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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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Sovereignty

Stats Canada Study Finds Alberta Government Responses to Separation Survey Statistically Indistinguishable From Those of Blind Monkeys

Researchers note the finding is not an insult to the monkeys, who completed the forms faster and with greater internal consistency.

2026-05-23
Public Safety

New Alberta Provincial Police Force to Have All the Powers of the RCMP, But Answer Only to the Premier, Which Is Totally Different

Justice Minister insists the new agency represents a 'natural evolution' of policing, then declined to identify which direction the evolution had gone.

2026-04-15
Treaty Relations

Treaty Chiefs Pass Unanimous Non-Confidence in UCP; Government Calls This a 'Strong Mandate to Continue'

First-ever joint non-confidence vote from the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs of Treaties 6, 7, and 8 is received warmly by a government that appears to have not finished reading the document.

2026-02-28
Sovereignty

Premier Smith Unveils Royal Alberta Military Police, Concedes Word 'Military' Was Chosen 'For Resonance, Not Implication'

The province's new RCMP replacement will be fully operational in 18 months, Smith said, declining to clarify what 'fully,' 'operational,' or '18 months' meant individually.

2026-02-02
Sovereignty

Editorial: We Asked Five Albertans What 'Sovereignty Within a United Canada' Means and One Cried

An unscientific man-on-the-street survey reveals widespread confusion about a phrase the Premier uses approximately 40 times a week.

2026-01-22