Alberta NDP

Cash-strapped Alberta is banking on bad times getting better in a fingers-crossed budget that drips red ink but promises a hospital, new schools and more money for seniors and social services.

Sarah Hoffman said she was sorry on the record in the legislature on Tuesday and repeated her apology later outside the house.

Landowners have been frustrated, questioning how long it's taking the Alberta Energy Regulator and provincial government to deal with an oil and gas liability that could cost billions to clean up.

“The Koch brothers are infamous for their attacks on any move on climate policy and I think they see Alberta as a threat," said Keith Stewart of Greenpeace.

Alberta's climate change plan will be front and centre next week when politicians return to the legislature for the fall sitting.

Her government may not have the legal power to stop Ottawa from imposing its climate plan, but it’s warning the Trudeau government against pressing ahead without having the provinces on side.

Alberta's environment minister said the province must fill the power gap as coal-fired generation is eliminated by 2030.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says it was time to lock in minimum wage increases that guarantee workers will be paid $15 an hour by 2018.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley defended her government's recession-era budget, saying that, had the Conservatives won, they would have slashed spending on healthcare, and education.

Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci said at a press conference Tuesday that he has had to revise the projected deficit upward in his first−quarter fiscal update to almost $11 billion from $10.4 billion.

The Alberta NDP’s recent royalty review was a scandalous gift to industry at Albertans expense.

Premier Rachel Notley says there can’t be any unnecessary federal delays when it comes approving a new pipeline — any pipeline — to transport Alberta’s oil to international markets.

She says that having an oversized picture of her face tacked onto a cardboard target for golf balls is not the Alberta that she knows.

Canada's clean tech investment dropped 15 per cent in 2015 — down $2 billion from 2014 — most drastically in Alberta where government spending decreased by 89 per cent.

A fraction of provincial NDP delegates advocate for a moratorium on fracking, the controversial practice linked to 90 per cent of Alberta earthquakes.