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Alberta introduces vaping legislation, the last province to do so

Last week, the provincial government announced the Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Amendment Act, ultimately restricting the sales of vaping.

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University of Lethbridge cutting budget by nearly $9M

The good news is that the advanced education minister has postponed performance-based funding. The bad news is that the expenditure targets will still be in place.

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UCP government announces new COVID-19 relief for businesses

Last week, the provincial government announced additional relief for businesses affected by COVID-19, especially those trying to reopen.

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Last summer, Alberta appointed a libertarian to its human rights commission

In August 2019, Alberta’s lieutenant governor approved a recommendation to appoint 5 new members to the Alberta Human Rights Commission. One of them was Moin A. Yahya.

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Alberta government to spend $5M on 26 new school playgrounds

Last week, Adriana LaGrange, Alberta’s education minister, announced that the provincial government would spend $5 million to help build 26 new school playgrounds.

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UCP hiring more workers to deal with traffic ticket backlog

The provincial government introduced Bill 21 this week, which, if passed, would introduce, among other things, an adjudication branch of the government.

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Alberta splitting real estate council into 5 councils

Last week, the minister of Service Alberta, announced that the provincial government would be restructuring the Real Estate Council of Alberta.

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Education minister email claims MLAs excluded from grad ceremonies

I recently acquired the following email from Adriana LaGrange, the education minister, indicating that MLAs were being ignored in high school graduation ceremonies.

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Medicine Hat MLA to chair new firearm advisory committee

Earlier this week, the provincial government announced they’d establish the Alberta Firearms Advisory Committee to explore how to better assert areas of provincial jurisdiction over gun control

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UCP posts “Happy Pride” message online

Yesterday, Leela Aheer, the minister of culture, multiculturalism, and status of women issued the following statement on Pride Month.

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