Premier Danielle Smith defended the massive income-tax break in Alberta’s proposed 2025 budget on Friday while critics accused her of giving with one hand while taking with the other.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says an external reviewer is to be announced next week, as her government continues to face questions surrounding allegations of corruption in health-care contracts.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Friday her government is serious about getting to the bottom of corruption allegations within health care procurement, despite the comments of a now-former minister indicating there was little interest around the cabinet table in doing so.

Premier Danielle Smith released the following message as Alberta Budget 2025 was released Thursday : Albertans are resilient. We face our challenges head-on and overcome them together. As your government,

Premier Danielle Smith addressed questions about Alberta’s fiscal outlook, highlighting a new tax break in the 2025 budget that will save the average Albertan $750. As Michael King reports, critics argue it does little for lower-income earners and suggest alternatives like raising the personal tax exemption.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is removing the deputy health minister from his role and said the government will hold a third-party investigation amid allegations of government interference into Alberta Health Services (AHS) procurement contracts.

I have been talking to those who are in the legal profession. They say at the outset, four to six months would probably be the earliest,” Smith told the radio audience. “I just want people to be patient.

An Alberta cabinet minister has resigned in protest of Premier Danielle Smith’s handling of allegations that government officials pressed the provincial health authority to make deals favouring private businesses, deepening the controversy over the contracting and procurement affair.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defended her government’s budget, which is projecting a $5.2-billion deficit. (Feb. 28, 2025)

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is cancelling a trip to Washington, D.C., planned for this week, but says she’s not giving up on her strategy of face-to-face engagement with U.S. lawmakers to head off the threat of tariffs.

The organization that represents Alberta's cities, towns and villages is concerned about the increase to the education property tax announced in Thursday's provincial budget.