- Cabinet minister crossed the line: failed health board candidate
- The executive director of a health-care lobbying group says Alberta's health minister went too far when he revealed the director was a failed candidate for a health board position. more »
- Alberta legislation would "draw curtain" over child welfare: NDP
- Embarrassed by a recent controversy over the delayed release of child welfare reports, the Alberta government will likely move next week to keep them secret in the future, an NDP critic says. more »
- Child welfare system not in crisis: Alberta children's advocate
- Alberta's child welfare system is not in a crisis, the province's child and youth advocate John Mould said Friday, adding he now regrets not completing his most recent annual reports on time. more »
- Position should report to legislature, not minister: former child advocate
- A former Alberta child and youth advocate said he supports Premier Ed Stelmach's pledge to study the role of the advocate and see how the position can be made more effective. more »
- Alberta premier defends minister against resignation calls
- Premier Ed Stelmach defended his minister of Children and Youth Services Tuesday after calls from the opposition for Janis Tarchuk's resignation. more »
- Foreign workers at striking Edmonton plant seek new work permits
- Temporary foreign workers at Maple Leaf Foods in Edmonton called on the government Tuesday to help them get new work permits so they can find employment somewhere else until the strike at the plant is resolved. more »
- Reports of mistreatment in Alberta child welfare system misleading: minister
- Alberta's minister of children and youth services said Tuesday that quarterly reports from the province's child and youth advocate don't paint a true picture of Alberta's child welfare system. more »
- NDP accuses province of hiding problems in child welfare system
- NDP MLA Rachel Notley accused the province Monday of failing to protect children in care and trying to hide problems with the child welfare system from the public. more »
- Province pushes up Henday interchange construction by a year
- The province is fast-tracking an interchange project in Edmonton's west end, Alberta's transportation minister announced Monday. more »
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More syringe reuse in Alberta hospitals
Oct. 31, 2008 | Wildrose Country
More syringe reuse in Alberta rural and urban hospitals detected today, this time in Vermillion and Llyodminster. We talk to a U of A nursing professor and practicing RN, Donna Wilson, about this disturbing story, and just how safe patient care is in our hosptial system. We also talk to the Health Quality Council of Alberta, the agency responsible for investigating patient safety issues in the province. (10:34)
Premier gets tough on crime 
Oct. 30, 2008 | Wildrose Country
Premier Ed Stelmach is putting repeat offenders in his crosshairs. We find out about a new Alberta project that targets people who keep committing crimes from CBC legislature reporter, John Archer. We also find out what the Premier had to say about the use of tasers by police. (5:58)
Paul McLoughlin on syringe reuse controversy
Oct. 30, 2008 | Edmonton AM
Paul McLoughlin, Edmonton's eye on the legislature analyses the province's response to the syringe reuse controversy at High Prairie hospital. (5:43)
MLA's reaction to nursing home closure
Oct. 28, 2008 | Calgary Eyeopener
Lethbridge is about to lose one of its two nursing homes. We hear why the MLA for Lethbridge East thinks this is just the beginning of more government cutbacks.
Thousands face infection risk 
Oct. 27, 2008 | CBC News
About 2,700 former patients of the High Prairie Health Complex in High Prairie, Alta., may be tested for infection after officials discovered that syringes may have been used on multiple patients to administer medication through IV lines. (2:31)
Alberta beef producers have a beef with agriculture minister
Oct. 27, 2008 | Wildrose Country
With worldwide concerns about meat safety, the Alberta government is spending $356 million dollars on a program to trace the path a cow takes from the field to becoming food on the table. Alberta Beef Producers chairman and a Cochrane-area rancher, Erik Butters, says some of the provincial program's mandatory requirements won't work. (8:35)
Extended interview: John Mould
Oct. 24, 2008 | CBC News
Listen to reporter John Archer's full interview with John Mould, Alberta's child and youth advocate. (16:56)
Extended interview: NDP MLA Rachel Notley
Oct. 24, 2008 | CBC News
Listen to reporter Charles Rusnell's full interview with NDP MLA Rachel Notley, who responds to John Mould's news interview earlier today. (5:58)
NDP MLA wants minister Tarchuk to resign
Oct. 24, 2008 | Edmonton AM
CBC Radio's Ron Wilson speaks with NDP MLA Rachel Notley who is asking for the regisnation of Janice Tarchuk, Minister of Alberta children and youth services. (4:49)
Minister Tarchuk responds to resignation calls
Oct. 24, 2008 | Edmonton AM
CBC Radio's Ron Wilson speaks with Alberta's minister of children and youth services about calls for her resignation. On Monday, Oct. 20, NDP MLA Rachel Notley released information from the ministry's quarterly reports that revealed children were kept in unsafe or inappropriate foster homes. (8:11)
Analysis from Paul McLoughlin
Oct. 23, 2008 | Edmonton AM
CBC Radio's eye on the Alberta legislature distills this week's controversy at the ministry of children and youth services. (5:02)
Children and youth services controversy
Oct. 22, 2008 | Calgary Eyeopener
CBC Radio's Jim Brown speaks with NDP Leader Brian Mason who is calling for the resignation of Children and Youth Services Minister Janis Tarchuk.
Former child advocate blames the system and lack of leadership
Oct. 22, 2008 | Wildrose Country
The safety of Alberta's most vulnerable children, those in the care of social services, is under scrutiny this week with the release of some reports by the province's Child Advocate. Alberta's NDP is calling for the resignation of the Minister of Children and Youth Services. We talk to a former child advocate and ask how the system is working for or failing our children. (9:32)
Alberta's ministry of children and youth services under fire
Oct. 21, 2008 | Wildrose Country
A storm is brewing in the Alberta Legislature over the way the government releases important information -- particularly about the situations of its most vulnerable children. We talk to NDP MLA Rachel Notley about her concerns, and why her party is speaking out following the release of a Freedom of Information request into the reports of the province's Children's Advocate. (9:29)
Alberta's privatized liquor industry
Oct. 20, 2008 | Calgary Eyeopener
Liquor sales in this province were privatized 15 years ago. We look at whether or not some of the promises and concerns ever materialized.
Terrorism or vandalism of Encana pipeline?
Oct. 17, 2008 | Wildrose Country
Our environment columnist has been watching the case of sabotage on Encana pipelines near Dawson Creek with concern. Andrew Nikiforuk says there are many paralells between those bombings and the story of Weibo Ludwig that he tells in his Governor General award-winning book, Saboteurs. (8:14)
Crammed P3 schools
Oct. 16, 2008 | Calgary Eyeopener
Calgary is getting nine new schools - but a parent lobby group says the classrooms are being designed to hold more students than current provincial targets. And that could have an impact on parents, teachers, and students.
New rules for Alberta bartenders
Oct. 8, 2008 | Wildrose Country
We look at recommendations that will soon become mandatory in bars to prevent patrons from getting drunk. We speak with Kent Verlik, the Director of Social Responsibility for the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission. (Runs 5:45)
Oilsands impact on the Great Lakes basin
Oct. 8, 2008 | Wildrose Country
A new report is alerting people in central Canada to beware of an expansion plan for oil refineries and pipelines from the oilsands. The University of Toronto's Munk Centre report says it amounts to a pollution delivery system with implications for the area's water and air. We talk to the author of the report, David Israelson. (Runs 8:46)
Alberta public institutions lose money in market crash
Oct. 7, 2008 | Wildrose Country
As the markets continue to go haywire, many of us could be affected in ways we may never have considered. For instance, our cities' investments, our post secondary institutions, and our Alberta Heritage Savings and Trust Fund. Public finance economist, Greg Flanagan, has been looking through the numbers and tells us more. (Runs 7:53)
Canadian economists call for a carbon tax
Oct. 7, 2008 | Wildrose Country
More than 230 economists from universities across Canada have issued an open letter today. It's addressed to the leaders of all federal parties, calling for an economic plan of action on climate change now. We talk to one of the signatories, Andrew Leach, an economics professor at the University of Alberta. (Runs 8:46)
