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Jack Farrell.Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has called three byelections to take place on June 23. The three vacant ridings are Edmonton-Strathcona, Edmonton-Ellerslie and Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills. Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi is to run in Edmonton-Strathcona, which became vacant when former premier Rachel Notley resigned her seat late last year.
Jack FarrellAlberta regulator approves Northback coal exploration project in Rocky Mountains The Alberta Energy Regulator approved on Thursday a controversial coal exploration project on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.Alberta cabinet minister Ric McIver exits post, voted in as new legislature SpeakerEDMONTON -- Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver has resigned from cabinet amid speculation he will run for the vacant position of Speaker of the house.EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is freezing its industrial carbon price effective immediately at $95 per tonne of emissions.EDMONTON -- Alberta's access to information watchdog has found the provincial government to be non-compliant with its own freedom of information rules.EDMONTON -- Alberta's access to information watch dog has found the provincial government to be non-compliant with its own freedom of information rules.EDMONTON -- Alberta's now-former Speaker of the legislature says he's excited to display some partisanship in his last days as an elected official.EDMONTON -- Alberta's now former Speaker of the legislature says he's excited to display some partisanship in his last days as an elected official.EDMONTON -- The Speaker of the Alberta legislature is resigning his seat in the assembly to become the province's representative to the United States.Jack FarrellAlberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has had a positive meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. The meeting is the first since Carney's Liberals won Monday's election and Smith warned the prime minister of any"hostile acts" his new government might take against her province. Smith says they had a lengthy conversation about policies and legislation that are holding back...Jack FarrellAlberta's government is defending a hefty bill to replace the carpet in Premier Danielle Smith's office, after it became a point of attack in question period. The provincial infrastructure ministry said Friday in a statement that the previous carpet in the 6,500-square-foot legislature space was in poor condition, riddled with"stains, rips and tears" and more than 20 years old.EDMONTON -- Alberta's government is defending a hefty bill to replace the carpet in Premier Danielle Smith's office, after it became a point of attack in question period.Alberta's Smith says she doesn't see 'an appetite' for provincial pension planFormer Alberta minister calls for government transparency, tables cabinet notes EDMONTON -- The former Alberta cabinet minister removed from caucus says he's been pestering the government in question period and tabling a series of documents in the legislature in an effort to provide transparency.EDMONTON -- A judge has granted Alberta's government its request to question the former head of the provincial health authority about confidential emails she is accused of keeping and sharing without permission.EDMONTON -- Alberta's transportation minister is calling on the province's two major cities to remove bike lanes from key roadways, prompting critics to say the government is overstepping and making an issue out of nothing.EDMONTON -- Alberta's transportation minister is asking the city of Edmonton to cancel an ongoing bike lane project, saying the city should be working to increase vehicle capacity rather than reduce it.EDMONTON -- Alberta's United Conservative Party has expelled its former infrastructure minister from caucus over his repeated criticism of the government's handling of the health-care contract scandal.EDMONTON -- Alberta's United Conservative Party says it has expelled former infrastructure minister Peter Guthrie from caucus over his repeated criticism of the government's handling of the health-care contract scandal.EDMONTON -- Alberta is without a chief medical officer of health, as the government says Dr. Mark Joffe's contract expired this week.EDMONTON -- Two of the Alberta Law Foundation's provincially appointed board members have resigned in protest over proposed legislation that they say amounts to political interference in how vulnerable people access the justice system.EDMONTON -- Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says Alberta's measles outbreak isn't dire enough for the province's top doctor for public health to address the public, despite mounting calls for the government to do more to stop the spread.A new version of a government-commissioned report about Alberta's inactive oil wells and what to do about them now says the province should manage a new insurance fund, rather than backstop it with taxpayer funding.Montana electricity generators not treated unfairly: Alberta utilities ministerEDMONTON -- Alberta's government is looking to regulate private online gambling websites in a move it says will capture lost revenue and protect bettors.Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says that in her first face-to-face meeting with the new prime minister she gave him an earful on wildfires and oil sales and warned him national unity hangs in the balance."I provided a specific list of demands the next prime minister, regardless of who that is, must address within the first six months of their...EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says that in her first face-to-face meeting with the new prime minister she gave him an earful on wildfires and oil sales and warned him national unity hangs in the balance.EDMONTON -- With reports swirling of a weekend election call, Prime Minister Mark Carney came to Edmonton on Thursday to meet with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, announce more money to rebuild fire-ravaged Jasper and go for a skate with the Edmonton Oilers.EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney are meeting today for the first time since he was sworn into office last week.EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending a nearly 23 per cent increase to her office's budget, saying it's coming at the expense of the Energy Ministry as her office assumes some formal and financial responsibility for promoting the province's oil and gas industry.Despite calling for its demise for years, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she isn't phased by the new prime minister's move to kill the consumer carbon levy. On Friday -- moments after news broke that Prime Minister Mark Carney had eliminated the pricing scheme -- Smith told reporters in Calgary the real test of the new federal government will be...EDMONTON -- Despite calling for its demise for years, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she isn't phased by the new prime minister's move to kill the consumer carbon levy.EDMONTON -- Alberta's front line health agency says it fired its leader earlier this year not because she was investigating corruption but because she was an"alarming" failure at her job.Jack FarrellEDMONTON -- A rural United Conservative Party backbencher kicked out of caucus for threatening to vote against the Alberta government's budget says he's disappointed but not ruling out a return to the party.EDMONTON -- A rural United Conservative backbencher kicked out of caucus last week for opposing the government's budget says he's disappointed but isn't ruling out a return to the party.Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing calls to cancel a speaking appearance with conservative media personality Ben Shapiro at a fundraiser for Florida-based PragerU. PragerU, a conservative content company, describes itself as an educational media platform devoted to furthering U.S. values.EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing calls to cancel a speaking appearance with conservative media personality Ben Shapiro at a fundraiser for Florida-based PragerU.EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is working on a deal to send scores of its controversial stash of unused children's pain medication to Ukraine.EDMONTON -- For the second time in under a week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing pushback from within her own United Conservative caucus.EDMONTON -- A rural United Conservative Party backbencher says the Alberta government's new budget is indefensible and that he won't be supporting it unless major changes are made.EDMONTON -- Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky might be in the penalty box in the minds of many Canadians right now, but one Alberta-based superfan says his admiration for the Great One remains intact.EDMONTON -- Critics say the Alberta government's proposed health-care and education spending in its new budget won't address long-standing problems in either sector.EDMONTON -- One day after quitting cabinet and calling out his own government, Peter Guthrie returned to the house Wednesday, sat in the back row and looked at his phone while the Opposition NDP used his words to attack his colleagues.Eight unique hunting licences issued by the Alberta government have sold for the equivalent of C$350,000 at an auction in Utah.EDMONTON -- One of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's cabinet ministers is calling for Health Minister Adriana LaGrange to be moved out after allegations of high-level corruption surrounding health contracts.EDMONTON -- Alberta's health ministry says two proposed private surgery clinics at the centre of allegations of high-level government corruption remain in limbo.Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Health Minister Adriana LaGrange has her full support as they navigate allegations of high-level government corruption in medical contracts.EDMONTON -- Alberta's law society has formally reprimanded former provincial justice minister Kaycee Madu and ordered him to pay nearly $39,000 in costs.EDMONTON -- Alberta's government says it has dismantled the board of Alberta Health Services -- for the second time in nearly as many years -- and appointed a high-ranking bureaucrat as administrator.EDMONTON -- Alberta's government says it has dismantled the board of Alberta Health Services and appointed a high-ranking bureaucrat as official administrator.Every Saturday, Peter Mansbridge provides thoughtful takes on this week's news stories. 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