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RAMP Clarifies That Agency Name Does Coincidentally Refer to the Tool Officers Use to Board Their Duty VehiclesStats Canada Study Finds Alberta Government Responses to Separation Survey Statistically Indistinguishable From Those of Blind MonkeysPremier Krystal Smith Signs Bill Banning Androgynous Names From Alberta Public Service, Citing Need to 'Unmuddy the Waters Between the Two Genders'Letter to the Firewall: 'I Voted UCP and Now My Hospital Is a Series of Tents. Disappointed But Not Surprised.'Calgary Stampede 2026 Theme Announced: 'Doing Just Fine, Actually, Please Stop Asking'Province Removes Fluoride From Water, Then Cancels Provincial Dental Plan, Then Acts SurprisedEditorial: Alberta to Send Federal Government Strongly Worded Letter Via Carrier Pigeon 'Because That's How Far Back We're Going'New Alberta Provincial Police Force to Have All the Powers of the RCMP, But Answer Only to the Premier, Which Is Totally DifferentProvince Reopens Coal Mining in Eastern Slopes; Smith Promises 'All Coal, No Mines' ApproachAlberta Precision Labs Hands Off to Primary Care Alberta on April 1, Which Several Albertans Took as a JokeHealthcare Administration Costs Now Exceed Some Actual Healthcare; Smith Says This Is 'The Restructuring Working'Surgery Wait-Time Compliance Falls to 58.2%; Health Minister Says This Means 58.2% More People Get to Stay Home RAMP Clarifies That Agency Name Does Coincidentally Refer to the Tool Officers Use to Board Their Duty VehiclesStats Canada Study Finds Alberta Government Responses to Separation Survey Statistically Indistinguishable From Those of Blind MonkeysPremier Krystal Smith Signs Bill Banning Androgynous Names From Alberta Public Service, Citing Need to 'Unmuddy the Waters Between the Two Genders'Letter to the Firewall: 'I Voted UCP and Now My Hospital Is a Series of Tents. Disappointed But Not Surprised.'Calgary Stampede 2026 Theme Announced: 'Doing Just Fine, Actually, Please Stop Asking'Province Removes Fluoride From Water, Then Cancels Provincial Dental Plan, Then Acts SurprisedEditorial: Alberta to Send Federal Government Strongly Worded Letter Via Carrier Pigeon 'Because That's How Far Back We're Going'New Alberta Provincial Police Force to Have All the Powers of the RCMP, But Answer Only to the Premier, Which Is Totally DifferentProvince Reopens Coal Mining in Eastern Slopes; Smith Promises 'All Coal, No Mines' ApproachAlberta Precision Labs Hands Off to Primary Care Alberta on April 1, Which Several Albertans Took as a JokeHealthcare Administration Costs Now Exceed Some Actual Healthcare; Smith Says This Is 'The Restructuring Working'Surgery Wait-Time Compliance Falls to 58.2%; Health Minister Says This Means 58.2% More People Get to Stay Home

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Premier

Premier Krystal Smith Signs Bill Banning Androgynous Names From Alberta Public Service, Citing Need to 'Unmuddy the Waters Between the Two Genders'

The Premier, who legally changed her name from Danielle last Thursday, says the legislation is about clarity, and definitely not about a separatist petition that misspelled her name 14,000 times.

2026-05-23
Cabinet

Schulz Resigns as Environment Minister, Replaced by Man Who Believes Environment Is 'Mostly Just Weather'

Grant Hunter, the incoming minister, has previously argued that climate change can be 'opted out of' by individual provinces.

2026-02-05
Sovereignty

Smith Returns From Vacation, Addresses Separatism by Suggesting Everyone Calm Down While She Continues to Stoke It

Premier insists Alberta is not leaving Canada, except possibly, and only on terms that have not yet been articulated.

2026-01-30
The Premier's Desk

Smith Rules Out Spring Election, Citing 'Mandate to Continue Doing Whatever This Is'

Premier confirms next provincial vote will happen in 2027 as legally required, framing the absence of a snap election as a 'gift' to Albertans.

2026-01-15
The Premier's Desk

Smith Insists Her Panama Vacation Is Actually a Trade Mission to a Country She'll Be Moving To Eventually

Premier rejects 'vacation' framing while declining to address questions about why she would not be returning to her own jurisdiction until Jan. 19.

2026-01-08