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Analysis
How province kept rein on health contracting, despite what Danielle Smith says
CBC News has obtained documents that lay out extensive government influence over AHS contracts with private surgery clinics and more.
Ex-minister Guthrie on 'probation,' barred from UCP caucus meetings after quitting cabinet
The UCP MLA demanded the health minister's removal during the Alberta Health Services probe. A day after he left cabinet, he entered a 30-day caucus probation.
Analysis
On Day 1 of Trump's trade war, Danielle Smith held back her fire
The prime minister and other premiers addressed the public in angered and frustrated terms, and spoke of retaliation to Donald Trump's tariffs. Alberta's premier issued a written statement and went on U.S. business TV.
Analysis
Trump tariffs and tax cut have Alberta's finance minister seeing red (ink)
Nate Horner really didn't want a deficit. But he has one, thanks to a new threat and an old campaign pledge.
LaGrange orders rule change to lock in Andre Tremblay as AHS interim CEO
Andre Tremblay, the one-man board of directors at AHS, amended policies to effectively ensure that he'd be the only leader of AHS until agency restructuring is complete.
Alberta cabinet member urges Danielle Smith to remove health minister
Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie is urging that the premier remove Health Minister Adriana LaGrange from her post during investigations into AHS and allegations of her interference.
Former AHS CEO's lawsuit alleges pressure to sign private surgery deals she believed were overpriced
The former CEO of Alberta Health Services has filed a $1.7-million wrongful dismissal lawsuit against AHS and the province, claiming she was fired because she’d launched an investigation and forensic audit into various contracts and deals with private surgical companies.
Activist group Take Back Alberta and founder fined $120K by elections agency
Influential pro-UCP group found to have violated multiple political finance rules. But leader David Parker insists its activities shouldn't count as political advertising.
Alberta government axes AHS board — again — in latest health reform move
Interim CEO of Alberta Health Services will replace all directors as Adriana LaGrange's ministry heads search for new leadership of a diminished agency.
Analysis
U.S. tariffs on Canada: (Almost) nobody wants this, except the guy who really does
The American public dislikes them, along with business leaders, many Republicans and nearly all experts. But Trump has a zeal on the import taxes, and surrounding himself with like-minded figures.