Alberta Budget 2013

• Downtown arena funding remains up in the air following provincial budget

  EDMONTON- Should the City of Edmonton be coming up with a backup plan for how it will fund the downtown arena project? That seems to be the $100 million question, following Thursday's provincial budget announcement.

  Politics

  Mar 9, 2013
  
• Post-secondary institutions speak out following funding cuts

  EDMONTON- Post-secondary institutions are digesting the news of funding cuts, following the release of Alberta's budget Thursday afternoon.

  Education

  Mar 8, 2013
  
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• Great for patients, bad for business: province slashes prescription prices

  <p> </p> <p>The province—which sets the price of generic drugs—has cut the price in half, from 35 per cent of brand name costs to 18 per cent. </p>

  Mar 8, 2013
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• Alberta radio host shares his budget concerns in a rap song

  <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> EDMONTON – When Roger Kingkade heard about this year’s provincial budget, he was upset for a number reasons. So, he decided to voice his concerns in a creative way: a 90 second rap song.</span>

  Mar 8, 2013
• Local student groups worried about fee increases

  Colleges and universities are facing a nearly seven per cent cut in operating funds, after last year's budget promise of a two per cent increase per year over a three year term.

  Mar 8, 2013
• Confusing budget numbers leave experts shaking their heads

  Doug Horner spoke at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on Friday, and admits many people are still unclear about exactly how much the province is in the red.

  Mar 8, 2013
• ‘This budget will bite’: Alberta Federation of Labour

  There's no denying the public sector took a hard hit in the 2013 Alberta Budget. In fact, Gil McGowan, the President of the Alberta Federation of Labour claims it introduces the deepest cuts across the public sector that we've seen in the province since what he describes as "the worst days of the Klein era."

  Politics

  Mar 8, 2013
• Alberta MLAs React to 2013 Budget on Social Media

  <p> Alberta MLAs React to 2013 Budget on Social Media Alberta is in the red. The government of Alberta delivered its provincial budget for 2013-2014 Thursday and the numbers paint a very different picture than last year. The province will carry a net deficit of $1.97 billion. The Sustainability Fund was used t</p>

  Mar 8, 2013
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• Alberta’s Official Opposition releases its Wildrose Financial Recovery Plan

  <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> EDMONTON - One day after the Alberta government released its 2013-2014 budget, the Wildrose presented a fiscal plan of its own, which the party says would eliminate this year's projected operating deficit.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span>

  Mar 8, 2013
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• Province scraps Phase 2 of Strathcona County hospital

  <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> EDMONTON - The Alberta government has scrapped plans to build a second phase of the Strathcona County hospital, saying there isn’t enough demand in the area to justify a full-service, emergency-care facility.</span>

  Mar 8, 2013