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Details of Danielle Smith's spending cut committee revealed
Documents obtained through an access-to-information request show the cabinet committee met throughout fall 2024. Emails also identify a handful of UCP backbenchers participating in the review panel.
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First Nations life expectancy 19 years lower than other Albertans
The average First Nations lifespan is now nearly two decades shorter than other Albertans, data from Alberta Health reveals
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Students sue Alberta Government and Education Minister
Four students with disabilities are suing the Government of Alberta and Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides for what they allege is “intentional and flagrant discrimination” and denial of their right to education.
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Residents pick up province's property tax tab, municipalities say
Municipalities say the province has been shorting them on grant payments made in place of property taxes, and it has fallen to ratepayers to shoulder the extra costs.
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Rural Albertans with disabilities wait years for supports: report
Half of the families surveyed said delays and barriers within FSCD led to missed developmental opportunities, and ten per cent said it interfered with their child’s school attendance.
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Alberta announces name, start date for continuing care agency
Alberta’s new continuing care agency will officially be established on April 1 and is expected to be up and running by fall 2025.
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Timeline of how lobbyists with ties to UCP pushed coal policy rewrite
The coal industry hired at least 14 government insiders to lobby for favourable policy changes, records show.
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Climate risk score for Canadian real estate in works
Although data exists to forecast future risk to a home from wildfire, flood, and other increasingly common extreme weather, it is not readily available in Canadian real estate.
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Alberta storms caused record insurance losses in 2024
Extreme weather events caused a record breaking $8 billion in insured losses in 2024, with the Jasper wildfires and Calgary hailstorm contributing nearly half of all insured damage in Canada.
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'Degraded and helpless': Spike in reported abuse in Alberta's continuing care homes
In 2023-24, The Protection for Persons in Care (PPC) program investigated hundreds of reports of abuse. According to its annual report, investigators determined 157 of these allegations were founded — three times more than the previous year.
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