Dean Bennett
Reporter with The Canadian Press
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Alberta education minister resists Opposition calls to rescind 20,000 layoffs
Alberta's education minister, in her first public comments since laying off more than 20,000 people in an email on the weekend, resisted Opposition calls to reverse her decision.
Alberta has first COVID-19 death, looking into virus at doctors' bonspiel
Alberta has announced its first death linked to COVID-19 and says it's tracking down 72 curlers who attended a doctors' bonspiel that included a person who now has the novel coronavirus.
Kenney says all options on table to fight oil price collapse
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government will do whatever it takes to rescue the province from an oil price collapse and he wants the federal government to step up as well.
Alberta and First Nation in "bare-knuckle bargaining" over Teck oil mine
Alberta's Indigenous relations minister says a last-minute war of words with a First Nations leader over a multibillion-dollar oilsands mine is a case of bare-knuckle bargaining.
Kenney praises Trudeau following Trans Mountain court ruling
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney applauded a court decision on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, clearing another legal hurdle in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project and offered some kind words for the prime minister.
Alberta NDP calls for shutdown of $30M energy war room: "nothing but blunders"
The Opposition in Alberta says the government's $30-million energy war room has been a cavalcade of flubs and mistakes and it's too late to fix a disastrous first impression.
Kenney takes blowtorch to NDP policies in 2019, including killing its carbon tax
In 2019, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney made good on his promise to take a blowtorch to core policies enacted by the former NDP government.
Notley wants to try again for Alberta premier in 2023
In the last five years, Rachel Notley has gone from third-party leader, to government leader to Opposition leader, but says she will try again for Alberta's top job in 2023.
Jobs shrink but oil and gas growth expected in 2020: Kenney
The latest job numbers from Statistics Canada are disappointing, said Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, but he's expecting the situation will soon turn around.