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Nenshi accuses Smith’s UCP of playing blame game over Calgary water mainNaheed Nenshi was Calgary’s mayor during part of the time when, a report says, projects to inspect and perform maintenance on the water line were deferred for other priorities.PoliticsJan 20
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Danielle Smith blames former Calgary mayor Nenshi for city’s water woesPremier Danielle Smith is laying Calgary’s latest water problems squarely at the feet of her chief political rival: former mayor and current Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi.PoliticsJan 2
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Indigenous chiefs head to Alberta legislature to push province to nip separatism pushThe comments came after First Nations chiefs across the province unanimously called on members of the legislature to hold a non-confidence vote against the government.PoliticsMar 10
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Indigenous Chiefs gather at legislature, pressure Alberta to quash separatism pushFifty First Nations chiefs, councillors and elders gathered at Alberta's legislature, calling on the UCP government to stomp out the push for the province to leave Canada.PoliticsMar 9
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Multibillion-dollar budget deficit on tap as Alberta introduces its 2026 budgetAlberta's UCP government is expected to table a budget on Thursday afternoon that is at least $6.4 billion in the red, largely due to slumping world oil prices.Temp CategoryFeb 26
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Immigration, medical assistance in dying on agenda as Alberta legislature resumesThe Alberta legislature is set to reconvene today, with the government's new budget to be tabled Thursday.PoliticsFeb 24
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Alberta to boost doctor spending by 22% as detail of upcoming budget sharedDanielle Smith said Alberta will spend $7.7 billion on doctors in 2026-27 — one of the first major details to come out of what's expected to be a budget filled with red ink.PoliticsFeb 23
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Ottawa, Alberta reach prospective agreement on major project assessmentsAlberta Premier Danielle Smith says in a news release the agreement is a meaningful step forward and should mean shovels hit the ground faster.PoliticsMar 6
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‘Can’t run a deficit’: Calgary businesses prepare for incoming property tax hikeAlberta Premier Danielle Smith defended the property tax increase, and noted it is meant to cover a third of the education operating budget this year.EconomyMar 5
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Alberta ‘shooting itself in the foot’ by blaming immigrants, say expertsImmigration experts say the UCP's proposed changes to immigration policies could turn immigrants away when they're still badly needed in some sectors of Alberta's economy.PoliticsFeb 23
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Alberta premier warns ‘significant’ deficits to come, rules out tax hikes or big cutsWith the price of oil trading well below where the government of Alberta forecast it to be, Premier Danielle Smith warns that "significant" deficits are in store for the province.EconomyFeb 10
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Hundreds line up in Calgary to sign petition urging vote on Alberta separationHundreds of people lined up on Calgary's Stampede grounds on Monday to sign a petition calling on the province to hold a referendum on Alberta's separation from Canada.PoliticsJan 26
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she hasn’t signed separatist petitionAlberta Premier Danielle Smith claims she has not signed a petition that is currently gathering signatures calling for a referendum on pulling the province out of Confederation.PoliticsFeb 13
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Opposition calls on premier to reconvene Alberta legislature over hospital crisisCalls for urgent health-care system measures have intensified since the death last month of a man who waited nearly eight hours in an Edmonton emergency department.HealthJan 20
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Calgary lifts water restrictions, officials say Bearspaw pipe fixed and stableThe City of Calgary says tests on a repaired water main have been successful and all water restrictions in the city and surrounding communities are now lifted.CanadaJan 16
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2026 Alberta budget taxes criticized as ‘another version of equalization’Terrible. Another version of equalization. Those are a few of the terms being used to describe the 2026 Alberta budget tabled in the provincial legislature in Edmonton on Thursday.EconomyFeb 26
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Smith MLAs have signed referendum petition, Alberta separatist claimsA leader of Alberta's separatist movement says some members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus have signed the petition.CanadaJan 30
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Stephen Carter, veteran campaign manager in Alberta, to lead Manitoba Tory effortVeteran political strategist, Stephen Carter, who helped Naheed Nenshi win the 2010 Calgary mayor's race, will manage the Manitoba P.C. campaign in the next provincial election.PoliticsDec 5, 2025
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Current, former Calgary councillors say they weren’t aware of feeder main’s fragilityFormer Calgary city councillors who served over the last 20 years said they were unaware of the criticality of the Bearspaw feeder main.CanadaJan 9
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B.C. premier calls meeting between Alberta separatists, Trump officials ‘treason’B.C. Premier David Eby is condemning reports of meetings between Alberta separatists and U.S. officials to discuss separation from Canada, accusing them of 'treason.'PoliticsJan 29