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EDMONTON -- The former federal cabinet minister responsible for the law dictating what happens after a provincial separation vote says Premier Danielle Smith must answer questions before a referendum.
EDMONTON -- Two Alberta-based francophone groups say bilingualism requirements for Canada's top court -- something Premier Danielle Smith is calling on Ottawa to relax -- should not be a political issue.
EDMONTON -- A second recall petition to oust a member of Alberta's legislature has failed after falling well short of the required signatures.
EDMONTON -- A second recall petition to oust a member of Alberta's legislature has failed after falling well short of required signatures.
EDMONTON -- A leader of Alberta's separatist movement says some members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus have signed the petition looking to force a vote on the province quitting Canada.
EDMONTON -- An Alberta town is once again thinking about becoming a city and the obstacles in its way -- including a road.
STONY PLAIN -- An hour after the doors opened Thursday at a community centre west of Edmonton, an employee poked her head in to make sure the crowd was still under its 650-person fire capacity.
STONY PLAIN -- Hundreds of people braved bone-chilling temperatures today at a community centre just west of Edmonton to sign a petition to force a vote on Alberta leaving Canada.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's education minister says he's taking an unsuccessful recall petition launched against him as a new vote of confidence for the government.
EDMONTON -- Two former Progressive Conservative justice ministers and nearly 30 other lawyers are denouncing Alberta's government for what they say are self-serving legal manoeuvres and "unacceptable" attacks on the justice system.
EDMONTON -- Two former Progressive Conservative justice ministers are among more than 30 lawyers speaking out against Alberta's government for what they say is "unacceptable" conduct.
EDMONTON -- The first of more than two dozen recall petitions launched against members of Alberta's legislature has come up short.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on Ottawa to further speed up its approval process for major projects, saying she wants to see applications approved within six months.
EDMONTON -- A report says poor weather and a plane's disabled warning system led it to crash near Yellowknife, prompting a dramatic military rescue during a blizzard.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's two biggest school divisions say dozens of library books have been taken off the shelves as the province's ban on sexually explicit material took effect this week.
EDMONTON -- A petitioner looking to oust an Alberta cabinet ministers says she has a huge task ahead, as the campaign nears its deadline for signature collection.
EDMONTON -- Elections Alberta issued three more recall petitions Tuesday for members of the provincial legislature -- two United Conservative backbenchers and one Opposition New Democrat.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's election agency announced Monday it has approved a proposed referendum question on the province separating from Canada.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's election agency says it has approved a proposed referendum question on the province separating from Canada.
EDMONTON -- Elections Alberta is getting $6.7 million in extra funding to handle the sudden outburst of recall petitions against legislature members.
EDMONTON -- Two advocacy groups fighting the Alberta government on its transgender laws say they're looking to keep one of their challenges alive by changing their argument in court.
EDMONTON -- Two advocacy groups fighting the Alberta government on transgender laws say they are switching tactics to continue their battle in court.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government has wrapped up a fall legislature sitting featuring landmark legislation that raised questions on where political authority should end and the rule of law begin.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's auditor general says the province needs a new framework for measuring and monitoring health-care system performance.
EDMONTON -- Danielle Smith has become the second Alberta premier – and the first in almost 90 years – to face a citizen-led petition drive to get her removed from her seat in the legislature.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's government has made last-minute changes to a bill after the province's chief electoral officer warned it would impede the independence of his office.
EDMONTON -- Elections Alberta announced Wednesday a recall petition has been issued for Premier Danielle Smith and two more of her United Conservative Party cabinet ministers.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government and a member of the Opposition NDP are in a standoff over questions in the legislature.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government and a member of the Opposition NDP are in a standoff over questions in the legislature.
EDMONTON -- An Alberta judge says a bill introduced this week by Premier Danielle Smith's government is undemocratic.
EDMONTON -- An Alberta judge says a bill introduced this week by Premier Danielle Smith's government is undemocratic.
EDMONTON -- The list of Alberta politicians facing recall petitions continues to grow -- and now includes the Opposition NDP.
EDMONTON -- A woman looking to launch a recall petition to oust Alberta Premier Danielle Smith from her seat in the legislature says her campaign has been officially approved.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's privacy watchdog is raising concerns about a new government bill that would add health-care numbers to driver's licences and other forms of identification.
EDMONTON -- The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour says Premier Danielle Smith only has herself to blame for her United Conservative Party caucus facing more than a dozen recall petitions.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party caucus isn't afraid to defend its record as its faces more than a dozen recall campaigns.
EDMONTON -- Nine members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are now facing recall petitions - enough to potentially tip the balance of power in the legislature.
EDMONTON -- Nine members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are now facing recall petitions - enough to potentially tip the balance of power in the legislature.
EDMONTON -- Nine members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are now facing recall petitions - enough to potentially tip the balance of power in the legislature.
EDMONTON -- A third member of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus is now officially the target of a petition to get him recalled from his job as a member of the legislature.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's chief electoral officer has approved a third recall petition application against a United Conservative Party legislature member.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is distancing herself from a multimillion-dollar lab testing debacle involving the former private provider DynaLife.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's auditor general estimates the government's failed effort to privatize community lab testing services left taxpayers on the hook for about $109 million.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta cabinet minister in charge of primary care says legislation is coming -- but won't provide details -- amid reports the province plans to let doctors work in the public and private health systems simultaneously as they see fit.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's cabinet minister in charge of primary health care is facing questions on possible major changes in how family doctors operate.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's government has tabled legislation to add health-care numbers and mandatory citizenship markers to driver's licences and identification cards.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Canada recently losing its measles elimination status is concerning, but her government might not have many other options on the table to help get it back.
An Alberta legislature member is going on the attack against one of her own constituents.
EDMONTON -- Reintroducing coal-powered electricity to Alberta's grid and restricting which flags are flown on public property are among dozens of new policy proposals being brought forward by grassroots members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government has no plans to change provincial recall legislation, at least for the moment.
The man who launched a petition drive to oust United Conservative Party legislature member Angela Pitt says she needs to go because she's not getting the job done.
EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on the federal government to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause to overturn a new Supreme Court ruling on child pornography.
EDMONTON -- A new report recommends Alberta's two major cities get more seats in the provincial legislature in time for the 2027 election.
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government is paying out $95 million to a coal mining company to end another one of the lawsuits launched against it over its policy flip-flop.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's government is ending its hybrid work policy, mandating all provincial employees return to the office full-time starting early next year.
EDMONTON -- Alberta's Opposition NDP says it will fight the government's looming plan to introduce a bill to force striking teachers back to work.
EDMONTON -- Vote counting in Alberta's municipal and school board elections has resumed.
EDMONTON -- Albertans are set to pick their next mayors and councillors today as municipal elections take place across the province.
EDMONTON -- The union representing Alberta teachers says its has turned down a request from the government to end a provincewide strike on Monday and go through enhanced mediation.
EDMONTON -- Alberta may no longer be known as "Wild Rose Country" -- at least on its licence plates.