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Update: Wildrose wants new leader in place to fight spring election
The Wildrose Party will almost certainly have a new permanent leader — chosen from a likely field of at least four candidates — in place to fight a potential spring election after all. Wildrose...
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Brian Jean enters Wildrose leadership race
Brian Jean launched his bid for the Wildrose leadership Wednesday, saying his former Conservative colleague Jim Prentice is “getting it wrong” as premier and he can do a better job. But while Jean told...
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Former Wildrose MLA Jason Hale won't run for re-election
One former Wildrose MLA who defected to the Tory government is bowing out of politics while another who crossed the floor says she’s “in the fight of my life” for a Progressive Conservative nomination...
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Brian Jean more committed than ever after son's death, says campaign manager
Wildrose leadership candidate Brian Jean is more determined than ever to win the party leadership race following the death of his youngest son this week, says his campaign manager. Cam Davies said...
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Election digest: Wildrose's Fildebrandt challenges Campbell to debate
Wildrose candidate Derek Fildebrandt is challenging Tory Finance Minister Robin Campbell to a debate as the two parties spar over their respective fiscal plans ahead of the May 5 provincial election....
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Federal tax deadline could cause budget problems for Alberta's new NDP...
Alberta’s incoming NDP government could face a budget hole running into the hundreds of millions of dollars as it moves to implement its first financial plan, thanks to the federal-provincial deadline...
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Alberta fiscal woes worse than PCs indicated, says Notley
Alberta’s fiscal challenges are greater than the Progressive Conservatives portrayed it to be and the NDP budget will have to be adjusted accordingly, Premier Rachel Notley said Wednesday. “There is no...
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Too late for promised student job program this year, says Notley
The NDP likely won’t be able to deliver a promised temporary jobs program that was supposed to employ 3,000 students this summer, but the new government is moving forward with another pledge to...
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Notley undecided on full audit of government books
Premier Rachel Notley says she’s not ruling out a full-scale audit of the province’s books after she and other NDP cabinet ministers warned of financial skeletons in the closet left by the former...
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NDP exploring options to boost rural bus service, says Mason
The New Democrats are rolling out a plan to restore rural bus service in many of the 150 Alberta towns and villages that lost the service three years ago, says Transportation and Infrastructure...
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Corporate tax increases to be introduced in June legislature sitting, says...
An Alberta business group says the new NDP government should hold off implementing the two point corporate tax hike it promised during the provincial election because of the state of the provincial...
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Legislature begins session under NDP Monday, and everyone is watching the money
Alberta’s Opposition Wildrose party is urging Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP not launch its new era Monday by spending billions of dollars with little explanation. The first session of the legislature...
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Smaller paycheques for Alberta's highest earners begin Oct. 1
Alberta’s highest income earners will be taking home less money — $11,000 a year less if you’re in the $400,000 tax bracket — starting Oct. 1, as the NDP government scraps Ralph Klein’s flat tax....
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David Dodge hired to help NDP draft Alberta's capital plan
EDMONTON — Alberta’s NDP government has recruited top gun financial adviser David Dodge to help it draft a multi-year plan to build roads, schools and hospitals. Premier Rachel Notley said the former...
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After a month on the job, Notley finds biggest challenge is managing...
After years of toiling on the opposition benches, NDP Premier Rachel Notley says it took a while to get used to heading a majority government. After her government selected the Speaker, deputy Speaker...
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Alberta provincial court judges awarded $30K wage hike
The annual salary paid to Alberta provincial court judges will jump $30,000 by next year under a new four-year deal awarded by an independent judicial compensation panel. Judges currently earning...
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Alberta takes $5M bath on sale of aircraft fleet
Alberta taxpayers took a $5-million bath on the sale of the government aircraft fleet, according to provincial finance documents. Although PC premier Jim Prentice boasted earlier this year the sale of...
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Watchdog investigates secret golf course deal as bill tops $10 million
The province’s financial watchdog is investigating a secret and untendered deal inked a year ago between the former Tory regime and a private company with party connections that required taxpayers to...
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Alberta government pension plans not in peril after all: union
Alberta public sector pension liabilities dropped by more than $400 million last year, prompting labour leaders to say that’s proof the planned changes to the funds by former premier Alison Redford...
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Corporations owe Alberta $1.1B in unpaid taxes
Uncollected corporate taxes and penalties surged by over 25 per cent in Alberta last year, despite a stern warning from the province’s financial watchdog that the government needs to do a better job of...
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