Feb 1 2023 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — EDMONTON — Jason Kenney, more than three months after stepping down as Alberta’s premier, has landed a new role as a Calgary-based adviser in law firm Bennett Jones. Kenney, who is also a former federal cabinet minister, will work in the public policy ...
Jan 27 2023 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — EDMONTON — An email probe into whether Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s office interfered with Crown prosecutors took a confusing turn Friday after two government spokespeople delivered duelling statements that raised questions over how far back the se...
Jan 26 2023 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition leader says Premier Danielle Smith's assurance of a thorough investigation into allegations of interference with Crown prosecutors is "an empty talking point" given new details on the search itself. NDP Leader Rachel Not...
Jan 25 2023 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s promise to assemble a panel of medical experts to deliver ongoing advice on public health and COVID-19 will be covered off by former Reform Party Leader Preston Manning’s pandemic review, her office said Wedn...
Jan 24 2023 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — EDMONTON — Alberta Opposition Leader Rachel Notley says if her NDP was to win the spring election, it would scrap a COVID-19 review panel led by former Reform Party leader Preston Manning. Notley says Premier Danielle Smith should be focused on helpin...
Jan 21 2023 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has asked for an email search this weekend to determine if her staff have been contacting Crown prosecutors and interfering in cases involving the Coutts, Alta., border crossing blockade. Smith made the announc...
Jan 17 2023 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she won't introduce legislation to pardon those convicted of COVID-19 public health violations because she has been advised to let the courts handle it. Smith says she is following the direction of Justic...
Jan 16 2023 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is no longer pursuing amnesty for COVID-19 health-rule violators because Canada doesn’t work that way. “Because we’ve been so influenced by the (United) States, I think that some people think that a pr...
Jan 14 2023 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has delivered a third version of what she discussed with justice officials over how to handle the prosecution of people charged with breaking COVID-19 health rules. Smith told her Corus radio show Saturday tha...
Jan 13 2023 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violations. “She’s scrambling. She is either lying now or s...
Jan 13 2023 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violations. “She’s scrambling. She is either lying now or s...
Jan 10 2023 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith won’t commit to using Alberta's controversial sovereignty act to rebut looming federal “just transition” legislation, which she calls an existential threat to her province’s bedrock oil and gas industry. Smith says th...
Dec 29 2022 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith’s wood-panelled third-floor legislature office is bereft of bric-a-brac. There are no pictures, mementoes or books — only a small stack of Alberta sovereignty act bills perched on her desk. The décor is less by desig...
Dec 16 2022 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition NDP says the first sitting under Premier Danielle Smith was a short, chaotic mess with the passage of a sovereignty act that dooms the province to confusion over who follows which laws. NDP house leader Christina Gray sa...
Dec 8 2022 — Dean Bennett — The Canadian Press — EDMONTON — Alberta’s NDP Opposition leader says Premier Danielle Smith's comments rejecting the legitimacy of the federal government betray her unspoken plan to lay the groundwork for eventual separation. Rachel Notley cited Smith’s comments to the hou...