Alberta s premier told residents in a televised address Wednesday evening the province will not need to cut spending in its upcoming annual budget despite lower-than-anticipated revenues from oil and gas, and that her government intends to reinvigorate the Alberta Heritage Fund as a way to safeguard the province from earnings shortfalls.
New concerns about the state of Alberta s health-care system came to light Wednesday as a family revealed their ordeal over a girl s life-saving kidney transplant last month at Edmonton s Stollery Children s Hospital.
As the province puts its Alberta Pension Plan consultations on hold and awaits asset transfer figures from the Office of the Chief Actuary of Canada, a new poll suggests Albertans remain unconvinced about the idea of going it alone.