Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange has banned school mask mandates and changed the rules to ensure that no school can move Grade 1 to 12 classes completely online.
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Tyler Shandro’s performative complaint about RCMP commissioner is all part of the UCP’s provincial police campaign
Alberta’s Justice Minister says he wants RCMP Commissioner Breda Lucki fired. It’s all about overcoming opposition the UCP’s provincial police plan, and keeping gun enthusiasts on side.
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Danielle Smith’s TV message to Albertans was brief, often uninformative, and not very persuasive
It’s doubtful “I’ve been listening to you” can change enough minds to salvage Danielle Smith’s approval ratings by next May 29, when an election is scheduled to take place.
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Danielle Smith essay calling for health care user fees and co-pays was not peer reviewed: U of C School of Public Policy
Danielle Smith’s musings about how to introduce user fees and co-pays to Alberta health care were only those of a former right-wing radio talk show host when they were published in June 2021.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s plans for health care? Brace yourself for user fees, co-pays, privatization and sly de-listing
“Once people get used to the concept of paying out of pocket for more things themselves then we can change the conversation on health care.” — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
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UCP fires AHS board, names sole administrator, promises big changes fast: No such thing will happen
The health-care strategy of Alberta Conservative governments in summary: “Nothing we’ve done to fix the problems in health care has worked for years! Let’s do the same thing again!”
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Don’t worry about contradictions in health minister’s mandate letter – those promises aren’t meant to be kept
Having boxed herself during her campaign to lead the United Conservative Party, Premier Danielle Smith had no choice but to promise to decentralize Alberta Health Services to appease her party’s rural base.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s pitch to Calgary’s mayor about trains to the airport, trains to Banff, sounds lighter than hot air
Calgary MP Michelle Rempel Garner complains that the premier’s LRT talk ignores the transportation needs of residents of her north Calgary federal riding.
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Dr. Deena Hinshaw is out – did the UCP appoint the Dr. Joffe the premier wanted to replace the chief medical officer of health?
The Strange Case of Dr. Joffe and Dr. Joffe: Did Premier Danielle Smith want the COVID contrarian Dr. Joffe when her health minister appointed the mask-mandate supporting Dr. Joffe?
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It was the spring of crypto-hope, now it’s the winter of crypto-despair … Calgary’s promised crypto-boom is off, eh?
Whatever are we to do now that the spring of crypto has given way to winter in Wild Rose Country? Premier Smith?
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Cometh the hour, cometh the mandate letter: Premier Smith turns to the important task of looking busy
It is not yet clear if Jason Kenney will adopt a diet of honey and wild locusts, as befits a prophet wandering in the wilderness, to go with his grizzled and Lula-like whiskers.
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Hot take: Premier Danielle Smith finally wins a seat in Brooks-Medicine Hat – with an unimpressive 54.5% of the vote
The NDP’s Gwendoline Dirk won the vote outright for the NDP within the boundaries of the City of Medicine Hat. Is that a harbinger of things to come when Calgary residents get a chance to vote?