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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 9, 2023 9:49 am Descrease article font size…

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s office says the province objects to Ottawa’s plan to extend eligibility for medically assisted death to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness. An update to assisted-dying law…

Premier Danielle Smith’s wood-panelled third-floor legislature office is bereft of bric-a-brac. There are no pictures, mementoes or books — only a small stack of Alberta sovereignty act bills perched on her desk.The decor is less by…

Treaty 6 chiefs say they have concluded that Premier Danielle Smith neither respects nor understands treaty rights and Indigenous history after hearing comments she made in the Alberta legislature Tuesday. Smith compared the treatment…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 24, 2022 8:47 am Descrease article font size…

Alberta’s new cabinet will be sworn in today at a ceremony at Government House in Edmonton. Premier Danielle Smith announced who would head the top tier of her government on Friday — a 27-member cabinet supported by 11 parliamentary…

The new leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party is to be sworn in as the province’s 19th premier Tuesday. Danielle Smith won the leadership race to replace Premier Jason Kenney last Thursday.Smith is scheduled to hold a media…

Alberta’s new premier-designate campaigned on a promise to push for greater autonomy for Alberta — and while she said that’s still a goal, it’s not her first priority. Late Thursday night, Danielle Smith won the UCP leadership race on…