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Trump tariffs and tax cut have Alberta's finance minister seeing red (ink)
Nate Horner really didn't want a deficit. But he has one, thanks to a new threat and an old campaign pledge.
LaGrange orders rule change to lock in Andre Tremblay as AHS interim CEO
Andre Tremblay, the one-man board of directors at AHS, amended policies to effectively ensure that he'd be the only leader of AHS until agency restructuring is complete.
Alberta cabinet member urges Danielle Smith to remove health minister
Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie is urging that the premier remove Health Minister Adriana LaGrange from her post during investigations into AHS and allegations of her interference.
Former AHS CEO's lawsuit alleges pressure to sign private surgery deals she believed were overpriced
The former CEO of Alberta Health Services has filed a $1.7-million wrongful dismissal lawsuit against AHS and the province, claiming she was fired because she’d launched an investigation and forensic audit into various contracts and deals with private surgical companies.
Activist group Take Back Alberta and founder fined $120K by elections agency
Influential pro-UCP group found to have violated multiple political finance rules. But leader David Parker insists its activities shouldn't count as political advertising.
Alberta government axes AHS board — again — in latest health reform move
Interim CEO of Alberta Health Services will replace all directors as Adriana LaGrange's ministry heads search for new leadership of a diminished agency.
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U.S. tariffs on Canada: (Almost) nobody wants this, except the guy who really does
The American public dislikes them, along with business leaders, many Republicans and nearly all experts. But Trump has a zeal on the import taxes, and surrounding himself with like-minded figures.
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Team Canada mates no more: How tariff threat put Ford and Smith on divergent tracks
Their firm disagreements on how to deal with Trump's trade ideas are rooted in their backgrounds, and in their backyards.
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Trudeau tried to exorcise family ghosts out west. His own spectre may linger
Early on, the Liberal leader made a surprising breakthrough in the heart of conservative oil country. But he also triggered fresh bitterness with his climate policies.
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Danielle Smith reworking Alberta's everything, everywhere all at once
The premier makes no apologies for an ambitious reform agenda. But the more a government dismantles and rebuilds, the more risk there is for road bumps, growing pains and outright mistakes.