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UCP MLA Scott Cyr says Wylie could always reapply for his job.

The five UCP MLAs on the committee pass the motion: Cyr, Lovely, De Jong, Dyck, Petrovic.

The four NDP MLAs on the committee vote it down: Sheppard, Miyashiro, Wright and Chapman.

This morning at the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices...UCP majority introduces a motion starting a search committee for a new auditor general.

NDP MLA David Sheppard says Doug Wylie wants to stay on two more years. Wylie is reviewing the allegations of inappropriate health contracting.

Sportsnet on X: "“It was an insane experience that I’ll remember for the rest of my life.” 🥹 Trey Yesavage reflects on his first career #WorldSeries start 👏 https://t.co/BvcpucdRGA" / X “It was an insane experience that I’ll remember for the rest of my life.” 🥹 Trey Yesavage reflects on his first career #WorldSeries start 👏 https://t.co/BvcpucdRGA

I love this kid. He did well tonight and set the stage for tonight’s blowout against the Dodgers (and no doubt learned a heck of a lot about pitching when the stakes are so high!) x.com/sportsnet/st...

It is clearly a very competitive contest given that current mayor Amarjeet Sohi is not running again

Excellent thread from Keith about tonight’s mayoral debate.

Former Canadiens star goaltender Ken Dryden dies of cancer at age 78 | CBC Sports Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender whose long resume in and out of hockey included six Stanley Cup victories and helping backstop Canada's generation-defining victory at the 1972 Summit Series, d...

Sad news about one of the greats www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

The Montreal Canadiens mourn the passing of Ken Dryden | Montréal Canadiens Hall-of-Fame goaltender won six Stanley Cups with the team

I met Ken Dryden once, in Calgary of all places. He was so kind to me, asked after my family, and was just lovely to speak with. I'm still fascinated that he was able to take time away from hockey, to complete his law degree at McGill. Unheard of today.

Rest well. 🇨🇦🙏🏾

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Ken Dryden has died.
A Hockey Hall of Famer with the Montreal Canadiens, he won six Stanley Cups, the Conn Smythe, Calder and five Vezinas.
A best-selling author, he also served in Parliament from 2004 to 2011.

Such sad news.

Alberta government pauses ban on school library books with sexual content | CBC News Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says in an email to school boards that the government is pausing its order for the removal of books with explicit sexual content from libraries.

Big scoop from @jack-farrell.bsky.social and @reportrix.bsky.social at The Canadian Press

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AISH recipient, advocates worry about Alberta's new disability benefit program | CBC News A new discussion guide about the upcoming Alberta Disability Assistance Program reveals that many Albertans with severe disabilities will receive lower personal benefits after the program launches nex...

AISH recipients despair over province’s changes to disability programs.

“It's been made very clear that I'm a burden on this government, that they view disabled people as burdens, that we don't have any worth or value unless we're working. It’s gut-wrenching.”

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Town hall to debate Alberta's future faces polarized crowd in Edmonton | CBC News Albertans shouted at each other and at Premier Danielle Smith at the third Alberta Next town hall in Edmonton Thursday night.

The Alberta Next panel faced a divided, sometimes hostile crowd in Edmonton last night www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Low-income tenants fight sale of affordable Edmonton townhouses | CBC News Tenants who live in affordable housing townhouses in a neighbourhood near downtown Edmonton are fighting the sale of their homes by their non-profit provider HomeEd.

Affordable housing operator HomeEd has listed the Riverdale Place townhouses for sale. Tenants are fighting back www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Oh no. I’m sorry to hear that.

AISH recipients panicked over looming provincial deadline: health providers | CBC News Health provides say people who receive Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) are calling them in a panic over a letter from the province that threatens to cut their benefits if they don't...

Medical providers are getting panicked calls from AISH recipients trying to comply with the province’s directive to apply for the federal Disability Tax Credit www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta gov't fell short of its affordable housing goal last year: annual report | CBC News The provincial government completed fewer new or refurbished affordable housing units last year than the previous three years, according to figures in the Seniors, Community and Social Services Minist...

Alberta wanted to create 1,500 affordable housing spots last year. It created a little more than half.

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AISH recipients in community housing will see rent hike under new Alberta regulations | CBC News AISH recipients who live in community housing where rent is set at thirty per cent of income will soon see the amount increase by $220 a month.

Changes coming for AISH recipients who live in community housing.

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Alberta politics is never boring.

Matthew Black's persistence (and an intervention by Alberta's privacy and information commissioner) led to this information finally coming to light after nearly two years.

Alberta government faces mounting pushback to new COVID-19 vaccine policy | CBC News The Alberta government continues to face fierce opposition to plans that will reduce access to publicly funded COVID-19 vaccines in the province.

CBC colleague @jenleecbc.bsky.social with reaction to Alberta’s new COVID vaccine policies.

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Alberta's measles outbreaks are now the worst in nearly half a century | CBC News Alberta's measles surge is so dramatic, the last time case counts were higher Calgary did not have an NHL team, 'O Canada' was not yet the official national anthem and gasoline would set you back 24 c...

“Alberta's measles surge is so dramatic, the last time case counts were higher, Calgary did not have an NHL team, O Canada was not yet the official national anthem and gasoline would set you back 24 cents a litre.”

Marc Garneau died after 'short but very difficult battle' with cancer, former staffer says | CBC News Marc Garneau died this week after being diagnosed with two types of cancer earlier this year, said his former chief of staff Marc Roy.

A lovely interview on Power and Politics today with Marc Roy, former chief of staff to Marc Garneau, the groundbreaking astronaut who became a Canadian politician and cabinet minister, who died yesterday www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Premier Danielle Smith has called the byelections in Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Strathcona and Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills for Monday, June 23.

commissioner Diane McLeod's report can be found here.

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This is a significant finding from Alberta’s privacy and information commissioner and confirms what many FOIP users have long suspected.

United Conservative Party expels MLA who pushed for public probe of health contracting | CBC News An MLA and former minister just removed from the United Conservative Party caucus alleges the health minister — and possibly the premier — withheld information from cabinet ministers who were deciding...

It was an eventful day at the Alberta legislature. My colleague Janet French captures all of it here.

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Alberta government moves to eliminate municipal codes of conduct | CBC News Alberta Municipal Affairs minister Ric McIver introduced a new bill Tuesday that would automatically repeal all municipal codes of conduct as soon as it is proclaimed into law.

New bill introduced yesterday.

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Rent hikes intended to bring Edmonton units up to market value are forcing some tenants to move | CBC News Substantial rent increases at a townhouse complex in an Edmonton neighbourhood are forcing some tenants out of their homes and starting a conversation about the reality that many renters are facing.

Story from CBC colleague Sarah Reid: “Every time I try to get ahead something else happens; my rent increases, utilities get out of hand and everything costs more … there's no breaking even anymore and it's hard to live like that."
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ANALYSIS | Trump tariffs and tax cut have Alberta's finance minister seeing red (ink) | CBC News Nate Horner really didn't want a deficit. But he has one, thanks to a new threat and an old campaign pledge.

My CBC colleague Jason Markusoff has analysis here on today’s provincial budget

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Alberta's $5.2B budget deficit could jump to $8.7B under worst-case tariff scenario | CBC News Alberta is forecasting it will end the next fiscal year with a $5.2 billion deficit but that could soar to $8.7 billion under a worst-case tariff scenario outlined in Thursday’s provincial budget.

Prospect of Trump’s tariffs cast uncertainty over preparations for today’s Alberta budget www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...