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Commissioner for inquiry into anti-Alberta energy campaigns is independent and objective: lawyer
The commissioner heading Alberta’s inquiry into alleged foreign-funded attacks on the energy industry is independent and objective and should be allowed to complete the inquiry, his lawyer argued Friday.
Alberta's top doctor calls secret recordings of pandemic meetings a 'betrayal' of trust
Alberta's chief medical officer of health Thursday said she feels personally betrayed after CBC News reported the contents of secret recordings that revealed disagreements and, at times, political interference in the province's pandemic response.
Experts question Alberta's proposed plan to increase costs for seniors in care
Some health policy experts have expressed concerns about Alberta Health Services cost-cutting recommendations that, if implemented, would increase or introduce continuing care fees.
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Proposed $200M private orthopedic surgical facility would be largest in Alberta's history
A group that includes orthopedic surgeons, a developer and high-powered lobbyists says it has gained tentative political support from Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro for a proposal to build and operate what would be the largest private, contracted surgical facility in the province's history.
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Alberta health minister orders review 4 years after noose hung at Grande Prairie hospital
On June 24, 2016, a white South African-born surgeon tied a noose and taped it to the door of an operating room in the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Grande Prairie, Alta. He told another doctor the noose was for a Black Nigerian-born surgical assistant. On Thursday, four years after the incident, Alberta's health minister said he is ordering an independent investigation.
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Edmonton officer charged after Indigenous man violently kneed during arrest
An Edmonton police officer has been charged with assault following a violent August 2019 arrest, captured on video, in which an officer walks up to an Indigenous man under arrest and drives his knee into the prone man's back.
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RCMP dashcam video shows officer tackling, punching Chief Allan Adam during arrest
RCMP dashcam footage of the March arrest of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam shows an arriving officer jump-tackling the chief to the ground without warning, punching him in the head and putting him in a chokehold.
UCP hires former federal Conservative party official tied to Scheer expense controversy
Alberta’s United Conservative Party has hired the former executive director of the federal Conservative Party, who left his previous job amid the controversy involving leader Andrew Scheer’s use of party funds for his children’s private school tuition.
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Confusion, frustration over delay in promised staffing increases, pay top-up for health-care aides
Nearly a month after the UCP government announced a wage top-up for health-care aides in continuing care facilities, the government is just now providing more details about that increased funding, which aides have not seen yet.
Calgary doctor says family fears for safety after confrontation with Health Minister Tyler Shandro
A Calgary physician who went public last week with allegations that Health Minister Tyler Shandro berated him at his home over a social media post says he and his family no longer feel safe after he said Premier Jason Kenney effectively condoned Shandro's behaviour.