Former Wildrose Party Leader Brian Jean is denying rumours he's returning to political life.

Brian Jean and his wife Kim welcomed a baby girl on Wednesday, Feb. 13.

The Alberta Advantage Party held it's inaugural Annual General Meeting Saturday

A founding member of Alberta's Wildrose Party is now the leader of the province's newest official political party, which some people believe will compete for support mainly from right-of-centre voters.

A United Conservative Party (UCP) nomination candidate for Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin is apologizing for a post shared on her Facebook page, the latest in a series of social media scandals surrounding UCP nomination candidates or members.

A member of Alberta's United Conservative caucus says he isn't planning to run in the next provincial election, explaining that open-heart surgery in the past year has left him frequently exhausted.

Brian Jean, the United Conservative MLA for Fort McMurray-Conklin and former Wildrose Party leader, is resigning from his seat in the Alberta legislature.

Don MacIntyre, MLA for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, resigned from the United Conservative Party Caucus on Friday citing family reasons.

Schweitzer says the new United Conservative Party won't be a credible voice for fiscal management if it can't keep its caucus out of a projected $337,000-deficit this year.

Former Wildrose members who felt betrayed by their party's decision to merge with the Progressive Conservatives have already held a meeting to begin the process of creating a new conservative party in Alberta. As of Wednesday afternoon, they even have a name reserved for when or if their party comes to be: the Alberta Advantage Party.