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Alberta NDP launches significant plan to connect 1 million residents with family doctor

The Alberta NDP has put forth a plan they say would connect one million Albertans to a family doctor. Announced Wednesday by party leader Rachel Notley, the plan is said to be a critical step in...

Alberta NDP pitches $150 million a year to hire medical workers in primary health care team clinics

NDP Leader Rachel Notley said at a news conference Wednesday the party’s plan will ultimately take pressure off hospitals and ambulances, and help keep and recruit workers in part by rebuilding...

Alberta Opposition NDP promise health teams to improve access to family physicians

CALGARY — Alberta’s Opposition NDP is promising more access to a family doctor by creating health teams. NDP Leader Rachel Notley says if her party forms government after the spring election, its goal...

Alberta Justice spokespeople deliver duelling statements on prosecutor email review

EDMONTON — An email probe into whether Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s office interfered with Crown prosecutors took a confusing turn Friday after two government spokespeople delivered duelling...

Alberta NDP Commits to Red Deer Hospital Expansion

UCP chaos delayed the project The people of Red Deer and central Alberta deserve their regional hospital to be a priority. The UCP’s handling of the Red Hospital expansion has been chaotic and...

Competitiveness, Jobs and Investment Strategy

UCP stalled wage growth and investment We must build on the past and look towards the future with ambition.Alberta has among the slowest wage growth in Canada. Under the UCP, capital investment...

Competitiveness, Jobs and Investment Strategy

Competitiveness, Jobs and Investment Strategy We must build on the past and look towards the future with ambition.Alberta has among the slowest wage growth in Canada. Under the UCP, capital investment...

Alberta NDP Commits to Red Deer Hospital Expansion

Alberta NDP Commits to Red Deer Hospital Expansion The people of Red Deer and central Alberta deserve their regional hospital to be a priority. The UCP’s handling of the Red Hospital expansion has...

Rachel’s Oktoberfest (in February)

Rachel Notley’s famous Oktoberfest event is back but now in February! Join us for a fun night full of beer  tastings from local breweries and wine selections from Color de Vino. There will also...
A nomination meeting to select the <a href=#Innisfail#SylvanLake Alberta NDP candidate in the next provincial election will be held on Monday, February 6th.">

A nomination meeting to select the #Innisfail#SylvanLake Alberta NDP candidate in the next provincial election will be held on Monday, February 6th.

There is currently one eligible candidate for the nomination: Jason Heistad Jason Heistad has lived in Innisfail for the past 38 years, with deep roots in our constituency and family members in...

ROB BREAKENRIDGE: “The government has budgeted $2 million for this exercise, with a tidy 12.5 per cent of that amount going directly to Manning himself.”

Eight years and one month ago, former Reform Party leader Preston Manning offered a public apology for his role in the mass defection of MLAs — which included now-premier Danielle Smith — from the...

GLOBAL NEWS: Alberta’s NDP wants public consultations on a UCP plan that would subsidize oil and gas companies to fulfil legal commitments to clean up old wells, a major proponent of which has been working directly in Premier Smith’s office.

Kathleen Ganley speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. The energy critic says there should be public consultations, in regards to a government plan that would...

Alberta NDP says documents show two year delay in Red Deer Hospital expansion; UCP says false

Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley says UCP documents show the estimated completion date for the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (RDRHC) expansion project has been delayed by up to two years. However...

Chip In To Help Build A Better Alberta

With a spring election around the corner, it’s critical that we keep our momentum going for a better Alberta. We only get stronger when we work together. With your support, we can stop Danielle Smith...

Frostbite amputations hit 10-year high in Edmonton last winter, new data show

Laurie-Lynn Discoteau went to the University of Alberta Hospital one evening in November 2022, seeking help for a painful and swollen infected foot.  The swelling meant her shoe and sock...

‘Half-baked’: NDP says UCP’s electricity rate deferral is no use to consumers

Alberta’s official Opposition is calling for more action to address high electricity rates after data was released showing nearly half of current costs to some customers will need to be paid out next...

Affordability, healthcare and the economy top of mind for Notley ahead of provincial election

Heading into the upcoming spring election, NDP’s Official Opposition leader Rachel Notley is focused on three key issues: affordability, healthcare, and the economy. “From what we’re and our...

Heading into the upcoming spring election, NDP’s Official Opposition leader Rachel Notley is focused on three key issues: affordability, healthcare, and the economy

The News met with Notley at the Italian Centre in Emerald Hills (the location was chosen by the NDP) earlier this month for a sit-down year-end interview. “From what we’re and our candidates are...

Notley to focus on promise of stability in lead up to spring Alberta election

Alberta NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley sat down with Postmedia to recap 2022 and look to the battles ahead Alberta NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley will be aiming to paint hers as the...

GLOBAL NEWS: “The data showed 54 per cent of Alberta small businesses aren’t back to pre-pandemic, or normal, revenues.”

Nearly a quarter of Alberta small businesses at risk of closure: CFIB New data from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) shows many Alberta small businesses have worsening optimism...

Change is coming, Alberta.

The @albertaNDP just set three fundraising records: 2022 was our record year, the fourth quarter was our record quarter, and December 31st was our record day. Change is coming, Alberta...

CITY NEWS: This increase comes a couple of days before the government will drop the remaining four cents per litre gas tax that they have been charging the last few months.

Meanwhile, NDP energy critic, Kathleen Ganley, issued a statement asking the government to take action. “Giving Alberta drivers a break at the pumps only works if gas prices actually come down — and...

Our fundraising momentum continues to climb

We’re focused on the road ahead Support for Alberta’s NDP from Albertans out-paced results from the last quarter with over $1.4 million raised including more than 3,200 additional unique...

OUR FUNDRAISING MOMENTUM CONTINUES TO CLIMB

We’re focused on the road ahead Support for Alberta’s NDP from Albertans out-paced results from the last quarter with over $1.4 million raised including more than 3,200 additional unique...

Calgary-North Nomination Meeting

A nomination meeting to select the Calgary-North NDP candidate in the next provincial election will be held on Saturday, December 17th. Voting will take place at the Beddington Theatre Arts Centre...

CITY SOLICITOR MICHELLE BAER IS ALBERTA’S NDP CANDIDATE FOR RED DEER-SOUTH

Michelle Baer, city solicitor for the city of Red Deer, will be the NDP candidate for Red Deer-South in the next Alberta provincial election. “Red Deer is a very unique and special place, and I am so...

OUR FUNDRAISING MOMENTUM CONTINUES TO CLIMB

Support for Alberta’s NDP from Albertans out-paced results from the last quarter with over $1.4 million raised including more than 3,200 additional unique contributions compared to Q1. “It’s so...

David Eggen is our Edmonton-North West candidate

NDP Critic for Advanced Education, and former Education Minister David Eggen will be the NDP candidate for Edmonton-North West in the next Alberta provincial election. “I am extremely excited to...

LEGISLATURE WRAPS WITH NO HELP FROM UCP

At the end of the spring sitting of the Legislature, NDP House Leader Christina Gray and Energy Critic Kathleen Ganley called out the UCP on the complete failure to address the top issues facing...

FIRST NATIONS LAWYER BROOKS ARCAND-PAUL IS ALBERTA’S NDP CANDIDATE FOR EDMONTON-WEST HENDAY

First Nations lawyer and community leader Brooks Arcand-Paul will be the NDP candidate for Edmonton-West Henday in the next Alberta provincial election. “People in West Henday are concerned about the...

New Agriculture Jobs

An NDP government will bring billions of dollars in new investment and job creation in agriculture and agri-food to rural Alberta with a new strategy. Raising crops and livestock is foundational to...

GAPS IN AMBULANCE SYSTEM EXPLODE UNDER UCP

The times when there is no ambulance available to respond to a call in Edmonton have exploded over the past three years under the UCP, according to new AHS data acquired through a Freedom of...

FOOD BANK USE SPIKES AS COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS ESCALATES

The Alberta NDP is calling on the UCP government to immediately address the cost-of-living crisis and take the pressure off hard-working Albertans who are struggling to make ends meet. We are in the...