Premier Danielle Smith, with Alberta enjoying billions of dollars in surplus cash, announced on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, a batch of inflation-fighting relief aid, particularly for families, seniors and the vulnerable.
Alberta’s Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has made the province an international embarrassment by proclaiming those who didn’t get vaccinated during COVID-19 endured the worst discrimination she's seen in her lifetime.
Danielle Smith, sworn in on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, as Alberta's new premier, said she will shake up the top tier of the health system within three months and amend provincial human rights law to protect those who choose not to get vaccinated.
Danielle Smith delivered a dramatic political comeback on Thursday, October 6, 2022, winning the leadership of the United Conservative Party to become Alberta’s next premier almost eight years after she decimated the movement with an epic floor crossing.
Alberta’s lieutenant-governor says it's not a done deal that she would automatically sign off on a proposal from a United Conservative Party leadership candidate to pass a bill aimed at ignoring federal laws and court rulings.
After building the United Conservative Party, Jason Kenney must now watch as the contenders to the throne he built compete to see who can debase it most creatively.
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says she will not run in the race to replace Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, characterizing his United Conservative caucus and party as rife with anger, intrigue and implacable division.
After leading the Wildrose Party to defeat in a 2012 Alberta election and betraying her own caucus by crossing the floor to the governing Progressive Conservatives in 2014, Danielle Smith is taking one last kick at the can with her bid to become leader of the United Conservative Party.