Sean Amato
National Reporter at CityNews Edmonton
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6 days ago |
edmonton.citynews.ca | Sean Amato
It was another day and another round of health contract scandal allegations at the Alberta legislature Thursday. A photo posted by former UCP MLA Scott Sinclar set off the latest firestorm. It shows Sinclair, Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery and staffers from the premier's office dressed in Oilers gear - all smiles and thumbs up - at a Stanley Cup final match in Florida. The Alberta NDP grilled the UCP government on the June 2024 photo.
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1 week ago |
edmonton.citynews.ca | Sean Amato
A former chief medical officer of health, Dr. James Talbot, is warning of a smoldering danger on Alberta's landscape: a measles outbreak. Dr. Talbot, who was the CMOH until 2015, is calling out the Alberta government for what he sees as a lackadaisical effort to prevent the spread. "We are at a danger level when more than five per cent of the people aren't immunized. In Alberta, currently the number of people who aren't immunized is estimated to be around 30 per cent.
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1 week ago |
edmonton.citynews.ca | Sean Amato
There are major problems brewing in Alberta's legal system. That's according to lawyers, the Alberta NDP and justice advocates, who all gathered to sound an urgent alarm Thursday. "Thousands and thousands of Albertans are going to be left with longer wait times, without access to services at all," said Byron Chan, executive director of the Alberta Law Foundation. The issue, they say, is Bill 39 and a government move to cut $22 million from Legal Aid Alberta.
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2 weeks ago |
edmonton.citynews.ca | Sean Amato
A new strategy for managing old oil and gas wells and an updated plan to use sheriffs as provincial police has some rural leaders steaming mad at the Alberta government. "We still want to be at the table, and we still want to be part of the solutions, but we will push back when we don't think the solutions are fair for everyone," said Kara Westerlund, president of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta. The UCP tabled a new bill Monday, taking one more step toward replacing the RCMP in Alberta.
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2 weeks ago |
edmonton.citynews.ca | Sean Amato
Ever since Donald Trump's latest tariff announcement, oil prices are way down. About $10 a barrel, and that is very bad news for Alberta's budget. If prices stay where they are, the province's deficit could be at least $5 billion higher. "We're seven days into our new budget, so I tend not to panic on seven days' worth of data. We had a lot of variation last year, we have a worst-case scenario budget, we knew we were going to end up with a lot of volatility," Smith explained.
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A leaked email directing Alberta government employees to contact a lawyer if asked for an interview by the auditor general set off a fiery question period Thursday. #ableg #cdnpoli https://t.co/T0WhZBuOfa
Lawyers, justice advocates and the Alberta NDP gathered Thursday to sound an alarm about changes being made to legal funding. As Sean Amato reports, the justice minister denies there will be disruptions to services. #ableg #cdnpoli https://t.co/Fft3CuyAcB
Alberta’s health minister defended the province’s response to a measles outbreak Wednesday amid criticism and another rise in confirmed cases. #ableg #cdnpoli https://t.co/xTGLQgJrai