Premier Jason Kenney fist bumps an MLA after Finance Minister Travis Toews delivered the 2022 budget in Edmonton on Thursday. The rapid turnaround in Alberta’s…Continue Reading
Most remaining public health restrictions will be lifted in Alberta on Tuesday as the province proceeds with the second phase of moving to an endemic approach to COVID-19.Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, seen here delivering a COVID-19 update in Calgary earlier this month, announced the move to Step 2 of lifting restrictions while in Grande Prairie,…Continue Reading
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