Sean Amato
National Reporter at CityNews Edmonton
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2 weeks ago |
edmonton.citynews.ca | Sean Amato
Premiers from Western Canada wrapped up a two-day conference in Yellowknife Thursday. While they gathered to talk about cooperation, pipelines, emergency preparedness, trade, Arctic sovereignty, energy security, housing and economic corridors; talks turned to separation, specifically Alberta leaving Canada. "If Prime Minister Mark Carney acts on the ideas in our communique today, that would take the wind right out of any effort.
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3 weeks ago |
edmonton.citynews.ca | Sean Amato
Alberta's premier was red hot at one of her former cabinet ministers during question period at the Alberta legislature Tuesday. Peter Guthrie, an MLA who was kicked out of the UCP caucus last month, began asking questions about Premier Danielle Smith's husband, David Moretta, and his presence at meetings about a railway megaproject. "Besides registering as a lobbyist, it is essential to reveal insider relationships," said Guthrie, the independent MLA for Airdrie-Cochrane.
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3 weeks ago |
edmonton.citynews.ca | Sean Amato
Alberta has unveiled a new 10-year-plan to end gender-based violence. Officials estimate 18,800 people are victims of intimate partner violence each year in the province. "I want to see an Alberta and a Canada where it is rare, it's not the norm, it's not accepted and it's not recurring," said Tanya Fir, Alberta's minister of arts, culture and status of women. Alberta is calling it the most comprehensive gender-based violence strategy in the country.
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1 month ago |
edmonton.citynews.ca | Sean Amato
Premier Danielle Smith laid out a path for a referendum on separation in Alberta last week, even though she has been adamant that she does not support the movement. So, how many Albertans actually want to leave Canada? A new poll from Angus Reid Institute states that at least 36 per cent Albertans are leaning toward a vote to leave Canada, that number is 65 per cent amongst UCP voters, a majority.
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1 month ago |
edmonton.citynews.ca | Sean Amato
Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is fed up with Alberta's premier and her policies. "Pack up your bag and go. That's my message to the premier. You're not welcome here anymore," said Adam. Those include a move to lower the number of signatures required to start a referendum vote, even one on Alberta separation. That bill - number 54 - literally thrown on the ground at a chief's press conference in Edmonton on Tuesday.
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Albertans will choose 3 new MLAs this month, but according to several campaigns, there are no debates scheduled in any of the ridings. As Sean Amato reports, the UCP is being blamed in one case. #ableg #cdnpoli https://t.co/TU3BD2KlTl https://t.co/M3yfSKPpvQ
RT @cdnelxnstracker: Final list of Alberta by-election candidates after nomination deadline — Edmonton-Ellerslie: *Naresh Bhardwaj (UCP) *G…