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Premier to companies: 'Get more aggressive' eliminating tailings ponds
Premier Ed Stelmach used Earth Day to deliver some green marching orders to oilsands producers, demanding Thursday they eliminate wet tailings ponds within "a few years" because they are a blight on...
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Premier Ed Stelmach won't appear very often on the biggest
cabinet blitz of Alberta in many years. He'll be busy with other
things -- paddling up the Athabasca River with James Cameron,
perhaps.
Ottawa
Now that they're both deceased, bereft of life, bucket-kicked
or pushing up daisies as an ex-power couple in Ottawa, collateral
damage from the Rahimelena (which beats anything with 'gate' in it)
implosion is whacking the capital.
Guergis affair
Jaffer partner sought $100M from feds
Rahim Jaffer's business partner asked a Conservative MP for $100 million in federal financing for a...
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Inside Alberta Politics: Stelmach government readies a road show
The Stelmach government rolled out a few more details of its plan to have cabinet ministers tour around...
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Jason Kenney slams door on African contingent
Members of a small, Halifax-based African aid group are scratching their heads and asking why Immigration...
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Ric McIver announces bid for Mayor's job
Calgary will be a better city if its leader steers clear of residents' lives and business's business...
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Martin: Disastrous appearance adds to ex-MP Jaffer's woes
The damage was beyond control. By the time former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer appeared before a parliamentary committee Wednesday, it was a salvage operation on his character.
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Braid: Summer break's here for battling MLAs
The legislature opened with bands Feb. 4 and closed with blarney April 21. By mid-afternoon Wednesday, the MLAs were delighted to rise faster than a birthday cake, ahead of their own schedule by six weeks and 20 sitting days.
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Liepert unfazed by Avatar director's attack on oilsands
Energy Minister Ron Liepert shrugged off Hollywood director James Cameron's description of Alberta's oilsands as a "black eye" on Canada's environmental record.
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Jaffer says allegations 'without basis in fact'
Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer said allegations he engaged in illegal lobbying are "without any basis in fact" and motivated by political opportunism of opposition MPs.
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Alberta schools fail to act on special-needs review
Almost two years since the province launched a sweeping review of special education programs, Alberta schools have seen no discernible changes in the classroom.
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Gun registry news release backfires, Tory aide resigns
A political staffer has resigned after writing an aggressive news release denouncing Canadian police chiefs as a "cult" and suggesting that Liberal backbenchers who oppose the gun registry should beat up their leader, Michael Ignatieff, for forcing them to vote against a bill to scrap the database.
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Braid: Let's not give James Cameron any more ideas
Movie director James Cameron called Alberta's oilsands a black eye to Canada. In other news on Tuesday, New Democrat Leader Brian Mason accused the government of setting the sands on fire.
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Martin: Ignatieff's firearms registry crusade risks backfiring
It's not often the Liberals catch Stephen Harper with a "kick me" sign on the seat of his pants for wearing a major law-and-order oversight.
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Ignatieff demands apology from Sask. MP over gun registry 'cult' claim
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff demanded Wednesday that Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz apologize for a press release his office issued Tuesday that alleges that Canada's chiefs of police are "a cult" that is receiving from financial support to support the long-gun registry.
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Justice boss Redford calls for more co-operation
Alberta's justice minister said Tuesday she is working on a way to bring courts and the agencies that work with offenders closer together.
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Braid: Tories on tour to fend off Wildrose
Premier Ed Stelmach won't appear very often on the biggest cabinet blitz of Alberta in many years. He'll be busy with other things -- paddling up the Athabasca River with James Cameron, perhaps.
Don Martin
Martin: Scandal will put big chill on Ottawa's lobbying industry
Now that they're both deceased, bereft of life, bucket-kicked or pushing up daisies as an ex-power couple in Ottawa, collateral damage from the Rahimelena (which beats anything with 'gate' in it) implosion is whacking the capital.
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