Carrie Tait

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Carrie Tait, Tom Cardoso

Alberta ends procurement talks with two firms tied to businessman at centre of health care controversy

Alberta’s health agency has cancelled negotiations with two companies owned in part by Sam Mraiche, the Edmonton businessman at the centre of the province’s procurement controversy. The companies were in talks with Alberta Health Services to open private surgical facilities. Matt Jones, the Minister of Hospital and Surgical Health Services, made the surprise announcement in the legislature on Tuesday, saying...

Carrie Tait, Tom Cardoso, Matthew Scace

Details of Premier’s ties to businessman underscore need for public probe, Alberta NDP says

Alberta’s Official Opposition on Sunday said a Globe and Mail story documenting ties between Premier Danielle Smith’s government and an Edmonton businessman underscore the need for a public inquiry into the province’s health care procurement practices. New Democratic Party Leader Naheed Nenshi said The Globe’s investigation detailing links between executive Sam Mraiche and Ms. Smith’s government reveal “deep, deep, deep”...

Tom Cardoso, Carrie Tait, Stephanie Chambers

Alberta health officials were also directors at a company linked to a supplier

Two of the most senior purchasing officials at Alberta Health Services in 2022 were also briefly directors of a numbered company with ties to a supplier that has been awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in business by the health agency, The Globe and Mail has found. Corporate filings show that in October, 2022, Jitendra Prasad and Blayne Iskiw –...

Carrie Tait, Tom Cardoso, Stephanie Chambers

Former chief of staff to Alberta Premier lived in home owned by Sam Mraiche’s sister

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s former chief of staff lived in a $1.6-million Edmonton home owned by the sister of Sam Mraiche, a businessman whose dealings with the provincial health authority are subject to multiple investigations. Marshall Smith, who served as the Premier‘s chief of staff between October, 2022, and October, 2024, lived at the property, not far from the University...

Carrie Tait

Alberta Justice Minister has personal relationship with man whose businesses are tied to AHS investigation

Alberta’s Justice Minister is a long-time friend and related through marriage to a man whose companies’ business dealings with the province’s health authority are now part of multiple investigations. Mickey Amery, who also serves as the United Conservative Party’s deputy house leader, confirmed his relationship to Sam Mraiche, whose businesses are tied to a lawsuit and multiple investigations, including by...

Carrie Tait, Alanna Smith

Alberta minister Peter Guthrie resigns over Danielle Smith’s handling of AHS allegations

An Alberta cabinet minister resigned Tuesday morning to protest Premier Danielle Smith’s handling of allegations government officials pressed the provincial health authority to make deals favouring private businesses, deepening the crisis over the contracting and procurement affair.

Carrie Tait

Alberta Premier, ministers accepted NHL playoff tickets after voting to loosen ethics rules

Alberta cabinet ministers and government officials attended Stanley Cup playoff games in Edmonton as guests of a man whose company was involved in importing children’s medicine from Turkey, while the Premier and her staff attended a separate game in Vancouver with tickets provided by a director of a provincial Crown corporation, according to sources and attendees who spoke with The...

Carrie Tait

Lethbridge MLA resigns, opening potential seat for leadership hopeful Naheed Nenshi

One of Alberta’s most prominent New Democratic Party MLAs is set to resign, opening a potential seat for perceived leadership front-runner Naheed Nenshi and setting the stage for a feisty by-election in the southern part of the province. Shannon Phillips, who was first elected in Lethbridge-West in 2015, told The Globe and Mail she will step down on July 1...