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Canada ready to open its doors
16/05/2012 2:21:47 PM +00:00 Canada is ready to open its doors to expanded immigration, but only if the immigrants already here do better. The government is under huge pressure to increase immigration levels, according to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. It’s...
Alberta can win friends for oil sands, says energy minister
09/05/2012 3:30:49 PM +00:00 Facing increased scrutiny from across Canada and abroad, Alberta needs a “social licence” and strong environmental performance to continue growing its oil and gas industry, the province’s new energy minister says. Ken Hughes was the most prominent...
Premier unveils team tasked with change
09/05/2012 3:11:21 PM +00:00 Premier Alison Redford says her new 19-member cabinet announced Tuesday will undertake a bold agenda to bring about the change Albertans are demanding and that she has promised to deliver. Redford told reporters she has “incredible confidence” in her...
Environment and sustainable resource development merged into one department
09/05/2012 2:29:27 PM +00:00 Premier Alison Redford is combining the environment and sustainable resource development departments, uniting the ministry responsible for environmental monitoring and protection with the one that manages land use, wildlife, hunting and fishing...
New cabinet set for ‘bold agenda’
09/05/2012 2:19:27 PM +00:00 Premier Alison Redford introduced a scaled-down, largely male group of cabinet ministers Tuesday that she promised will help her change how the government does business. The 18 ministers, along with seven associate ministers, feature many familiar...
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New Cabinet team focused on growing Alberta's future
09/05/2012 3:33:51 PM +00:00 Premier Alison Redford has named a new Cabinet team that will help bring about the change that Albertans recently voted for. “This restructuring is about achieving our goals and aligning our workforce with the priorities of this government,” Redford said.
Recent polls send varied messages
11/04/2012 2:46:23 PM +00:00 Alison Redford says a new poll showing her PC party in a dead heat with the Wildrose indicates voters are responding to Tory investments in education and health care. But rival Danielle Smith contends she’s always known the election would be...
NAIT, Nor quest projects boosted
11/04/2012 2:42:42 PM +00:00 CALGARY – Conservative Leader Alison Redford on Tuesday announced a threeyear, $650-million investment in colleges and universities across Alberta, including two schools in Edmonton. The money will benefit NAIT, Nor quest, the University of Calgary,...
$65 clamp could be a global ‘billion-dollar opportunity’
03/04/2012 2:41:53 PM +00:00 Filips said the $65 device could save thousands of lives and represents a global “billion-dollar opportunity” for his fledgling company. “In the operating room, people arrived with some kind of pulse, but you never knew what happened beforehand....
Wildrose, Tories in virtual tie
28/03/2012 2:10:25 PM +00:00 A new poll shows a virtual dead heat between Alison Redford’s PCS and Danielle Smith’s Wildrose, with the governing Tories holding onto a formidable lead in Edmonton but locked in an intense battle inside Calgary and throughout the rest of the...